SWITCH FOR ELECTRIC APPARATUS

• Main Authors: KAWAMORI HIDEO, ABE TOSHIO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 31.07.1997
• Edition: 6
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; ELECTRIC SWITCHES; ELECTRICITY; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES; RELAYS; SELECTORS

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To simplify the assembling of a switch operation member, simplify a switch assembling process, and prevent the deflection in the lateral direction by integrally molding the bridge section of the switch operation member, a hook pin, and an operation boss with an elastic material. SOLUTION: When the switch button 6 of a switch operation member 5 is depressed, a bridge section 7 is elastically deformed downward while a lug 10 serves as a fulcrum, the tip of an operation boss 11 is brought into pressure contact with a momentary switch 4, and the switch 4 is switched. When the depressing force is released, the bridge section 7 is recovered to the original attitude, and the tip of the operation boss 11 is separated from the switch 4. The boss section 9a of a pin 9, the operation boss 11, and lateral deflection preventing pieces 12a, 12b of the switch operation member 5 are arranged face to face at slight gaps S on both sides of a substrate 3, and the lateral deflection at the time of a switch operation can be prevented. The bridge section 7, pin 9, operation boss 11, and lateral deflection preventing pieces 12a, 12b of the switch operation member 5 are integrally molded with an elastic material, the switch operation member 5 can be simply assembled without using a jig tool, and a switch assembling process can be simplified.