Patent ID: 7960665
Filing Date: 2011-06-14
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
1. A pushbutton switch device comprising: a switch case; a switch arranged in the switch case and deviated from a central portion of the switch case toward an end portion side of the switch case; a depressing member, in the form of a unbroken band, which is arranged in the switch case and has a locked portion, the locked portion being formed on one side of the depressing member and locked to the switch case, the depressing member being vertically movable using the locked portion as a fulcrum and urged upwardly, wherein the depressing member depresses the switch when moved downwards; and an operating member which is arranged above the depressing member in the switch case so as to be vertically movable by external pressure, a central portion of the operating member being surrounded by the depressing member, the operating member having when the operating member is depressed away from a center of the operating member, a depressed portion of the operating member rotates downwardly using, as a fulcrum, at least one of the engagement portions of the plurality of engagement portions located opposite to the depressed portion.