Patent ID: 8545093

Claim:
A switch structure comprising: a terminal plate having a main body portion and a plurality of elastic switch lever portions, each of the elastic switch lever portions having an arm portion and an elastic contact portion, the arm portion having a proximal end portion, a distal end and a pressing force receiving portion at the distal end for receiving a pressing force and from which the elastic contact portion extends, the arm portion being connected to an outer peripheral edge portion of the main body portion at one side of the proximal end portion and being bent with respect to the outer peripheral edge portion at the one side of the proximal end portion, and the arm portion extending from the proximal end portion along an extension surface of the main body portion in a direction along the outer peripheral edge portion of the main body portion; and a plurality of rigid support levers movably provided relative to respective ones of the pressing force receiving portions of the elastic switch lever portions, each of the rigid support levers having a rigid substrate portion and a rigid support wall portion that is connected to a distal end of the rigid substrate portion and that supports the corresponding pressing force receiving portion so as to receive a pressing force from the corresponding pressing force receiving portion and to guide displacement of the corresponding pressing force receiving portion when a pressing force is applied to the corresponding pressing force receiving portion.