Push-on switch
AssigneeMatsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
InventorsHisashi Watanabe, Koji Tamano
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Abstract
A push-on switch is pushed horizontally to the surface of a printed wiring board used in various electronic apparatuses. The push-on switch is of a surface mounted type, in which only front terminals lead from case can be extended vertically downwardly and soldered to the inside of through holes in land parts having the through hole of printed wiring board. Front terminals work as a maintaining means for maintaining a stable mounted state to improve proof strength against an operating force horizontal to the printed wiring board surface. Therefore, the stable mounted state to the printed wiring board is kept also when horizontal pushing is repeated.
Claims6
A push-on switch to be pushed substantially parallel to a surface of a printed wiring board to which the push-on switch is mounted, the push-on switch comprising:
- a case having an opening in a side face;
- an operation body projecting from the opening and movably stored in the case;
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- maintaining means that is disposed on a front side of the switch with respect to the pushing direction and fixes the switch to the printed wiring board, the maintaining means comprising a first support and a second support, wherein
- the first support is provided on a front side of the second support with respect to the pushing direction of the operation body, and the first support is inserted into a through hole formed in the printed wiring board, and held in the printed wiring board, and
- the second support extends from the case substantially parallel to the surface of the printed wiring board.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.