Patent ID: 6313420
Filing Date: 2001-11-06
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
A slide switch comprising:a case having a slide hole;a slide knob attached slidably to an outer surface of the case, the slide knob having a shaft portion inserted into the slide hole of the case;a shield member disposed between a lower surface of the slide knob and an outer surface of the case, the shield member having an insertion hole for insertion therein of the shaft portion of the slide knob; anda contact member disposed in the interior of the case and retained by the shaft portion of the slide knob,wherein the shield member is engaged with the shaft portion of the slide knob so as to be slidable with the slide knob and is formed with an annular projection outside an outer periphery of the insertion hole, also formed with a thin plate-like substrate portion inside the annular projection, the substrate portion having the insertion hole, and is further formed with a thin plate-like outer edge portion which surrounds the outside of the annular projection.