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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Toshiharu Mori, Miyagi-ken, JP;
Yoshio Tanabe, Miyagi-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Alps Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 5/10 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 5/10 ;
Abstract
In a switch device, a support arm is retained by a conductor plate at one of its ends and by a center terminal at its other end The spring member, which made of an elastic round wire, is placed in a bent form between the conductor plate and the center terminal so as to movably support the conductor plate on the center terminal. The support arm and the spring member are retained by the conductor plate and the center terminal on arc-shaped surfaces.