Patent ID: 8987623
Filing Date: 2015-03-24
Classification: G03B,H01H

Abstract:
1. A slide switch comprising: an operation member configured to have a slide shaft perpendicularly protruding with respect to a sliding direction; a base member configured to be mounted on an outer cover of an electronic apparatus and guide the operation member such that the operation member can move in the sliding direction; an elastically-deformable click force generating portion configured to be disposed on a line passing through a center of the slide shaft and extending in the sliding direction, move integrally with the operation member, and capable of getting over a convex portion formed in the base member to generate a click force; a plurality of armature portions configured to be movable integrally with the operation member and disposed in such a manner as to sandwich the click force generating portion in a direction of a width of the base member which is perpendicular to the sliding direction of the operation member; and a substrate configured to have signal patterns for detecting contact positions of the plurality of armature portions in the sliding direction and be fixed to the base member to form an accommodation space between the substrate and the base member, the accommodation space accommodating the click force generating portion and the plurality of armature portions such that the click force generating portion and the plurality of armature portions can move in the sliding direction, wherein in the accommodation space, the click force generating portion and one armature portion of the plurality of armature portions are separated from each other by a first partition, and the click force generating portion and the other armature portion of the plurality of armature portions are separated from each other by a second partition.