Patent ID: 6878893

Claim:
A tactile switch, comprising: a base body; a first stationary contact, provided on the base body; a second stationary contact, provided on the base body; a conductive click spring, disposed over the first stationary contact and the second stationary contact, so as to be always electrically connected to the first stationary contact and so as to be away from the second stationary contact in a neutral position thereof; a push button, including an elastically deformable head portion which is depressed by an operator, and an elastically deformable actuator which directly pushes the click spring against the second stationary contact when the head portion is depressed, wherein the head portion and the actuator are integrally formed from rubber having elastic restorability; wherein the base body is formed with an opening from which the push button is exposed; and wherein the head portion is deformable so as to have a larger width than a width of the opening, so that a region of the push button between the head portion and the actuator is deformable to contact an inner edge of the opening when the head portion is depressed.