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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2001
Takashi Niiyama, Gunma-ken, JP;
Hosiden Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A slide switch includes a case member; a slide member movable within a planar range of movement, conducting elements formed between the case member and the slide member, and an elastic member for holding the slide member in a neutral position where the conducting elements are non-conductive. The elastic member is an integral unit having a holding portion engaged with the slide member, and projecting portions extending from the holding portion along the planar range of movement toward inner walls of the case member. The conducting elements include contacts arranged on the inner wall of the case member, and conductors arranged on the holding portion of the elastic member. The conductors of the elastic member are movable into contact with the contacts of the case member by an external force for moving the slide member away from the neutral position against a biasing force of the elastic member, and separable from the contacts by the biasing force of the elastic member when the external force is removed.
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