| US 7,572,995 B2 | ||
| Switch member and power window switch disposed with the switch member | ||
| Hideaki Hayakawa, Aichi-ken (Japan); and Hidetaka Nomura, Aichi-ken (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai-Rika-Denki-Seisakusho, Aichi-ken (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Jul. 06, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/480,930. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2005-197450 (JP), filed on Jul. 06, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0008306 A1, Jan. 11, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. H01H 13/00 (2006.01); H01H 21/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 200—339 [200/553; 345/184] | 16 Claims |
| 1. A switch member comprising a convex knob portion on which the finger of an operator catches,
wherein the knob portion is retained such that it is pivotable around a pivot shaft,
a base surface of the knob portion is configured as a curved convex surface, and
the curved convex surface is configured as a surface whose radius of curvature gradually becomes larger in a pulling direction
of the finger catching on the knob portion.
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