Patent ID: 6573466
Filing Date: 2003-06-03
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
An electrical switch comprising:a housing, a contact system located in the housing, an actuating member arranged in an opening on the housing, said actuating member partly protruding out of the housing and acting on the contact system with a switching effect, and a cap which covers the part of the actuating member protruding out of the housing as well as the opening in the housing and allows the movement of the actuating member, the cap having a cover of a hard material and a sleeve-like part of a flexible material, the sleeve-like part including a bellows, and the cover being arranged on the part of the actuating member protruding out of the opening in such a way that the actuating member is movable via the cover, wherein the cover includes a planar surface for engagement by a user and a rear surface parallel to the planar surface, in that one end of the sleeve-like part is fastened along a peripheral edge on the rear surface, and the other end of the sleeve-like part protrudes beyond the surface of the cover, the protruding other end of the sleeve-like part being arranged on a region of the housing surrounding the opening.