Patent ID: 8080754
Filing Date: 2011-12-20
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
1. A push switch comprising: a housing including an opening at a top and a recessed section at a lower part; a push-type switch contact disposed on an inner bottom face of the recessed section; an operating unit including an operating section at an upper part and a flange section at a lower part, the flange section having an upper surface; a resilient unit disposed under the operating unit in the recessed section for energizing the operating unit upward; and a cover for covering the opening at the top and including a center hole from which the operating section extends upward, wherein the operating unit is movable up and down guided by a guide projection disposed on inner walls confronting each other of the recessed section and extending vertically on the inner walls and by a concave indentation provided in the flange section to mate with the guide projection, and wherein the operating section includes a sidewall extending from a top surface of the operating section to the upper surface of the flange section at a position directly above the concave indentation of the flange section.