Simplified vehicle door switch device with a large actuating surface

A switch-actuating device (1) for a vehicle door, wherein the device (1) has an actuating element (10) with an actuating surface (11), and also has a mechanical switch (20) and a mechanism (30) by means of which a compressive force (F) applied to the actuating surface (11) is transmitted to the switch (20) in order for the switch (20) to be switched, wherein the mechanism (30)

• has a first component or a first component group (31), on which the switch is secured at least in a switching direction, and
• has a lever (32), which is mounted such that it can be pivoted, via a pivot pin (32.1), in relation to the first component or the first component group (31) and which is connected to the actuating element (10), on a first side of the actuating surface (11), via a first articulation (10.1) at a first region (32.2) of the lever (32),
• wherein the actuating element (10), on a second side of the actuating surface (11), is mounted on the first component or the first component group (31) via a second articulation (10.2), wherein the actuating element (10) is of flexible configuration, and therefore, when the actuating surface (11) is subjected to manual pressure, the actuating element bends in a flexible manner and causes the distance between the first articulation (10.1) and the second articulation (10.2) to shorten, and therefore causes the lever (32) to pivot about the pivot pin (32.1), and wherein the switch (20) is arranged such that, by virtue of the lever (32) pivoting, the switch is switched via a second region (32.3) of the lever.