Patent ID: 8759705

Claim:
A push button-type switch device comprising: a base portion provided with a pair of fixed contacts; an operable member which moves toward said base portion upon being pushed; an actuating member interposed between said base portion and said operable member and elastically deformable upon said operable member being pushed, said actuating member providing a counteracting force to said operable member depending upon elastic deformation of said actuating member; a movable contact which comes into contact with said pair of fixed contacts upon said operable member being pushed, said movable contact short-circuiting said pair of fixed contacts; and a pair of link members that engage with each other and are adapted to limit a direction in which said operable member moves and make said operable member move in a fixed orientation, one ends of said pair of link members being supported by said base portion, respectively, and other ends of said pair of link members being supported by said operable member, respectively.