Patent ID: 7750262
Filing Date: 2010-07-06
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
1. A rocker switch for a motor vehicle, the rocker switch comprising: a switch housing; and a rocker lever, which is adjustable against a restoring force from an initial position into a switch-on position; wherein a fixed end of the rocker lever is operatively disposed in the switch housing and is fixed to the switch housing, wherein a free end of the rocker lever has a surface which, in an initial position of the rocker switch, is approximately flush with a surface of a surrounding area of the switch housing, wherein a longitudinal axis of the fixed end of the rocker lever is substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the free end of the rocker lever, and wherein in the switch-on position, the surface of the free end of the rocker lever protrudes out of the surrounding area of the switch housing.