Switch device
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho
InventorsMasaya Murota, Takeshi Fujimoto
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Abstract
A switch device includes a movable terminal including a snap action mechanism that bends a spring when a user moves an operating portion, a first fixed terminal that contacts the movable terminal when the spring is not bent, a second fixed terminal that contacts the movable terminal when the operating portion is moved by a specified amount to bend the spring, and a housing that accommodates at least the first fixed terminal. The first fixed terminal includes a first fixed terminal body that contacts the movable terminal, and a first fixed terminal connection pin bent sideward from the first fixed terminal body and mounted on a board. The housing includes a groove portion that allows for passage of the first fixed terminal connection pin.
Claims5
A switch device, comprising:
- a movable terminal including a snap action mechanism that bends a spring when a user moves an operating portion;
- a first fixed terminal that contacts the movable terminal when the spring is not bent;
- a second fixed terminal that contacts the movable terminal when the operating portion is moved by a specified amount to bend the spring;
- and
- a housing that accommodates at least the first fixed terminal, wherein:
- the first fixed terminal includes
- a first fixed terminal body that contacts the movable terminal, and
- a first fixed terminal connection pin bent sideward from the first fixed terminal body and mounted on a board;
- and
- the housing includes a groove portion that allows for passage of the first fixed terminal connection pin, wherein
- the housing includes a case and a cover, the case including an opening, and the cover closing the opening and configured to position the first fixed terminal, and
- the cover includes a projecting wall fitted into at least part of the groove portion when the cover is coupled to the case.
A switch device, comprising:
- a movable terminal including a snap action mechanism that bends a spring when a user moves an operating portion;
- a first fixed terminal that contacts the movable terminal when the spring is not bent;
- a second fixed terminal that contacts the movable terminal when the operating portion is moved by a specified amount to bend the spring;
- and
- a housing that accommodates at least the first fixed terminal, wherein:
- the first fixed terminal includes
- a first fixed terminal body that contacts the movable terminal, and
- a first fixed terminal connection pin bent sideward from the first fixed terminal body and mounted on a board;
- and
- the housing includes a groove portion that allows for passage of the first fixed terminal connection pin,
- the first fixed terminal body is C-shaped,
- the first fixed terminal connection pin is one of two first fixed terminal connection pins respectively arranged at two ends of the first fixed terminal body, and
- the groove portion is one of two groove portions respectively formed in two opposing side walls of the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.