Patent ID: 7262373

Claim:
A multifunctional switch comprising: a switch casing having a circular wall formed vertically in the center thereof; a push switch provided inside the circular wall; a rotary switch provided outside of the circular wall; and a cover mounted to the switch casing and covering a rotatable body, wherein the rotary switch having: a plurality of contacts arranged in a same circumferential area around the circular wall in a concentrical manner with the circular wall; the rotatable body engaged rotatably to the circular wall; a spring disposed to the rotatable body in a manner that both ends abut with a thrust upon the rotatable body and the switch casing; a sliding contact mounted to the rotatable body for making sliding contact with the plurality of contacts; and an operating lever protruding laterally from the side of the rotatable body beyond the side of the switch casing, and the rotary switch is operable in a plane orthogonal to an operating direction of the push switch using the operating lever.