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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2003
Applicants:
Kenji Nishimura, Osaka, JP;
Tamotsu Yamamoto, Hyogo, JP;
Inventors:
Kenji Nishimura, Osaka, JP;
Tamotsu Yamamoto, Hyogo, JP;
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H009/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
When a control lever is slid to move a driver housed in a quadrangular case in a given direction, the movement of the driver allows the driver to push one of resilient legs of movable contacts corresponding to the direction of movement. This movement resiliently slides the corresponding movable contact along an inner surface of the sidewall of the case and brings the movable contact into contact with a corresponding fixed contact. This structure can provide a multi-directional slide switch of low profile that has a small number of members and is easily assembled.