Patent ID: 11942284
Assignee: OMRON CORPORATION
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A switch device, comprising:
a housing;
a pressing member accommodated by a side of the housing, and configured to move from a reference position to a pressed position in a predetermined movement direction upon receiving an external pressing force and return to the reference position upon being released from the external pressing force;
an urging member configured to urge the pressing member toward the reference position;
a plurality of fixed contacts; and
at least one movable contact swingable in a direction intersecting with the movement direction of the pressing member, the at least one movable contact being configured, by swinging back and forth in the direction intersecting the movement direction, to connect and disconnect between the plurality of fixed contacts, wherein
the pressing member comprises a slider portion extending in a direction oblique to the movement direction and slidable along the at least one movable contact, and
the at least one movable contact is pressed by the slider portion in the pressing member by sliding along the at least one movable contact to cause the at least one movable contact to swing away from the side of the housing toward a center of the housing in the direction intersecting the movement direction so as to come in contact with at least one of the plurality of fixed contacts in response to the pressing member moving from the reference position to the pressed position.