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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2007
Yasuhiro Kiyono, Nagaokakyo, JP;
Toshihiro Naruo, Kyoto, JP;
Yasuhiro Kiyono, Nagaokakyo, JP;
Toshihiro Naruo, Kyoto, JP;
OMRON Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A thin switch having a small floor area easy to be manufactured is provided. A switch includes a base including at least one switching fixed contact point exposed from a bottom surface and a concave part having at least one pair of opposing side walls; an operation lever pivotally supported by the side walls of the base; a slider slidably arranged on the bottom surface of the base for sliding while being guided by the opposing side walls of the base when pushed by a cam part of the operation lever; and a conductive coil spring arranged on the bottom surface of the base so as to extend and contract with push and release by the slider, including an arm part on a first end side arranged to be slidable on the bottom surface of the base and arranged so as to contact and separate with respect to the switching fixed contact point. A shaft center of the coil spring is arranged parallel to a moving direction of the slider.