Patent ID: 7002086

Claim:
A switch device comprising: an operating portion made of a synthetic resin and having a conductive plating layer formed thereon, the operating portion configured to be inserted into a hole formed on a housing of an apparatus; and a shielding portion made of a synthetic resin and having no conducive plating layer formed thereon, the shielding portion formed separately from the operating portion and covers a gap between the operating portion and the hole from an inner side of the housing, wherein the shielding portion is provided to push a tact of a switch that is provided at a rear side of the shielding portion when the shielding portion is displaced by a pushing operation of the operating portion, wherein the operating portion is fixed to the shielding portion in a state in which the plating layer thereof being not exposed to the rear side of the shielding portion, wherein the shielding portion has a hole formed thereon, wherein the operating portion has a supporting shaft integrally formed thereon, the supporting shaft having no conductive plating layer formed thereon, wherein the operating portion is fixed to the shielding portion by inserting the supporting shaft into the hole of the shielding portion and welding the supporting shaft to an edge of the hole, and wherein the shielding portion has a ribbed shielding wall integrally formed thereon, the ribbed shielding wall arranged around the tact of the switch.