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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2006
Kenji Nishimura, Osaka, JP;
Kenji Nishimura, Osaka, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A switch comprises a case having a stationary contact embedded in an inner bottom surface thereof, a lever housed inside the case such that the lever is swingable around one end thereof, and a movable contact having an arm portion and a contact point on a first end of the arm portion, the contact point being slidable on any of the inner bottom surface of the case and the stationary contact while maintaining flexible contact therewith in response to a swinging motion of the lever. The movable contact is also provided with a holding portion at a second end of the arm portion, and the holding portion is embedded in the lever by insert molding.