Side push switch

A push switch comprising:

• an insulative housing;
• a periphery contact received in the housing;
• a central contact received in the housing and electrically isolated from the periphery contact;
• a lever including a longitudinal branch pivotally moveable about a pivot axis extending in a transverse direction essentially perpendicular to said longitudinal branch;
• and
• an actuator located above said lever and linearly reciprocated in a lengthwise direction essentially perpendicular to said transverse direction thereby causing the lever to pivotally move and actuate the central contact and the periphery contact to be electrically engaged with each other;
• wherein
• the pivot axis is essentially located around a front face of the housing where an operation knob of the actuator is located for manually pushing by a user from an exterior.

A push switch comprising:

• an insulative housing;
• a first contact received in the housing;
• a second contact received in the housing and electrically isolated from the first contact;
• a lever including a longitudinal branch pivotally moveable about a pivot axis extending in a transverse direction essentially perpendicular to said longitudinal branch;
• and
• an actuator located above said lever and linearly reciprocated in a lengthwise direction essentially perpendicular to said transverse direction thereby causing the lever to pivotally move and actuate the first contact and the second contact to be electrically engaged with each other;
• wherein
• the actuator includes a first engagement section, the lever includes a second engagement section engaged with each other in a vertical direction when the actuator is moved to an inner actuation position, under a condition that both said actuator and said lever are essentially located on a same side of said interengaged first and second engagement sections with regard to a transverse axis passing said interengaged first and second engagement sections.