1. A multi-directional switch device comprising:
an operation shaft configured to perform a rotating operation and a tilting operation and having an operation knob at one end portion; and
a housing which supports the operation shaft so as to be rotatable and tiltable,
wherein, in the housing, a circuit board which has a through-hole through which the operation shaft penetrates, a first fixed contact and a second fixed contact formed integrally with the circuit board, a rotation holder through which the operation shaft is inserted in a loosely-fitted state in which oscillation of the operation shaft is allowed and which rotates integrally with the operation shaft, a rotation slider through which the operation shaft is inserted to rotate integrally and which slides linearly along the circuit board by being driven by the tilted operation shaft, a first movable contact which is held in the rotation holder and is configured to come into contact with and be separated from the first fixed contact, and a second movable contact which is held in the rotation slider and is configured to come into contact with and be separated from the second fixed contact are provided,
wherein, a rotation switch mechanism which includes the rotation holder, the first movable contact, and the first fixed contact is arranged on one surface side of the circuit board, and a slide switch mechanism which includes the rotation slider, the second movable contact, and the second fixed contact is arranged on the other surface side of the circuit board,
wherein, the rotation switch mechanism is configured to output a signal corresponding to at least one rotation position of the rotation holder, and when the rotation holder is set to a predetermined rotation position, the slide switch mechanism is configured to output a signal corresponding to a tilt direction of the operation shaft,
wherein, the rotation switch mechanism outputs a first signal when the rotation holder is set to a first rotation position that is farthest from a rotation neutral position,
wherein, the slide switch mechanism outputs a second signal corresponding to the tilt direction of the operation shaft as the operation shaft is tilted when the rotation holder is set to a second rotation position that is separated from the rotation neutral position in one direction part way to the first rotation position,
wherein, the slide switch mechanism outputs a third signal corresponding to the tilt direction of the operation shaft as the operation shaft is tilted when the rotation holder is set to a third rotation position that is separated from the rotation neutral position in the other direction part way to the first rotation position;
wherein a guide groove which is formed by causing an annular groove portion that extends in an annular form and a linear groove portion that extends outward at predetermined intervals to be continuous is provided on an inner wall surface of the housing,
wherein, a plurality of sliding pins protrude from the rotation slider so as to cause positions of the sliding pins to be restricted by the guide groove, and
wherein, the sliding pins move along the annular groove portion during rotation of the rotation slider, and the sliding pins move along the linear groove portion during sliding of the rotation slider.
2. The multi-directional switch device according to claim 1,
wherein the rotation holder is arranged in an accommodation space on the one surface side of the circuit board in the housing,
the operation shaft is tilted using a point that abuts on the rotation holder as an oscillation spot, and
the other end portion of the operation shaft is arranged in an accommodation space on the other surface side of the circuit board in the housing.
3. The multi-directional switch device according to claim 1,
wherein one of the rotation holder and the housing is provided with a cam surface which extends along a rotational direction of the rotation holder and has trough portions at a plurality of points, and the other thereof holds an engagement member which comes into elastic contact with the cam surface and is configured to be engaged with and disengaged from the trough portions, and
the cam surface has the trough portions of which the number is at least four so as to position the rotation holder at the rotation neutral position and the first to third rotation positions, respectively.
4. The multi-directional switch device according to claim 1,
wherein an actuator which is biased outward in an axial direction by a spring member is held by the other end portion of the operation shaft,
a concave receiving surface, which supports the operation shaft via the actuator, is formed in an inner bottom portion of the housing, and
the actuator, which comes into elastic contact with the concave receiving surface, slides on the concave receiving surface as the operation shaft is tilted.
5. The multi-directional switch device according to claim 1,
wherein the first signal is a signal for folding in and folding out side mirrors that are attached to the left and right of a vehicle body,
the second signal is a signal for adjusting a visual angle by tilting a mirror surface of the side mirror on either the left or right, and
the third signal is a signal for adjusting a visual angle by tilting a mirror surface of the side mirror on the other of the left and right.
6. The multi-directional switch device according to claim 5,
wherein a wafer which has higher heat resistance than the circuit board is placed in a region of one surface of the circuit board that surrounds the through-hole, and
the first fixed contact is provided in the wafer.
