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Switch device and horn switch having the structure of the switch device

US6974919B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJul 1, 2004
Grant dateDec 13, 2005
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Expiry dateJul 1, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01H2221/018
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A switch device whose assembly is easily performed with a simple structure and that has low manufacturing costs includes a case having a rectangular-shaped long groove, a long operating knob held in a vertically movable manner in the long groove, a plurality of operating bodies provided in the longitudinal direction of the long operating knob and operated with the vertical movement of the long operating knob, movable contacts respectively provided below the operating bodies, and a base on which the movable contacts and fixed contacts are mounted such that they can come in contact with or separate from each other. When the long operating knob is pressed, at least one of the plurality of operating bodies is pressed, causing the movable contacts provided below the operating bodies to come in contact with the fixed contacts.

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