Patent ID: 7932475

Claim:
An electric switch comprising a one-piece, elastically deformable fork-shaped contactor ( 8 ), the electric switch having an end area ( 18 ) on which a first contact point ( 10 ) and a second contact point ( 12 ) are arranged, and at least one tension strip ( 14 ) and at least one arched section ( 16 ) extending from the end area ( 18 ) such that movement of an actuating element ( 4 ) from a normal position, in which the first contact point ( 10 ) is in contact with a first contact surface ( 22 ), to a switched position, in which the second contact point ( 12 ) is in contact with a second contact surface ( 26 ), and vice-versa, the tension strip ( 14 ) being elastically deformed and an arch of the arched section ( 16 ) is elastically deformed by linear displacement of the first and the second contact points ( 10 , 12 ), respectively, over the first and the second contact surfaces ( 22 , 26 ); and a lever ( 28 ) having first and second end areas, first end area of the lever ( 28 ) being mounted to pivot around a pivot point ( 30 ), and the tension strip ( 14 ) of the contactor ( 8 ) being attached adjacent the second end area of the lever ( 28 ) that is in contact with the actuating element ( 4 ).