Patent ID: 6420667
Filing Date: 2002-07-16
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
A compound switch device having a rotary switch, a printed circuit board in which an illuminated element and a push switch are connected together, and an operating unit,the rotary switch having a housing, a rotary disk disposed within the housing, and a protruded portion formed on the rotary disk, protruding outwardly from the housing; the printed circuit board having a through hole; the operating unit having a cylindrical first operating member which is rotating, a second operating member disposed within the first operating member, for being pressed in a direction parallel to a rotating shaft of the first operating member, a cylindrical holding portion for holding the first operating member and the second operating member, and a protruded portion for protruding outwardly from the holding portion; the printed circuit board being placed on the housing for the rotary switch so as to oppose to the rotary disk; the operating unit being placed on the printed circuit board so as to arrange the illuminated element and the push switch within the operating unit by causing the protruded portion of the holding portion to penetrate the through hole of the printed circuit board; the second operating member being caused to oppose to the push switch and to be illuminated by the illuminated element; the protruded portion of the holding portion being fixed to the rotary switch; the printed circuit board being caught between the rotary switch and the operating unit; the protruded portion of the rotary switch being engaged with the first operating member of the operating unit; by means of rotation of the first operating member, the rotary disk being rotated to operate the rotary switch; and by pressing the second operating member, the push switch being operated.