Patent ID: 9355794
Filing Date: 2016-05-31
CPC Classification: H01H

Claim Text:
1. A push-type switch, comprising: a movable seat comprising two opposite interfering walls, and two opposite positioning walls for interconnecting the interfering walls, each of the interfering walls having an engaging rib formed on an outer surface thereof, an accommodating space defined by the interfering walls and the positioning walls; a cap lid covering a top of the movable seat, and comprising a first display portion and a second display portion made of a light permeable material; a display module disposed between the cap lid and the movable seat and being electrically connected to a printed circuit board, the display module being capable of displaying dynamic images or static images which are being seen from the first display portion of the cap lid; a lighting element fixedly disposed in the accommodating space of the movable seat and electrically connected to the printed circuit board, the lighting element being capable of emitting light which is permeable to the second display portion of the cap lid for at least indicating a state of switching; a housing having a storing chamber formed therein which is open upward, and two engaging slots respectively formed on two opposite sides of the housing, the engaging ribs being slidably engageable with the engaging slots so as to limit a course of travelling of the movable seat; and a conducting unit disposed in the storing chamber and comprising a conducting element being flexible and a plurality of conducting terminals, one end of each of the plurality of conducting terminals secured in the storing chamber and another end thereof extending out of the housing to electrically connect the printed circuited board; wherein when the cap lid is being pushed downward, the movable seat moves concurrently to depress the conducting element, whereby the conducting element being deformed to electrically contact the conducting terminals so as to switch on and off the push-type switch, and the lighting element and the display module being capable of emitting light and displaying images respectively according to the state of switch of the push-type switch and electrical signals transmitted from the printed circuit board to the lighting element and the display module.