Patent ID: 7462797

Claim:
An electrical rotary switch comprising: a casing including an upper part and a lower part connected together; a rotor including a rotor body supported within the casing for rotation about an axis of rotation; a moving contact mounted on the rotor body and located within the casing for rotation with the rotor; and a plurality of fixed contacts located within the casing, laterally of the rotor body, for selective short circuiting by the moving contact, wherein at least one of the fixed contacts has a contact body held captive in the casing, between the upper and lower parts of the casing, for contact by the moving contact, and a leg extending from the contact body and including a top end and a butt portion held captive in the casing, between the upper and lower parts of the casing, and a narrower pin portion projecting through the lower part of the casing and out of the casing for insertion through a hole in a circuit board and soldering to the circuit board for mechanical and electrical connection, the contact body and the leg are two distinct members in contact with each other at the butt portion of the leg, the contact body is bent about a plurality of axes substantially parallel to the butt portion of the leg, and the contact body has a first end for contacting the moving contact and a second end resiliently bearing against the butt portion of the leg.