Patent ID: 7534974
Filing Date: 2009-05-19
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
1. A slide switch comprising: a housing comprising a bottom surface and a plurality of side surfaces therearound, said bottom surface and side surfaces cooperatively defining a cavity, a pair of protrusions defined at upper portions of two lateral sides of two ends of the housing; a plurality of stationary contacts embedded in the bottom surface of the housing; a slide member comprising a containing portion and an operating portion, the containing portion moveably mounted into the cavity; a moveable contact fixed in a lower surface of the slide member; a cover attached to the housing and the slide member, the cover comprising a main body and a pair of retaining portions extending from two opposite ends of the main body, the retaining portion comprising a connecting portion and a perpendicular engaging portion, the connecting portion and engaging portion cooperatively defining an inverted “T” configuration, said engaging portion engaging with lower surfaces of said protrusions, and said connecting portion extending through a channel formed between said protrusions; wherein a plurality of recesses is defined below said protrusions for accommodating crumb generated by the scrape between the cover and the protrusions.