Patent ID: 6060670
Filing Date: 2000-05-09
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
A slide switch comprising:a slider freely slidable in a predetermined direction and having a movable contact;a terminal base extending in a sliding direction of the slider, a surface thereof being a sliding face for the slider and a coupler portion being provided at an end region of a rear face thereof; anda terminal, a part of which is exposed on a surface side of the terminal base to form a stationary contact on which the movable contact slides, and provided with a coupler terminal projecting into the coupler portion;wherein a terminal groove is formed in a surface of the terminal base into which the terminal can be fitted, the terminal being secured at the rear of the terminal base by caulking after the terminal has been inserted into the terminal groove and a spacer is attached to the terminal base to cover a part of the terminal superposed on the coupler portion as viewed from the surface of the terminal base, said spacer maintaining said coupler terminal in said coupler portion while permitting said slider to move there across.