Slide switch

A slide switch comprising:

• a base having a plurality of patterned spaces of an arbitrary shape, and including at least one stationary contact of an arbitrary patterned circuit being exposed and formed on each of the said patterned spaces;
• a terminal for at least one said stationary contact protrudes out from said base, two guide grooves of a set length being arranged in parallel on the surface and formed in the X or Y axis direction so as to be symmetric about the center point;
• a slider having an operation portion being an upper surface of an arbitrarily shaped plate, said slider having a slider body on which two guide grooves of a set length arranged in parallel in the lower surface and formed in parallel in the Y or X axis direction so as to be symmetric to the center point on the lower surface;
• said slider having a movable contact spring piece with a plurality of contact spring pieces protruding around a resilient plate, said movable contact spring piece being integrally mounted on the lower surface of the slider body while the center point of said slider body is aligned with the center point of said movable contact spring piece;
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• a sliding bridge formed of two lower bridges and two upper bridges, integrally built in a cross, square, or rectangular shape, whereby said two lower bridges being rectangular strips arranged in parallel which are slidably fitted along said two parallel guide grooves in said base, said two upper bridges being rectangular strips arranged in parallel which are slidably fitted along said two parallel guide grooves in said slider;
• wherein, said two parallel lower bridges of said sliding bridge are fitted in said two parallel guide grooves on the surface of said base;
• said two parallel upper bridges of said sliding bridge are fitted in said two parallel guide grooves in the lower surface of said slider;
• said sliding bridge is inserted between the surface of said base and the lower surface of said slider;
• said slider confronts said base so as to be free to slide in a desired direction;
• resilient return means are arranged around said slider while a resilient force maintains alignment between the center point of said base and the center point of said slider;
• each of said stationary contacts of said base and each of said contacts of said movable contact spring piece of said slider are placed so as to confront each other;
• wherein, when said slider slides a set distance in a desired direction from the center point and returns toward the center point by means of said resilient return member, a movable contact of said movable contact spring piece is connected or disconnected to/from at least one of said stationary contacts, whereby a switching function, mode switching function, or other electrical function where one or more movable contacts are connected or disconnected to/from the at least one stationary contact is performed.

A slide switch comprising:

• a base including a plurality of patterned spaces of arbitrary shape, and including at least one stationary contact of an arbitrary patterned circuit being exposed and formed on each of said patterned spaces, a terminal for at least one said stationary contact protruding from said base, two guide grooves of a set length being formed in parallel on the surface while being formed in the X or Y axis direction to be symmetrical about the center point, said base having resilient return means arranged around a notional position of a slider on the surface at regular intervals;
• a slider having an opening where a push button/operation knob is installed in the middle portion of the upper surface of a slider body in a circular, polygonal, or square plate, said push button/operation knob being inserted into said opening such that the upper portion thereof protrudes upward and moves vertically and freely, fan-like raised portions being formed at positions symmetrical about the center point of the lower surface of said slider body, two guide grooves of a set length being formed respectively on said raised portions and in parallel in the Y or X axis direction to be symmetric about the center point, said slider having a movable contact spring piece with said contact spring pieces protruding around the center hole of a resilient plate, said movable contact spring piece being integrally mounted to a lower portion on the lower surface of the slider body while the center point of said slider body is aligned with the center point of said movable contact spring piece, a return resilient plate being suspended below the lower surface of said push button/operation knob so that when said push button/operation knob is pushed down, resilient force causes said push button/operation knob to return to its original position;
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• a sliding bridge formed of two lower bridges and two upper bridges, integrally built in a cross, square, or rectangular shape, said two lower bridges being rectangular strips arranged in parallel which are slidably fixed along said two parallel guide grooves in said base, said two upper bridges being rectangular strips arranged in parallel which are slidably fixed along said two parallel guide grooves in said slider;
• wherein, said two parallel lower bridges of said sliding bridge are fitted in said two parallel guide grooves in the surface of said base;
• said two parallel upper bridges of said sliding bridge are fitted in said two parallel guide grooves in the lower surface of said slider;
• said sliding bridge is inserted between the surface of said base and the lower surface of said slider;
• said slider confronts said base so as to be free to slide in a desired direction;
• resilient return means are in contact with and arranged around said slider at regular intervals while a resilient force maintains alignment between the center point of said base and the center point of said slider;
• a movable contact spring disk is inserted between a stationary contact at the center of said base and the center the lower surface of said push button/operation knob mounted on said slider;
• and each of said stationary contacts of said base and each of said movable contacts of said movable contact spring piece of said slider are placed so as to confront each other;
• wherein, when said slider slides a set distance in a desired direction from the center point and returns toward the center point by means of said resilient return member, a movable contact of said movable contact spring piece is connected or disconnected to/from the at least one stationary contact or when said push button/operation knob is pushed down and said resilient plate restores, said movable contact spring disk is disconnected from a stationary contact at the center of said base, whereby a switching function, mode switching function, or other electrical function where one or more movable contacts are connected or disconnected to/from one or more said stationary contacts is performed.

A slide mechanism comprising:

• a base having a surface in which two guide grooves of a set length are formed in parallel in the X- or Y-axis direction;
• a slider on which two grooves of a set length are formed in parallel in the Y- or X axis direction on the lower surface of a strip in arbitrary shape;
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• a sliding bridge formed of two lower bridges and two upper bridges, integrally built in a cross, square, or rectangular shape, said two lower bridges being rectangular strips arranged in parallel which are slidably fixed along said two parallel guide grooves in said base, said two upper bridges being rectangular strips arranged in parallel which are slidably fixed along said two parallel guide grooves in said slider;
• wherein, said two parallel lower bridges of said sliding bridge are fitted in said two parallel guide grooves in the surface of said base;
• and said two parallel upper bridges of said sliding bridge are fitted in said two parallel guide grooves in the lower surface of said slider;
• wherein, with said sliding bridge inserted between the surface of said base and the lower surface of said slider, said slider arbitrarily slides in a desired direction over said base.