Patent ID: 8704118

Claim:
A switch device comprising: a operating body held in a case and configured to be rockable; a driving body held within the case and configured to be rockable by the operating body; and a switch element pressed by the driving body, wherein the rocking operating body is held with respect to the case by a first rotating portion disposed apart from a position where the operating body is operated, wherein the driving body is rockably mounted to the case by a second rotating portion disposed apart from a position where the driving body presses the switch element, and wherein the operating body and the driving body are rockable relative to each other around a rocking portion, the rocking portion being disposed between the first rotating portion and the second rotating portion and including a shaft portion and a holding portion, the shaft portion being formed in one of the operating body and the driving body, the holding portion being formed in the other one of the operating body and the driving body, the shaft portion being rotatable and slidable relative to the holding portion, and wherein the distance between the second rotating portion of the driving body and a position where the driving body presses the switch element is larger than the distance between the second rotating portion and the rocking portion.