Patent ID: 7019243
Filing Date: 2006-03-28
Classification: G11B,H01H

Abstract:
1. A lever switch comprising: a housing including a first wall having an opening, a second wall opposite to the first wall, a third wall and a fourth wall both adjacent to the second wall, and an inner bottom face surrounded by the first through fourth walls; a lever, rotatably held by the housing, including a driving section accommodated in the housing and an operating section extending outside the housing from the opening; a common contact disposed at least at one of the inner bottom face, or an inner face of the first, second, third, or fourth wall, said common contact having a terminal section; a fixed contact disposed at least at one of the inner bottom face, or the inner face of the first, second, third, or fourth wall, said fixed contact having a terminal section; a movable contact for touching or leaving at least one of the common contact or the fixed contact depending on being urged by the driving section when the lever rotates; and a fixed terminal section, which is prepared independently of the terminal sections of the common contact and the fixed contact, extending through at least one of the first through the fourth wall; wherein at least one of the terminal section of the common contact and the terminal section of the fixed contact extends through at least one of the first wall through the fourth wall.