Abstract: A multidirectional input apparatus includes a housing including an opening portion; an operation member including an operation portion provided outside the housing and configured to be operated, and a shaft portion extending from the operation portion and inserted into the opening portion, the operation member being configured to receive an operation to be tilted with respect to the housing and an operation to be pushed into the housing; and a cover member that covers a portion surrounding the shaft portion, the cover member being configured to come into contact with the housing when the operation of pushing the operation member is performed.

Abstract: An operation device includes a housing, a tiltable cylindrical operation member having a step portion on an inner circumferential surface, a first holding member which is held by the housing and rotatable in a first direction in accordance with a tilting operation of the operation member, a first detecting portion for detecting a rotation of the first holding member, and a returning mechanism disposed inside the operation member to return the tilted operation member to an initial position, wherein the returning mechanism includes an actuator, a slide member having a first cam surface at one end, a cam member having a second cam surface at one end which faces the first cam surface, a first elastic member, and a second elastic member.

Abstract: An operation device includes a housing, a tiltable cylindrical operation member having a step portion on an inner circumferential surface, a first holding member which is held by the housing and rotatable in a first direction in accordance with a tilting operation of the operation member, a first detecting portion for detecting a rotation of the first holding member, and a returning mechanism disposed inside the operation member to return the tilted operation member to an initial position, wherein the returning mechanism includes an actuator, a slide member having a first cam surface at one end, a cam member having a second cam surface at one end which faces the first cam surface, a first elastic member, and a second elastic member.

Abstract: A power generation device includes a push member configured to move back and forth in a first pushing direction and a second pushing direction to push a rotating body to move between a first stable attitude and a second stable attitude, an operation member configured to move in a first direction and a second direction, and a switching spring member arranged between the operation member and the push member. The switching spring member is configured to urge the push member in the first pushing direction to cause the rotating body to move toward the second stable attitude when the operation member moves in the first direction, and the switching spring member is configured to urge the push member in the second pushing direction to cause the rotating body to move toward the first stable attitude when the operation member moves in the second direction.

Abstract: A push switch includes a housing; a fixed contact member, including a fixed contact, placed inside the housing; a movable contact member, including a movable portion, placed inside the housing; a slider, which moves in a vertical direction, placed above the fixed contact member and the movable contact member; and an elastic member, having a restoring force in a direction in which the slider separates from the housing, placed between the housing and the slider. A movable member is placed between the housing and the slider and is in contact with a part of the slider and is movable as the slider moves. As the slider is pushed toward the housing, the movable member in contact with the slider moves, whereby the fixed contact and the movable portion are separated from each other, or the fixed contact and the movable portion are brought into contact with each other.

Abstract: A power generation device includes a push member configured to move back and forth in a first pushing direction and a second pushing direction to push a rotating body to move between a first stable attitude and a second stable attitude, an operation member configured to move in a first direction and a second direction, and a switching spring member arranged between the operation member and the push member. The switching spring member is configured to urge the push member in the first pushing direction to cause the rotating body to move toward the second stable attitude when the operation member moves in the first direction, and the switching spring member is configured to urge the push member in the second pushing direction to cause the rotating body to move toward the first stable attitude when the operation member moves in the second direction.

Abstract: In electronic equipment which includes a casing, a lid body which is rotatably supported on the casing, a hinge member which is formed by mounting a frame body on one of the lid body and the casing and by making a shaft body projected from the frame body rotatably support the other of the lid body and the casing, and a switch which detects rotation of the lid body, the switch is formed of an individual rotary switch which accommodates a rotary manipulation body having a hollow shaft hollow hole, a movable contact which is integrally rotated with the rotary manipulation body and a stationary contact which is brought into slide contact with the movable contact inside a housing, wherein the shaft body of the hinge member is inserted into the hollow shaft hole of the rotary manipulation body, and the rotation of the lid body is detected in response to the slide contact between the movable contact and the stationary contact which is generated along with rotation of the shaft body.

Abstract: A battery holder structure for a flat battery allows the battery, when it is to be inserted into the battery holder, to be readily inserted and, at the same time, to be firmly engaged and to be prevented from springing out of the case or its contacts from becoming disconnected when any vibration or impact from outside is suffered. In a case 1 having in its top face an opening 1d through which a battery 2 is to be inserted, protruding barriers 1h are formed toward one end of the opening 1d to engage with the top face of the inserted battery 2 to prevent the battery 2 from coming off, and a battery holding section 3 having elastically deformable elastic arms 1g is formed toward the other end of the opening 1d in the case 1 opposite these protruding barriers 1h, the arms 1g turning toward the bottom plate 1b along with the insertion of the battery 2 and pressing the peripheral face 2a of the battery 2 toward the peripheral wall 1c.

Abstract: In electronic equipment which includes a casing, a lid body which is rotatably supported on the casing, a hinge member which is formed by mounting a frame body on one of the lid body and the casing and by making a shaft body projected from the frame body rotatably support the other of the lid body and the casing, and a switch which detects rotation of the lid body, the switch is formed of an individual rotary switch which accommodates a rotary manipulation body having a hollow shaft hollow hole, a movable contact which is integrally rotated with the rotary manipulation body and a stationary contact which is brought into slide contact with the movable contact inside a housing, wherein the shaft body of the hinge member is inserted into the hollow shaft hole of the rotary manipulation body, and the rotation of the lid body is detected in response to the slide contact between the movable contact and the stationary contact which is generated along with rotation of the shaft body.

Abstract: A battery holder structure for a flat battery is to be provided allowing the battery, when it is to be inserted into the battery holder, to be readily inserted and, at the same time, to be firmly engaged and to be prevented from springing out of the case or its contacts from becoming disconnected when any vibration or impact from outside is suffered.