Slide switch assemblies

A slide switch assembly comprising:

• a housing;
• a slider having traveling contacts, said traveling contacts defining exposed contact faces;
• a partition wall having openings, the partition wall defining an accommodation section formed in the housing to receive the slider and allow the slider to be moved slideably therein;
• and
• a printed circuit board having fixed contact plates, the fixed contact plates including fixation bases attached to the printed circuit board and bent contact portions which are bent so as to extend from the fixation bases, the bent contact portions having an upper end which includes bent engagement portions;
• wherein
• the printed circuit board is assembled with the housing such that the fixed contact plates are in opposition to the traveling contacts and adapted to make electrical contact with said traveling contacts in response to sliding movement of the slider, and wherein
• the contact portions of the fixed contact plates are positioned so as to be exposed through the openings such that the bent engagement portions at the upper end thereof are engaged with the openings in the partition wall.