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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 31, 1997
Mineo Hirano, Tokyo, JP;
Niles Parts Co., Ltd., , JP;
Abstract
A door switch for vehicles which is small in depth, capable of being connected by a coupler, and easy to assemble. The door switch has a male connector recessed portion 3 for being fitted with a female connector. The male connector recessed portion 3 is provided at a location adjacent laterally to a cylindrically formed switch slide chamber 2 of a switch case 1. A switch slider 10 having a push rod 12 projecting from the switch slide chamber 2 is slidably mounted in the switch slide chamber 2 with elastic urging by a coiled spring. A switch is provided wherein a movable electrode 22 provided on the switch slider 10 is movable in a direction of sliding so as to be connected to and disconnected from a fixed electrode 21 provided along an inner wall of the switch slide chamber 2. The fixed electrode 21 is an electrically conductive plate having a first end exposed to an inner wall surface of the switch slide chamber 2 and a second end projected into the male connector recessed portion 3.