EP0581583A3 - Control key mechanism. - Google Patents

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Publication number: EP0581583A3
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: control key; key mechanism; control; key
Prior art date: 1992-07-31
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Granted

Application number

EP19930305955

Other languages

German (de)

French (fr)

Other versions

EP0581583B1 (en

EP0581583A2 (en

Inventor

Hiroshi Matsumiya

Hidetoshi Suzuki

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

Sega Corp

Original Assignee

Sega Enterprises Ltd

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

1992-07-31

Filing date

1993-07-28

Publication date

1994-11-30

1992-07-31 Priority claimed from JP059473U external-priority patent/JPH0617071U/en

1992-08-18 Priority claimed from JP064031U external-priority patent/JPH0619237U/en

1993-07-28 Application filed by Sega Enterprises Ltd filed Critical Sega Enterprises Ltd

1994-02-02 Publication of EP0581583A2 publication Critical patent/EP0581583A2/en

1994-11-30 Publication of EP0581583A3 publication Critical patent/EP0581583A3/en

1999-01-07 Application granted granted Critical

1999-01-07 Publication of EP0581583B1 publication Critical patent/EP0581583B1/en

2013-07-28 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

Status Expired - Lifetime legal-status Critical Current

Classifications

- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
- H01H25/00—Switches with compound movement of handle or other operating part
- H01H25/04—Operating part movable angularly in more than one plane, e.g. joystick
- H01H25/041—Operating part movable angularly in more than one plane, e.g. joystick having a generally flat operating member depressible at different locations to operate different controls

EP19930305955 1992-07-31 1993-07-28 Control key mechanism Expired - Lifetime EP0581583B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (4)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
JP059473U JPH0617071U (en)	1992-07-31	1992-07-31	Control key mechanism
JP59473/92U		1992-07-31
JP064031U JPH0619237U (en)	1992-08-18	1992-08-18	Control key mechanism
JP64031/92U		1992-08-18

Publications (3)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP0581583A2 EP0581583A2 (en)	1994-02-02
EP0581583A3 true EP0581583A3 (en)	1994-11-30
EP0581583B1 EP0581583B1 (en)	1999-01-07

Family

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Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP19930305955 Expired - Lifetime EP0581583B1 (en)	1992-07-31	1993-07-28	Control key mechanism

Country Status (3)

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EP (1)	EP0581583B1 (en)
DE (1)	DE69322910T2 (en)
ES (1)	ES2127252T3 (en)

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FR2446007A1 (en) *	1979-01-05	1980-08-01	Mattel Inc	SWITCHING APPARATUS WITH PRINTED CIRCUIT, ESPECIALLY FOR ELECTRONIC TOYS
GB2057192A (en) *	1979-08-27	1981-03-25	Interstate Ind Inc	Switching device
US4408103A (en) *	1982-01-06	1983-10-04	Smith Engineering	Joystick operated multiple position switch
GB2144582A (en) *	1983-08-05	1985-03-06	Nintendo Co Ltd	Multi-directional electrical switch
US4896003A (en) *	1989-06-30	1990-01-23	Hsieh Man Ching	Multi-position electrical switch
WO1990015427A1 (en) *	1989-06-02	1990-12-13	Atari Corporation	Multi-directional switch assembly

1993
- 1993-07-28 ES ES93305955T patent/ES2127252T3/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1993-07-28 EP EP19930305955 patent/EP0581583B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1993-07-28 DE DE1993622910 patent/DE69322910T2/en not_active Expired - Fee Related

Patent Citations (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
FR2446007A1 (en) *	1979-01-05	1980-08-01	Mattel Inc	SWITCHING APPARATUS WITH PRINTED CIRCUIT, ESPECIALLY FOR ELECTRONIC TOYS
GB2057192A (en) *	1979-08-27	1981-03-25	Interstate Ind Inc	Switching device
US4408103A (en) *	1982-01-06	1983-10-04	Smith Engineering	Joystick operated multiple position switch
GB2144582A (en) *	1983-08-05	1985-03-06	Nintendo Co Ltd	Multi-directional electrical switch
WO1990015427A1 (en) *	1989-06-02	1990-12-13	Atari Corporation	Multi-directional switch assembly
US4896003A (en) *	1989-06-30	1990-01-23	Hsieh Man Ching	Multi-position electrical switch

Also Published As

Publication number	Publication date
EP0581583B1 (en)	1999-01-07
ES2127252T3 (en)	1999-04-16
EP0581583A2 (en)	1994-02-02
DE69322910T2 (en)	1999-06-10
DE69322910D1 (en)	1999-02-18

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