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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2000
Hitoshi Hirasawa, Shizuoka, JP;
Kouji Shigehisa, Shizuoka, JP;
Chiaki Chida, Shizuoka, JP;
Yasutaka Suzuki, Shizuoka, JP;
Kazuhiro Watanabe, Shizuoka, JP;
Shinobu Nakamura, Shizuoka, JP;
Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A lever member,, having an operating portion,, is pivotally mounted on a lever support portion mounted on an upper casing. Retaining projections,are elastically-deformably formed respectively on those portions of opposite side surfaces of the operating portion which can be opposed to a pair of support side plates,, respectively. The retaining projections,has elasticity, and therefore a force, required for bringing the retaining projections into and out of retaining engagement with retaining projections formed on the lever support portion, can be reduced, and besides the sense of a click can be obtained. Therefore, the efficiency of the operation, the operability and the reliability can be enhanced.