| US 7,468,603 B2 | ||
| Rotary manipulation type input apparatus | ||
| Eung-Cheon Kang, Hwaseong-si (Korea, Republic of); and Sang-Jin Lee, Seoul (Korea, Republic of) | ||
| Assigned to Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd., Suwon (Korea, Republic of) | ||
| Filed on Oct. 13, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/546,903. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 10-2006-0017204 (KR), filed on Feb. 22, 2006. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0194785 A1, Aug. 23, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. G01B 7/30 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 324—207.25 [324/207.2; 324/207.21] | 7 Claims |
| 1. A rotary manipulation type input apparatus, comprising:
a rotatable wheel;
a multi-pole ring magnet secured to the bottom of the wheel;
a printed circuit board having one or more detection elements mounted thereon and having one or more receiving holes formed
therein in correspondence with the detection elements, wherein at least a portion of the detection elements is inserted in
the receiving holes;
a base rotatably supporting the wheel and having the printed circuit board positioned thereon;
a center key formed at the center of the wheel; and
a dome button arranged on the printed circuit board such that the center key is enabled to press the dome button.
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