Patent ID: 6080945
Filing Date: 2000-06-27
Classification: F16H,H01H,H05K

Abstract:
A control switch for an automatic vehicle transmission, said control switch comprising:a movable body that turns in association with an operation of a gearshift lever of said automatic vehicle transmission provided in a vehicle;a housing receiving said movable body and having fixed contacts adapted to be brought into and out of engagement with movable contacts in response to a turn of said movable body;a position of said fixed contacts indicating a shift position of said automatic vehicle transmission;wherein a ventilation hole communicating from an interior to an exterior of said housing is provided at a side face of said housing where said housing is mounted to the vehicle, said ventilation hole being provided in a vicinity of a lower end part of said housing when said control switch is mounted to the vehicle; andsaid ventilation hole comprises a step part which has a larger diameter at an interior side than at an exterior side, so that a peripheral part of a filter of gas-permeable waterproof material is held between a gas-permeable cap inserted in said ventilation hole and said step part.