US 2004/0163938 A1 · Switch apparatus

Abstract

A power window switch includes an operating knob having a knob-leg with a bifurcation formed therein, the operating knob being supported so that the operating knob can be operated to rock, and an auto switch supported in a housing and having an operating boss that engages the bifurcation formed in the knob-leg. When the operating knob is operated to rock, the operating boss receives a force from the bifurcation to operate the auto switch. The slide switch has walls that face an end of the operating boss projecting in a direction perpendicular to a plane in which the knob-leg swings. The walls are spaced apart from the end of the operating boss by a distance d shorter than a width D of the knob-leg. This arrangement minimizes the possibility of the knob-leg disengaging from the operating boss without increasing the thickness of the knob-leg.

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Dependent claims

A switch apparatus, comprising:

an operating knob having a knob-leg with a bifurcation formed therein, the operating knob being supported so that the operating knob can be operated to rock;
and
a slide switch having an engagement portion that engages the bifurcation formed in the knob-leg;
wherein when said operating knob is operated to rock, the engagement portion receives a force from the bifurcation through the rocking movement to operate the slide switch,
wherein said slide switch has a limiting element that maintains the knob-leg in engagement with the engagement portion so that the knob-leg is prevented from disengaging from the engagement portion.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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