Patent ID: 9552936
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: H01H

Claim:
1. A push switch comprising: a fixed contact point; a movable contact point that movably makes contact with the fixed contact point; and a knob that causes the movable contact point in contact with the fixed contact point to slide thereon by a push operation of the knob, thereby connecting/disconnecting the movable contact point and the fixed contact point, a cover in which the knob is assembled, and a guide wall guiding movement of the knob in an axial direction, wherein a sliding direction of the movable contact point is set to a radial direction to the push direction of the knob, wherein the movable contact point is provided in a movable board that is movable in the radial direction, wherein the knob includes a leg portion extending in the push direction and an inclined portion provided in one side of a tip end of the leg portion in the radial direction, the inclined portion formed in such a direction that a width of the leg portion in the radial direction is narrower toward the tip end, wherein the knob is provided such that the inclined portion makes contact with the movable board, wherein a side wall portion of the cover is between the guide wall and a peripheral wall portion of the knob, and wherein a projection provided in a wall portion of the guide wall is engaged to a guide groove formed on an inner side surface of the side wall portion.