Patent ID: 7449643
Filing Date: 2008-11-11
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
1. A switch for a vehicle comprising: a case; a movable contact; a fixed contact; an input terminal and an output terminal, the input terminal and the output terminal each being protruded outside the case at one end and disposed in the case at an other end; an operating body accommodated in the case in a vertically movable manner; a switch contact performing electrical contact and separation in response to a vertical motion of the operating body, wherein the switch contact performs electrical contact and separation between the movable contact and the fixed contact in response to the vertical motion of the operating body; a switching unit disposed in the case between the input terminal and the output terminal, wherein the switching unit includes an input part, an output part, and a signal input part, the input part being connected to the input terminal and the output part being connected to the output terminal, the switch contact is disposed between the signal input part of the switching unit and the input terminal, and the switching unit is conductive from the input part to the output part responsive to a signal applied to the signal input part by the switch contact; and a wiring board disposed in the case is mounted integrally with the input terminal, the output terminal, the switching unit and the connecting terminal, wherein the switch contact is disposed between the signal input part of the switching unit and the input terminal through a connecting terminal; said case having an opening extending from outside said case to inside said case.