Patent ID: 9653234
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: H01H

Claim:
1. A multidirectional switch in which, when a knob in a neutral position is operated to be tilted with respect to a reference axis at a time the knob is in the neutral position, at least one pressing part positioned at an operating direction side of the knob moves in an axial direction of the reference axis to selectively close at least one switch element corresponding to the at least one pressing part, wherein: the at least one switch element and the at least one pressing part respectively comprise the same number of the at least one switch element and the at least one pressing part that are respectively provided at predetermined intervals in a circumferential direction around the reference axis; the at least one pressing part adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction around the reference axis are connected with each other by a flexible connecting element formed in a wave shape as viewed in a radial direction of the reference axis; an operating part arranged to be perpendicular to the reference axis at the time the knob is in the neutral position; and a movable board that is tilted by moving the operating direction side of the knob in the operating part, in the axial direction as viewed from the reference axis when the knob is operated, wherein: as viewed from the reference axis, the operating part is provided with at least one abutting part, which abuts on the at least one pressing part, positioned in a preset direction as the operating direction of the knob, and at least one blocking part that blocks tilting of the movable board in a direction that is not preliminarily set as the operating direction of the knob; when the knob is operated in the direction that is not preliminarily set as the operating direction of the knob, the at least one blocking part abuts on a fixed-side stopper to block the tilting of the knob; and a guide part is provided on an abutting surface of the fixed-side stopper to guide a tilting direction of the movable board to a tilting direction corresponding to a direction that is preliminarily set as the operating direction of the knob.