Patent ID: 7026565

Claim:
An actuator subassembly for a rocker switch, said rocker switch including a housing defining a cavity with an opening which provides access thereto, a plurality of terminals which extend from outside said housing into said cavity and a contact element coupled to at least one of said terminals within said cavity, said actuator subassembly comprising: an operating member operable between a plurality of positions, said operating member including an extension with an internal bore, said extension structured for insertion through said opening in said housing into said cavity thereof; a plunger adapted for slidable insertion within said internal bore of said extension; a shaped member pivotally coupled to said operating member and structured to define a plurality of operating characteristics thereof, including defining said positions thereof; a spring disposed within the internal bore of said extension, said spring adapted to bias said plunger against said shaped member, in order that said plunger engages and moves said shaped member when said operating member is moved among said positions; and a contacting part coupled to said shaped member and structured to move therewith in order to engage said contact element of said rocker switch when said operating member is in a first one of said positions, wherein said operating member, said plunger, said spring, said shaped member and said contacting part form a self-contained unit structured to be removably inserted through the opening of said housing into said cavity thereof.