Patent ID: 6862459

Claim:
A switching device including one central actuator and two outer actuators disposed separately from said central actuator, one of said two outer actuators located on each of two sides of said central actuator, wherein: said central actuator is a cylindrical dial supported depressibly and rotatably by a pair of spindle bearings of a base plate; said base plate supporting said central actuator is fitted in a frame; each of said two outer actuators is pivotable in a direction approximately perpendicular to a direction in which said central actuator and said two outer actuators are arrayed and about a pivot approximately perpendicular to a direction in which an operating surface of each of said two outer actuators is pushed to press a contact disposed on said frame when each of said outer actuators is pivoted; each of said two outer actuators has a to-be-supported piece extending to a position where said outer actuator deviates from a lateral edge of said central actuator in a rotating direction as viewed from a front; each of said two outer actuators is pivotally attached at an end of said to-be-supported piece to said frame; and each of said two outer actuators has a center axis that crosses one of said pair of spindle bearings of said central actuator.