7. The multi-directional switch device according to claim 6,
lead terminals derived from the first fixed contact are arranged at a plurality of points of an outer peripheral portion of the wafer, and
the wafer is electrically and mechanically connected to the circuit board by soldering each of the lead terminals to a corresponding connection land of the circuit board.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. An implant release mechanism for use over a guide wire (34), including:
a deployment device (10) with a catheter (36); a releasable coupling member (14, 52) for maintaining attachment of an implant (30) to be deployed to the deployment device (10), the releasable coupling member having an elongate carrier and a distal end forming a latching pin bent radially outward; and
a blocking member (56) for blocking release of the releasable coupling member by blocking a radially inward movement of the elongate carrier;
wherein removal of the blocking member allows release of the coupling member, and thus detachment of an implant,
wherein the releasable coupling member (14, 52) and an elongate body of the blocking member (56) extend longitudinally through a bore of the catheter (36) of the deployment device (10) beside each other and parallel to a longitudinal channel for a guide wire (34), wherein an outer surface of the elongate carrier and an outer surface of the elongate body of the blocking member are in contact with each other.
2. The mechanism of claim 1 wherein the releasable coupling member (52) is operable to reattach a released implant to the deployment device (10).
3. The mechanism of claim 1 wherein the releasable coupling member (14, 52) is arranged to attach an implant (30) distally of the catheter (36) of the deployment device (10).
4. The mechanism of claim 1 wherein the releasable coupling member (14, 52) and the blocking member (56) together have a size configured to partially fill a lumen of an implant-coupling portion of the implant containing a guide wire (34).
5. The mechanism of claim 1 wherein the releasable coupling member (14, 52) extends longitudinally through a bore of the catheter (36) of the deployment device (10) from a handle (12) at a proximal end of the deployment device to a location of the implant (30) at the distal end of the catheter (36), and wherein the distal end (14) of the releasable coupling member (52) is configured to engage with the implant.
6. The mechanism of claim 1 wherein the releasable coupling member (14, 52) latching in (14) is able to engage with the implant (30).
7. The mechanism of claim 6 wherein the blocking member (56) prevents disengagement of the latching pin from the implant (30).
8. The mechanism of claim 1, wherein the deployment device (10) comprises a release mechanism.
9. The mechanism of claim 8 further comprising an implant (30) for delivery by the device (10), the implant including an engagement portion (54) for coupling to the releasable coupling member (14, 52).
10. The mechanism of claim 9 wherein the engagement portion includes an aperture (54).
11. The mechanism of claim 10 wherein the engagement portion (54) includes a substantially tubular member having an aperture (54) in a wall thereof.
12. The mechanism of claim 9 wherein the engagement portion (54) includes a substantially non-expandable tubular member.
13. The mechanism of claim 9 wherein the implant is one of an occlusion device, a frame, a frame with a graft, and a filter.
14. The mechanism of claim 13 wherein the implant is an occlusion device that provides substantially immediate vascular occlusion.
15. The mechanism of claim 9 wherein the implant (30) is attached to the device by the releasable coupling member (14, 52).
16. The mechanism of claim 1 wherein at least one of the releasable coupling member (14, 52) and the blocking member (56) has a transverse cross section that is crescent-shaped such that it extends along a portion of an inner wall of the catheter (36) of the deployment device (10).
17. An implant release mechanism for use over a guide wire (34), including:
a deployment device (10) with a catheter (36);
a releasable coupling member (14, 52) for maintaining attachment of an implant (30) to be deployed to the deployment device (10); and
a blocking member (56) for blocking release of the coupling member;
wherein removal of the blocking member allows release of the coupling member, and thus detachment of an implant,
wherein the releasable coupling member (14, 52) and the blocking member (56) extend longitudinally through a bore of the catheter (36) of the deployment device (10) parallel to a longitudinal channel for a guide wire (34), wherein the releasable coupling member and the blocking member are arranged approximately 180\xb0 from one another with respect to a longitudinal central axis of the catheter, and wherein the releasable coupling member and the blocking member together define the longitudinal channel for the guide wire (34).