Slide switch mechanism, slide switch, and operation lever device including same

A slide switch mechanism comprising:

• a housing including:
• a housing body formed to be hollow;
• an opening portion formed in a ceiling portion of the housing body that is located on one side in a predetermined direction;
• and
• an inner cover portion formed inside the housing body to face the ceiling portion and extending in a circumferential direction around a rotation axis passing through the housing body, the inner cover portion being arc-shaped;
• and
• a slide member including:
• a slide body disposed to be rotatable about the rotation axis between the inner cover portion and the ceiling portion;
• and an operation portion provided on the slide body to project on the one side of the opening portion in the predetermined direction, wherein:
• the housing body is configured to be separable in the predetermined direction into a first housing part and a second housing part;
• the first housing part includes:
• a body portion in which the opening portion and the inner cover portion are formed and an insertion path is formed extending on one side in the circumferential direction from the opening portion;
• and a lid portion that is attached to the body portion to close the insertion path;
• the second housing part is joined to the first housing part from the other side in the predetermined direction;
• and
• the slide member causes the operation portion to pass through the insertion path from the one side in the circumferential direction and is joined to the first housing part with the lid portion detached from the body portion.