Patent ID: 9640338
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: H01H

Claim:
1. A press operation apparatus comprising: a case; an operation body disposed on the case; a switch disposed in the case and configured to be activated by pressing the operation body; an urging member disposed on the case and urging the operation body in a direction opposite to a direction in which the operation body is pressed; retaining structures arranged so as to be spaced apart from each other in a first direction; and positioning structures arranged between the retaining structures so as to be spaced apart from each other in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, wherein each of the positioning structures includes a projection and opposing positioning portions, the projection is disposed on one of the operation body and the case, the opposing positioning portions oppose each other in the first direction and are disposed on the other of the operation body and the case, the projection is interposed between the opposing positioning portions when the operation body is moving in the direction opposite to the direction in which the operation body is pressed, and a position of the operation body in the first direction is set, and wherein the projection moves away from the opposing positioning portions when the operation body is pressed and pivots on one of the retaining structures.