Patent ID: 7402768
Filing Date: 2008-07-22
Classification: B60Q

Abstract:
1. A stalk switch device comprising: an operating lever; a lever support connected with a base of the operating lever to tiltably support the operating lever in a predetermined operation plane; a housing that tiltably supports the lever support in a separate operation plane substantially orthogonal the operation plane; a circuit board that is fixed to the housing and extends substantially parallel to the separate operation plane; a first slider having a driven part that is engaged with the base of the operating lever, and is supported by the housing so as to be rotatable along the circuit board; and a second slider having a link part that is engaged with the first slider, and a contact switching part that performs a contact switching operation in the circuit board, and that is supported by the housing so as to be rotatable along the circuit board, wherein a part of the first slider engaged with the link part is set to have a larger radius of rotation than the driven part, and a part of the second part on the side of the contact switching part is set to have a larger radius of rotation than the link part.