Patent ID: 7318313

Claim:
A switch which can be associated with a device, the switch being intended to open and/or to close at least one electrical circuit, wherein the device comprises: a device body provided with a compartment for the switch, a slidable element, the slidable element having a coupling portion for cooperating with the switch, the switch comprising: a casing suitable for being housed in the compartment of the device body, a first electrical contact fixed firmly to the casing, a movable element suitable for being fixed firmly to the coupling portion of the slidable element, and a second electrical contact associated with the movable element of the switch and suitable for cooperating with the first contact of the casing in order to open/or close the electrical circuit, wherein the movable element is at least partially housed in the casing so as to form a separate switch box which can be associated with the device body in the compartment suitable for housing the switch and wherein the casing comprises means for the guiding and insertion of the switch in the compartment, in which the guiding and insertion means comprise a radial projection of an outer annular wall of the casing, in which the radial projection is suitable for being housed in an axial notch of the compartment.