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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2001
Tatsuya Tsuda, Fukui, JP;
Yasuchika Kudo, Fukui, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A multidirectional switch includes (a) a case having a common contact and plural fixed contacts; (b) a contacting unit whose intermediate section is in contact with the common contact, and a tip of an arm extending from the intermediate section faces one of the fixed contacts at a given interval; (c) a spring placed on the contacting unit, and an end of a movable section at an intermediate section of the spring being in contact with the tip of the arm, and a bowed section extending from the movable section being retained by the case; (d) a cover with a hole for covering the case; and (e) an operating unit having a depressing section, being mounted movably to the case or the cover, and the depressing section extending through the hole of the cover for being brought into contact with the end of the movable section of the spring.