Patent ID: 7402767

Claim:
A handle switch device of a vehicle in which a handle grip is formed on an end portion of a bar handle for steering, a switch casing which surrounds the bar handle and accommodates a switch in the inside thereof is mounted on the bar handle adjacent to an inner end of the handle grip, and a manipulation knob, which manipulates the switch, is mounted on a rear wall of the switch casing on a rider side, wherein the manipulation knob is arranged substantially at a same height as the bar handle and is tiltably supported on the switch casing by way of a pivot shaft that is integrally formed with a switch box of the switch and is parallel with a longitudinal direction of the manipulation knob, the switch is formed of a slide-type switch in which a movable contact holder slides with the operation of the manipulation knob, the switch is arranged in the inside of the switch casing above or below the bar handle, and the manipulation knob and the movable contact holder are connected with each other by way of moving direction conversion means for converting a tilting of the manipulation knob to a linear movement and transmitting the linear movement to the movable contact holder.