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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2005
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2004
Naoki Mori, Miyagi-ken, JP;
Yasuo Takii, Miyagi-ken, JP;
Sun Dong Kim, Gwangju, KR;
Alps Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A switch device whose assembly is easily performed with a simple structure and that has low manufacturing costs includes a case having a rectangular-shaped long groove, a long operating knob held in a vertically movable manner in the long groove, a plurality of operating bodies provided in the longitudinal direction of the long operating knob and operated with the vertical movement of the long operating knob, movable contacts respectively provided below the operating bodies, and a base on which the movable contacts and fixed contacts are mounted such that they can come in contact with or separate from each other. When the long operating knob is pressed, at least one of the plurality of operating bodies is pressed, causing the movable contacts provided below the operating bodies to come in contact with the fixed contacts.