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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2010
Satoshi Yamanaka, Osaka, JP;
Hirofumi Koizumi, Osaka, JP;
Satoshi Yamanaka, Osaka, JP;
Hirofumi Koizumi, Osaka, JP;
Hosiden Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A slide switch installed in a buckle apparatus includes a body, a sliderheld slidably in the body, the slidersliding when pressed by a movable part of the buckle apparatus, fixed contactstoplaced in a direction in which the slider slides, on a surface of the bodythat faces the slider, a movable piecesliding on the surface of the bodyon which the fixed contactstoare placed. The sliderhas a size that obscures the fixed contactstoin the entire range in which the sliderslides. The fixed contactstoare unlikely to be affected by foreign matter etc. and adherence of foreign matter that degrades performance can be prevented.