Patent ID: 8835783

Claim:
A method for producing a switch, the switch including: a manipulator that is supported by a housing and swung on one side and the other side; a power switch mechanism that brings contact portions of a movable piece and a fixed terminal into contact with each other when the manipulator is swung onto one side, the movable piece and the fixed terminal being disposed opposite each other in the housing; a returning spring that biases the manipulator in a swing manipulation direction when the manipulator is swung onto the other side; and a power retaining and releasing mechanism that includes a retaining portion and a releasing portion, the retaining portion regulating a restoring force of the returning spring according to the swing manipulation of the manipulator onto one side to retain a contact state of the contact portions of the movable piece and the fixed terminal, the releasing portion releasing the contact state retained by the retaining portion, wherein the method comprises: configuring the switch to be dividable, treating one side of the divided switch as a housing body including a stacked attachment portion wherein the stacked attachment portion includes a shape that is identical to that of the power retaining and releasing mechanism portion, mounting the manipulator on the housing, attaching the returning spring and the power retaining and releasing mechanism on a lower side of the other side of the manipulator while stacked in the stacked attachment portion, treating the other side of the divided switch as a power retaining and releasing mechanism portion including the returning spring and the power retaining and releasing mechanism, which are attached to the stacked attachment portion of the housing body, and detachably attaching the power retaining and releasing mechanism portion from a bottom of the stacked attachment portion of the housing body, and wherein the housing in which the power retaining and releasing mechanism portion is incorporated includes the stacked attachment portion serving as an accommodation space for the power retaining and releasing mechanism portion on the one side.