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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2017
Miyama Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Fumio Yoshida, Tokyo, JP;
Hirotaka Oohori, Tokyo, JP;
Kotaro Endo, Tokyo, JP;
Akishige Kasegawa, Tokyo, JP;
MIYAMA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A push switch includes: a hollow housing having an inner circumferential surface formed with a guide part; an operation button formed with a first ratchet tooth; a cam follower including a cam part, and a second ratchet tooth, and being movable up and down in an axial direction and rotatable in a circumferential direction; a first spring; an engagement piece engaged with the cam follower; a movable contact; a metallic contact member rotatable integrally with the cam follower; a fixed terminal including contacts to be switched by rotating the contact member; and a base on which the fixed terminal is fixed. The contact member defines a through hole at a rotation center of the contact member. The base includes a rotation axis part inserted in the through hole and serving as the rotation center of the contact member.