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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2007
Masayuki Nishiguchi, Toyota, JP;
Masao Okumura, Chiryu, JP;
Yuji Sekitomi, Anjo, JP;
Kyohei Manabe, Gifu, JP;
Masayuki Nishiguchi, Toyota, JP;
Masao Okumura, Chiryu, JP;
Yuji Sekitomi, Anjo, JP;
Kyohei Manabe, Gifu, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, JP;
Matsuo Industries, Inc., Obu, JP;
Abstract
A stop lamp switch including: an enclosure; a reed switch disposed in the enclosure; a magnet, disposed in the enclosure, a magnetic field of which opens and closes the contacts of the reed switch; an actuating shaft that is movable along an axial direction of the enclosure; a blocking member provided on the actuating shaft, that moves with the movement of the actuating shaft, between a first position, at which the magnetic field from the magnet directed toward the first reed switch is blocked, and a second position, at which the blocking of the magnetic field from the magnet directed toward the first reed switch is no longer blocked.