Patent ID: 7683278

Claim:
A pushbutton switch mounting structure, comprising: a switch mounting apparatus; and a pushbutton switch, wherein the switch mounting apparatus includes a switch exposure aperture, wherein the pushbutton switch includes: a pushbutton portion exposing from the switch exposure aperture; a switch body operable by the pushbutton portion; an elastic sealing body that covers and seals the switch body, wherein the pushbutton portion is formed in a cap member that is formed of a hard material and detachably engaged with the elastic sealing body by a projection portion of the elastic sealing body and a connecting opening in the cap member that receives the projection portion of the elastic sealing body; and a stopper portion provided on the cap member and configured to interfere with a rear surface of the switch mounting apparatus at a peripheral area of the switch exposure aperture and to restrain the cap member from being detached from the switch mounting apparatus.