Patent ID: 7541552

Claim:
A switch pin for SMD manufacturing processes that has signal pins extended from a switch housing to be mounted onto a circuit board through the SMD processes, the switch housing having a bottom surface, the switch pin comprising: a connection end with a tip located in the switch housing and a coupling end which is outside the switch housing and extended from the connection end, the tip of the connection end being furthest from the bottom surface of the switch housing and only one connection end being provided, the coupling end having a horizontal portion extending perpendicular to one side of the switch housing and a bend portion bending at an angle to said horizontal portion to be parallel to the side of the switch housing from the horizontal portion, an underside of the bend portion being in a same plane as an underside of the horizontal portion wherein the horizontal portion is located beneath the switch housing, the switch pin terminates at the bend portion which is located outside the side of the switch housing, the bent portion having a height which is greater than a width thereof.