Patent ID: 8093516

Claim:
A multimeter comprising: a case having a rotary selector knob for selecting a multimeter function; a circuit board located in said case, said circuit board defining multiple switching terminals thereon; a rotary switch assembly operatively coupled with said selector knob, said rotary switch assembly having a plurality of contact pairs which selectively complete a galvanic connection across predetermined pairs of said switching terminals; said rotary switch assembly further including first and second switch members located in opposition on respective sides of said circuit board, each of said switch members having at least one of said contact pairs; wherein at least one of said first and second switch members carries an integral shaft that couples to the other of said first and second switch members such that said first and second switch members are connected together as a rotatable unit and such that rotation of one of said first and second switch members causes rotation of the other of said first and second switch members; and a coupling member interposed between said rotatable unit and said selector knob such that said selector knob is coupled with said rotatable unit via said coupling member, but wherein said rotatable unit is not connected to said selector knob via a common shaft.