Patent ID: 8704116
Filing Date: 2014-04-22
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
1. A lateral motion micro-electro-mechanical system contact switch comprising: a plurality of first contact points arranged in parallel on a substrate; a movable member including a plurality of beams facing the plurality of first contact points, and formed to be slidable along an alignment direction of the first contact points within a face of the substrate; and a plurality of second contact points provided on faces of the plurality of beams, opposing the first contact points, respectively, wherein each first contact point includes a plurality of fixed contact electrodes, and a movable contact electrode as the second contact point is provided to each fixed contact electrode in each one of the plurality of beams of the movable member, wherein the substrate includes a step between the plurality of fixed contact electrodes, and a space between the fixed contact electrode and the movable contact electrode on a base side of one of the plurality of beams is wider than that between the fixed contact electrode and the movable contact electrode on an end side of the one of the plurality of beams.