Patent ID: 7880572

Claim:
A lever switch comprising: a lever capable of rocking operation in a predetermined direction; a first rotator meshing with the lever at a position apart from a rocking fulcrum of the lever and rotating according to a rocking operation of the lever in one direction; a second rotator meshing with the lever at a position apart from a rocking fulcrum of the lever and rotating according to a rocking operation of the lever in the other direction perpendicular to the one direction; a first magnet mounted on the first rotator and rotating according to the rotation of the first rotator around an axis positioned apart from an axis of the rocking operation of the lever; a second magnet mounted on the second rotator and rotating according to the rotation of the second rotator around an axis positioned apart from an axis of the rocking operation of the lever; a first magnetic detecting element for detecting magnetism of the first magnet and outputting a first detected signal; a second magnetic detecting element for detecting magnetism of the second magnet and outputting a second detected signal; and a control portion coupled to the first and second magnetic detecting elements, wherein the control portion detects rotation angles of the first and second rotators from the first and second detected signals of the first and second magnetic detecting elements, respectively and outputs operation signals corresponding to the detected rotation angles.