Patent ID: 8693201

Claim:
A switch structure comprising: a circuit board including a switch section wherein the switch section includes a switch contact; an intermediate member including: a base section provided in a corresponding relation to the switch section on said circuit board and including a held portion; a operator portion operable to drive said switch section; and a resilient connection portion resiliently connecting the operator portion to said base section; a panel member including a plate-shaped body portion, an opening portion formed in the body portion for positioning therein the operator portion, and a holding portion provided on a lower surface of the body portion around the opening portion and projectinq toward said circuit board; and a fixing member which fixes together said panel member and said circuit board in face-to-face pressed engagement with said intermediate member sandwiched between said panel member and said circuit board, wherein the operator portion of the intermediate member is partly exposed out of the opening portion of the panel member, the held portion of said intermediate member is held fitted with the holding portion of said panel member, wherein the base section further includes a fixed portion at a lower end of the held portion so that the held portion is formed integrally with an upper end of the fixing portion, the fixed portion having a lateral size larger than the held portion to form a step at the upper end of the fixing portion, and wherein the step of the fixing portion is sandwiched between a lower end of the holding portion of said panel member and an upper surface of said circuit board.