Abstract: An operation device receives an operation from outside via an operation part. A detection device incorporated in the operation part detects an action of a shaft member acting in response to the operation from outside. The shaft member is inserted through a hollow spherical body having an outer shape formed in a substantially spherical shape. The spherical body includes therein a magnet (first magnet and second magnet fixed at a position linked with the action of the shaft member, and a magnetic field detection unit fixed at a fixed position in the vicinity of a center and having a first magnetic field sensor and a second magnetic field sensor detecting a magnetic field formed by the magnet.

Abstract: Provided are a switch and an operation device which can expand the application range of switches using magnets, etc. A switch incorporated in an operation device includes a movable member with a first end side fixed and a second end side swinging when receiving a pressing, and a pressing member which presses the movable member, and further includes a permanent magnet (magnet) on the tip of the movable member, and a magnetic field detection part which detects a magnetic field. In response to an operation on the operation device, the pressing member of the switch presses the movable member downward. The magnetic field generated by the permanent magnet (magnet) and detected by the magnetic field detection part changes due to the pressing of the pressing member, and the switch outputs a signal based on the magnetic field detected by the magnetic field detection part.

Abstract: Provided are a switch and an operation device which can expand the application range of switches using magnets, etc. A switch incorporated in an operation device includes a movable member with a first end side fixed and a second end side swinging when receiving a pressing, and a pressing member which presses the movable member, and further includes a permanent magnet (magnet) on the tip of the movable member, and a magnetic field detection part which detects a magnetic field. In response to an operation on the operation device, the pressing member of the switch presses the movable member downward. The magnetic field generated by the permanent magnet (magnet) and detected by the magnetic field detection part changes due to the pressing of the pressing member, and the switch outputs a signal based on the magnetic field detected by the magnetic field detection part.

Abstract: A terminal removable device includes a casing having an insertion port structured such that a terminal can be inserted therein, and a movable member including a latching portion configured to latch the terminal by moving from a first position to a second position with respect to the terminal inserted into the casing. The movable member includes a protrusion protruding from the casing when the movable member is at the second position. When the protrusion is pushed down to the casing side, the movable member moves from the second position to the first position to release the latching of the terminal.

Abstract: A terminal removable device includes a casing having an insertion port structured such that a terminal can be inserted therein, and a movable member including a latching portion configured to latch the terminal by moving from a first position to a second position with respect to the terminal inserted into the casing. The movable member includes a protrusion protruding from the casing when the movable member is at the second position. When the protrusion is pushed down to the casing side, the movable member moves from the second position to the first position to release the latching of the terminal.

Abstract: A switching connector includes a probe-side connector including a plurality of probe pins, a housing-side connector including a plurality of electrode pads, and a motor configured to cause a contact state and a non-contact state to be switched, by causing the plurality of probe pins and/or the plurality of the electrode pads to move parallel to a direction in which the probe-side connector and the housing-side connector face each other.

Abstract: A switching connector includes a probe-side connector including a plurality of probe pins, a housing-side connector including a plurality of electrode pads, and a motor configured to cause a contact state and a non-contact state to be switched, by causing the plurality of probe pins and/or the plurality of the electrode pads to move parallel to a direction in which the probe-side connector and the housing-side connector face each other.

Abstract: An electrical connection terminal capable of reducing manufacturing cost of a connector and a probe, and preventing erroneous contact between the connection terminal and a continuity check pin at the time of a continuity check, and a connector using the same. The connection terminal includes a fixed piece to be fixed to a base of the connector, a coupling portion extending upward from the fixed piece, and a movable piece extending from the coupling portion in the direction facing the fixed piece. The connection terminal arranged side by side in the base further includes an extending portion for the continuity check provided in an end of the fixed piece, and a projection for the continuity check provided at an upper side of the movable piece or the coupling portion. The continuity check may be provided by use of the probe with two rows of check pins.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide a connector connection terminal capable of reducing manufacturing cost of a connector and a probe, and preventing erroneous contact between the connection terminal and a continuity check pin at the time of a continuity check, and a connector using the same. Therefore, a connector connection terminal includes a fixed piece to be fixed to a base of the connector, a coupling portion extending upward from the fixed piece, and a movable piece extending from the coupling portion in the direction facing the fixed piece, and the connector connection terminal arranged side by side in the base further includes an extending portion for the continuity check provided in an end of the fixed piece, and a projection for the continuity check provided at an upper side of the movable piece or the coupling portion.

