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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 04, 1996
Kenichi Ishizuka, Tokyo, JP;
Osamu Furukawa, Tokyo, JP;
Niles Parts Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A switch assembly with internal electronic components that enables easy assembly and is dustproof, and that can be oriented relative to the main board of a power window control switch or other devices with a lesser degree of limitation and has a wide variety of applications. A plurality of electronic components are mounted to one side of a plate 1. A plurality of switch electrodes 3 are formed in the other side of the plate 1. A switch case 6 is resiliently fit over the base plate 1. The switch case 6 includes an elongated aperture 61 within which a lever 41 of a switch operating mechanism 4 is loosely fit, pawls 62 adapted for resilient engagement with the base plate 1, projections 63 and a base 64. The switch operating mechanism 4 holds a movable contact 5. The switch case 6 defines a space 65 adjacent to the switch operating mechanism 4 and the movable contact 5. The switch electrodes 3 are sealably contained within the space 65 when the switch case 6 is resiliently fit over the base plate 1. The lever 41 includes a plurality of combined projections and recesses 41a to 41f arranged in a direction transverse to the direction in which the switch operating mechanism 4 is moved.