Patent ID: 8596812

Claim:
A flashlight switching structure, comprising a main body and a light switching assembly threadedly connected to an upper end of a neck of the main body, the flashlight switching structure being characterized in that: the light switching assembly comprises a positioning element, a plate connected with a reed switch, a partition plate, an annular element, a resilient element, and a cap, the positioning element having an upper section to which the plate connected with the reed switch and the partition plate are connected in such a way that the plate connected with the reed switch is spaced from the partition plate, the positioning element being received in a space defined at an upper end of the main body, the annular element having an inner periphery provided with a magnet at a predetermined position, the annular element being mounted around an upper section of a flange provided at a lower end of the neck of the main body, the flange having a predetermined section formed with a groove corresponding in position to the annular element, the resilient element being received in the groove so that the annular element is resiliently rotatable with respect to the main body, the annular element having an outer periphery formed with a receiving space, the receiving space diminishing in size outward, wherein when the receiving space is aligned with a recess concavely provided at a predetermined peripheral portion of the main body, a protruding block can be engaged in both the receiving space and the recess to prevent the annular element from being rotated, the cap having a threaded inner periphery for threaded connection with an externally threaded portion at the upper end of the neck of the main body; wherein the annular element is manually rotated to drive the magnet connected thereto to a position in which the reed switch connected to the positioning element in the main body is subjected to magnetic attraction of the magnet, and the annular element is subsequently released so that the magnet is driven back in position by a restoring force of the resilient element, thus the rotating and the releasing of the annular element enabling switching between predetermined lighting modes of a flashlight incorporating the flashlight switching structure, the predetermined lighting modes comprising a strong light mode, a weak light mode, a flashing mode, and a turned off mode.