Patent ID: 8772662

Claim:
A rotary switch comprising: an operating body having a hollow operating knob, a hollow cylinder portion connected to the operating knob, and opened at one end opposite to the operating knob, and a locking portion extending from a side surface of the operating knob toward the cylinder portion, the locking portion being elastically deformable in an inside-to-outside direction of the operating knob within a space provided between a tip of the locking portion and the cylindrical portion; a decorative cover having a cover portion, and a latching portion extending toward the operating body from a surface of the cover portion confronting the cylinder portion of the operating body; a rotary body having a catching portion contacting with the locking portion, and disposed inside the cylinder portion of the operating body; and a switching unit configured to make and break electrical continuity as the rotary body is rotated by rotational operation of the operating body, wherein one of the latching portion and the locking portion is provided with a recess, and the other one is provided with a protrusion, and the decorative cover is attached to the operating knob by an engagement of the recess with the protrusion and the contact between the catching portion and the locking portion.