Patent ID: 8766120
Filing Date: 2014-07-01
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
1. A microswitch comprising: a housing into which a switch mechanism is incorporated; a plunger which is movably held by the housing, the plunger configured to transmit power to the switch mechanism; and a lever member in a plate spring shape whose base end side is supported by the housing and which is turnable with the base end side as a supporting point; wherein a tip end of the plunger is abutted with one face of the lever member in a turning direction of the lever member at an intermediate position in a longitudinal direction of the lever member, and an object to be detected is capable of abutting with an other face of the lever member in the turning direction of the lever member on a tip end side of the lever member; and wherein, when a portion of the lever member where the tip end of the plunger is abutted is a plunger abutting part and a portion of the lever member where the object to be detected is capable of abutting is an object abutting part, a first reinforcing part configured to reinforce strength of the lever member is formed at a position avoiding the object abutting part in the other face of the lever member, and a second reinforcing part configured to reinforce strength of the lever member is formed at a position avoiding the plunger abutting part in the one face of the lever member.