Abstract: A rotating and pressing operation type electronic component that is reduced in the number of parts and man-hour for assembly and reduced in height dimension and floor surface area, comprising a frame formed of first and second bases, a tubular rotatingly operating body rotatably supported on the inside of the frame, first and second contact pieces as elastically deformable conductive leg parts fitted to the frame, and a common contact piece. The terminal parts of the contact pieces and the terminal parts of the common contact piece are directly positioned on a printed circuit board and electrically connected.

Abstract: A connection mechanism connects a first casing and a second casing so as to move between a closed state in which the casings are superimposed on each other and an open state in which the casings are open and spread out. The connection mechanism includes: opening parts formed on a connection side of the first casing and a connection side of the second casing; connection members of which both ends can be advanced into and retreated from the opening parts of the first casing and the opening parts of the second casing; and an advance/retreat ratio stabilization part for stabilizing a ratio of an advance/retreat amount of the connection member into/from the first casing to an advance/retreat amount of the connection member into/from the second casing to a predetermined value.

Abstract: A rotation supporting mechanism for rotating a main body and a cover in a plane direction while overlapping the cover from a closed position at which the main body and the cover are overlapped and closed, includes a pivot portion forming an axis of a rotation of the plane direction, an eccentric cam pivoted to the pivot portion and rotated eccentrically in the plane direction, and a pressing means brought into contact with the eccentric cam so as to press the eccentric cam. A rotation smoothening member smoothening a rotation is interposed between the pivot portion and the eccentric cam.

Abstract: A rotational supporting mechanism, which supports a main body and a cover, includes an eccentric cam. The main body and the cover are superposed in a closed position. From the closed position, the cover is rotated 180 degrees and stopped at a 180-degree rotational position in an open position. The eccentric cam rotates eccentrically. The pressing means presses a cam surface of the eccentric cam in a direction of a line connecting a portion of the eccentric cam corresponding to the closed position and a portion of the eccentric cam corresponding to the open position when the main body and the cover are superposed in the closed position. Rotation of the cam is stopped in the open position and the closed position.

Abstract: An excessive rotation preventing structure for a rotation supporting mechanism, which has no torque loss while ensuring thinness in a height direction, is provided. A portable terminal is also provided. The excessive rotation preventing structure is provided with a rotation stopping means. At the time of rotating and stopping a cover supported on a main body by a shaft, at the same open position where the cover is normally or reversely turned 180 degrees in a flat plane direction, the rotation stopping means rotates and stops the cover by moving one locking member to a move control position for open positioning when the cover is rotated in an opening direction and the locking members of the main body and the cover are correspondingly locked at an open position corresponding part.

Abstract: A rotation support mechanism and a portable terminal having a rotation support function that allows a cover to semi-automatically open from a closed position to an open position in a horizontal or a vertical position, enabling a user to open the cover to a desired open position by one hand and one-touch operation. The rotation support mechanism allows the cover to rotate from the closed position at which a vertically long body and the cover are closed in a superposed manner to the open position at which the cover is stopped after it is rotated by a certain angle in a plane in which the body and the cover are superposed on each other. The rotation of the cover integral with an eccentric cam can be stopped at rotation positions of multiple stages in the horizontal or the vertical position by a pressing means that presses, in the plane, the cam surface of the eccentric cam.

Abstract: A hinge mechanism is arranged with first and second cams fixed to first and second housings respectively; a press biasing unit for press biasing the first cam and the second cam in a direction of approaching each other with the first convex part of the first cam and the second convex part of the second housing opposing each other; and a pivot biasing unit for biasing the first cam and the second cam to relatively pivot in an opening direction with the pivot axis as the center. Pivoting in the opening direction by the pivot biasing unit is stopped when the first convex part and the second convex part contact each other. The press biasing unit has a press biasing force of a strength that the other contacting part does not ride over an inclined surface by the pivot bias of the pivot biasing unit.

Abstract: A rotating and pressing operation type electronic component that is reduced in the number of parts and man-hour for assembly and reduced in height dimension and floor surface area, comprising a frame formed of first and second bases, a tubular rotatingly operating body rotatably supported on the inside of the frame, first and second contact pieces as elastically deformable conductive leg parts fitted to the frame, and a common contact piece. The terminal parts of the contact pieces and the terminal parts of the common contact piece are directly positioned on a printed circuit board and electrically connected.