Patent ID: 8633412

Claim:
A switch device comprising: a housing having a receiving portion; an operation member that receives a pressing operation; a plurality of fixed contact points provided in the receiving portion side by side at predetermined intervals; a plurality of movable contact points having contact point portions that come into sliding contact with the fixed contact points; and a snap action mechanism that drives the movable contact points when the operation member is pressed to a predetermined position, wherein the snap action mechanism includes: a first driving body member having: a plurality of first driving bodies each of which has a movable contact point provided at one end side thereof and a fulcrum portion constituting a rotation fulcrum provided at the other end side thereof; and a connecting member configured to integrally connect the plurality of first driving bodies to each other; a second driving body which is formed with a pressing target portion to be pressed by the operation member at one end side thereof and is formed with a fulcrum portion constituting a rotation fulcrum at the other end side thereof; and a tensile spring which is attached to a part of the first driving body member and a part of the second driving body at both ends.