Ignition switch device

• Main Authors: MIURA, KEISUKE, SAKAI, TAKEHIRO, UEDA, MASAAKI, KAWANAMI, HIROSHI, UOTANI, IKUHIRO, MIYAHARA, YOSHIAKI, TSUCHIKIRI, AKIHIKO, UMEMOTO, TADAYOSHI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 26.12.2012
• Subjects: ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; HANDCUFFS; KEYS; LOCKS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; SAFES; SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR; VEHICLES IN GENERAL; VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISEPROVIDED FOR; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS

An ignition switch device 1 is provided with a switching means 2 having a key hole 2a allowing a regular ignition key K to be inserted thereinto, and capable of being rotationally operated in a predetermined direction with the ignition key K inserted to start and stop an engine of an industrial machine, a case 3 covering the switching means 2 and formed with an insertion hole 3b allowing the key hole 2a to face the outside, and a main guide shape 5 composed of a groove having a V-shaped cross-section, which is formed on the surface 3a of the case 3, and extending toward the insertion hole 3b to allow the tip Ka of the ignition key K to be guided to the key hole 2a.