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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2008
Ken Kosaka, Miyagi-ken, JP;
Ken Kosaka, Miyagi-ken, JP;
Alps Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A turn signal switch device comprises a control lever that has a lever portion that projects from a base portion that has a shaft hole, and a shaft that has a head disposed at one end. The head has a larger diameter than that of the other portion of the shaft, and is inserted into the shaft hole so as to serve as a rotating shaft of the control lever. The device also comprises a holder that is formed of synthetic resin, has an opening into which the base portion is inserted, and supports the shaft such that the control lever can be tilted along one plane. The device further comprises a case that supports the holder such that the control lever and the holder can be integrally tilted along the other plane which substantially crosses the one plane at right angles. A ring-shaped concave groove that extends in a circumferential direction is provided at the other end of the shaft. A bearing hole with a smaller diameter than that of the head and into which the shaft is inserted is provided in a pair of side plates of the holder that faces each other. A flexible engagement piece that extends inwardly in a radial direction of the bearing hole so as to be engaged with the ring-shaped groove is provided in one of the pair of side plates.