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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2011
Masayuki Kawata, Chiba, JP;
Masayuki Kawata, Chiba, JP;
Seiko Instruments Inc., , JP;
Abstract
A switch structure has an elastic switch lever portion and a rigid support lever. The elastic switch lever portion has an elastic contact portion and an arm portion provided with a pressing force receiving portion from which the elastic contact portion extends. The rigid support lever is mounted for undergoing movement relative to the pressing force receiving portion. The rigid support lever has a rigid substrate portion and a rigid support wall portion that is connected to the rigid substrate portion and that supports the pressing force receiving portion so as to receive a pressing force from the pressing force receiving portion and to guide displacement of the pressing force receiving portion when a pressing force is applied to the pressing force receiving portion.