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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 1998
Filed:
May. 31, 1996
Mitsuo Aimi, Osaka, JP;
Masayoshi Nishida, Osaka, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A casing 1 has an inside bottom and an open top. Fixed terminals 2 and 3, having stationary contacts 2a and 3a, are provided on the inside bottom of casing 1. An operational lever 5 is swingably supported at the upper part of casing 1. A contact piece 4, made of a resilient thin plate formed into a U-shaped configuration, has a base end engageable with the pivot portion of operational lever 5 and a movable portion 4f brought into contact with the lower surface of operational lever 5. The distal end of contact piece 4 is provided with movable contacts 4b and 4c which are slidably brought into contact with stationary contacts 2a and 3a.