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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2002
Noriyuki Kasakawa, Tsuruga, JP;
Masahiro Hirobe, Nagahama, JP;
Koji Jahara, Higashihiroshima, JP;
Kenji Nakatani, Higashihiroshima, JP;
Takayoshi Nishijima, Hiroshima, JP;
Hiroshi Miyazaki, Hiroshima, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A stop lamp switch of the present invention includes; an operating shaft having one end face being outwardly projected from a switch case body, the end face abutting on a brake pedal of a vehicle; an actuator moving within the switch case body to separate a movable contact from a fixed contact; an engaging spring attached to the other end of the actuator so as to be engaged with a concave-convex locking portion provided on the operating shaft, and a spring regulating member for engaging both free ends of the engaging spring with engaging step portions provided to the spring regulating member in a freely engageable/disengageable manner while the engaging spring is being in a spread state.