Patent ID: 7952040

Claim:
An inhibitor switch for detecting a shift position of a select lever, comprising: a terminal block to be fixed in a transmission case of an automatic transmission; a contact plate provided in the terminal block; an operating portion configured to cooperatively move with the select lever and to move along the contact plate; a movable contact formed on the operating portion and configured to slide on the contact plate to form an electric circuit according to a contact position between the contact plate and the movable contact; a disconnecting portion formed in the contact plate and cut at a plurality of positions after the contact plate is provided in the terminal block for interrupting electrical conduction; and a plurality of disconnecting holes for cutting the disconnecting portion at the plurality of positions and formed by primary molding in the terminal block at a portion corresponding to the disconnecting portion, wherein the plurality of disconnecting holes are sealed by secondary molding after the disconnecting portion is cut.