Switching device

A switching device comprising:

• a substrate having a fixed contact portion;
• a first moving member having an inclined portion inclined with respect to the substrate, the first moving member being configured to reciprocate on a first imaginary axis line parallel to the substrate;
• a slider held by the first moving member, the slider being configured to come into contact with and be separated from the fixed contact portion of the substrate according to a reciprocating movement of the first moving member,
• a second moving member having a sliding contact portion coming into sliding contact with the inclined portion of the first moving member, the second moving member being configured to reciprocate on a second imaginary axis line intersecting the first imaginary axis line;
• a first biasing member that biases the first moving member such that the first moving member moves in a first direction toward an intersection of the first imaginary axis line and the second imaginary axis line;
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• a second biasing member that biases the second moving member through a pressing member such that the second moving member moves in a second direction away from the intersection, the second moving member having a cam portion on a side surface thereof which does not intersect the second imaginary axis line, the pressing member coming into contact with the cam portion, the cam portion being formed of a plurality of successive inclined surfaces, and a distance between the second imaginary axis line and the cam portion becoming greater as the second member moves in the second direction,
• wherein the first moving member and the second moving member further include a first engagement portion and a second engagement portion, respectively, and are movably coupled with each other by the first and second engagement portions such that the first and second moving members reciprocate with respect to each other while the inclined portion and the sliding contact portion are in sliding contact with each other.