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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hisashi Nishikawa, Shiga, JP;
Yoshiyuki Nakade, Fukui, JP;
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 9/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 9/00 ;
Abstract
At the lower side of a contact piece holder moving parallel in plural directions by manipulation of an operation lever, a middle part of a cross contact piece having plural contacts at different positions in the longitudinal direction of arms extended in four directions is held, and by changing over plural fixed contacts of a switch board by this contact piece, the small current and medium current can be changed over by one contact piece only, so that a lever switch small in the number of parts and easy to assemble is obtained.