Patent ID: 7180018

Claim:
A switch device comprising: a switch case defining an opening and having an inner surface; a push operation body having outer edge sides and a flange opposing said inner surface, said push operation body being disposed in said opening of said switch case with said flange opposing said inner surface and operable to be tilted in any one of a plurality of directions by being pushed at respective ones of said outer edge sides; an elastic member that forces the push operation body to an initial position before pushing; a movable contact and a fixed contact selectively connectable to each other by a pushing operation on the push operation body a supporting portion and a supported portion engaging one another when the push operation body is in said initial position and that can be spaced apart from each other and that are separately provided to the push operation body and the switch case for rotational support and positional regulation of the push operation body with respect to the switch case during tilting of the push operation body; and said supporting portion being fixedly provided to one of said flange and said inner surface, and said supported portion being fixedly provided to another one of said flange and said inner surface.