Patent ID: 6610945
Filing Date: 2003-08-26
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
A seesaw type switch, comprising:a switch knob having an operation lever and a light permeating indicator; a knob fixture having fore-to-aft walls and left-to-right walls and an opening defined by said fore-to-aft walls and said left-to-right walls for receiving the operation lever of the switch knob, said left-to-right walls having a support thereon for supporting said switch knob for oscillating operation; said switch knob having a boss having a curved surface concentric with a center of said support and existing over a light permeating indicator zone; said fore-to-aft walls of said knob fixture having fore-to-aft facing sections facing contiguously with said curved surface of said boss on both sides before and behind the center of said support; said left-to-right walls of said knob fixture having left-to-right curved surfaces facing contiguously along both sides of the curved surface of the boss, and said left-to-fight walls further comprising an outer surface facing contiguously with a plate drooping from the left to right of said switch knob; and at least a part of the boss existing over said light permeating indicator zone is formed using a light permeating material.