Patent ID: 8093976

Claim:
A vehicle switch comprising: a case having an internal bottom; a movable body reciprocally accommodated in the case; a magnet attached to the movable body; a detector disposed in the case so as to face the magnet, the detector being configured to detect a magnetic flux density generated from the magnet; and an operating shaft having a first end and a second end, the first end of the operating shaft being in contact with the movable body; and a spring disposed to push the movable body in a direction away from the internal bottom of the case and into contact with the first end of the operating shaft; wherein the movable body has a press contact portion with which the first end of the operating shaft is in contact only at a point or only along a line such that the contact between the press contact portion and the first end of the operating shaft constitutes a point contact or a line contact; and wherein the movable body further has a pair of holding portions disposed at outer sides of the press contact portion, each of the holding portions having, at an outer end thereof, a guide portion movably engaged with the case to guide reciprocal movement of the movable body in the case.