Switch assembly for use in vehicle

A switch assembly for use in vehicle comprising:

• a plate-like body for being fixedly connected to a chassis of the vehicle, said plate-like body having first and second faces opposite to each other and a side face;
• a projection extending perpendicularly from said first face of said plate-like body;
• a pin mounted on said side face for movement inwardly and outwardly from said plate-like body in a radial direction to the axis of said projection and spring means engaged with said pin and biasing said pin outwardly;
• a rotatable member having an opening therein in which said projection is engaged for rotatably mounting said rotatable member on said plate-like body, said rotatable member also having a first actuating means;
• a lever having one end bifurcated to define first and second arms, said first arm being pivotally mounted on said rotatable member for pivotal movement in a direction perpendicular to the direction of rotation of said rotatable member, and for rotation together with the rotation of said rotatable member about said projection, and said second arm extending along said second face of said plate-like body and having a second actuating means, said lever having a plurality of vertical and horizontal notches in a form of mesh and defining a plurality of tapered recesses on a surface of said lever between said first and second arms, said pin being in the respective ones of said tapered recesses to hold the lever in rotated and pivoted positions;
• first switch means mounted on said plate-like body and being engaged by said first actuating means for being actuated by said first actuating means as said rotatable member rotates;
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• second switch means mounted on said plate-like body and being engaged by said second actuating means for being actuated by said second actuating means as said lever pivots.