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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2011
Applicants:
Toshiharu Mori, Miyagi-Ken, JP;
Osamu Haga, Miyagi-Ken, JP;
Syuji Fujiwara, Miyagi-Ken, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Alps Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 3/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A switch device includes a housing having a receiving portion; an operation member that receives a pressing operation; a plurality of fixed contact points provided in the receiving portion side by side at predetermined intervals; a plurality of movable contact points having contact point portions that come into sliding contact with the fixed contact points; and a snap action mechanism that drives the movable contact points when the operation member is pressed to a predetermined position.