Patent ID: 8723065

Claim:
A switch to be mounted on a circuit board, the switch comprising: an insulative case, including a first surface configured to face the circuit board when the switch is mounted on the circuit board and a second surface opposite to the first surface; a plurality of fixed electrodes accommodated in the insulative case; and a movable electrode, accommodated in the insulative case, and configured to move between a first position for placing the fixed electrodes in a first state and a second position for placing the fixed electrodes in a second state, wherein the first surface of the case includes a center part and side parts, the side parts are located closer to the second surface than the center part and extend on both sides of the center part so as to communicate opposite end portions of the insulative case, wherein each of the plurality of fixed electrodes includes: a contact terminal configured to contact the movable electrode; and an external connecting terminal extending from one of the opposite end portions of the insulative case to the other of the opposite ends portions of the insulative case, and including an exposed part exposed on each of the side parts of the first surface of the insulative case, said exposed part communicates opposite ends of the external connecting terminal with each other.