Patent ID: 7566838

Claim:
A rotary DIP switch comprising: a base having a receiving space indented downwardly from a top face thereof, and a shaft disposed in said receiving space; a plurality of fixed contact terminals fixed to said base and having fixed contact portions exposed in said receiving space; a contact plate disposed in said receiving space above said fixed contact terminals and sleeved around said shaft, said contact plate including a plurality of movable contact portions to contact said fixed contact portions; a rotary member disposed in said receiving space above said contact plate, and including a press plate having radial top and bottom faces, a central sleeve portion sleeved on said shaft and having a central hole for receiving said shaft, and a plurality of press members disposed around said central sleeve portion to respectively press said movable contact portions against said fixed contact portions, said press plate having a periphery interconnecting said radial top and bottom faces, said periphery having an axially extending first face and an inclined second face, said first face extending from one of said radial bottom and top faces and axially of said shaft, said second face extending inclinedly and inwardly from said first face to the other one of said radial bottom and top faces; and a top cover covering said rotary member and including a top plate that has a through hole, two connecting plates extending downwardly and respectively from two opposite ends of said top plate and engaged to said base, and two wing plates extending downwardly and respectively from two other opposite ends of said top plate, each of said wing plates having a tongue plate projecting inwardly from a respective one of said wing plates, said tongue plate having a resilient bent portion, and an abutment portion formed on said bent portion to abut against said second face.