Patent ID: 7071435

Claim:
A toggle switch having a switching rocker ( 14 ) that has at least one arm ( 18 ), a guide plate ( 28 ) having at least one receptacle ( 26 ), in which at least one activation push rod ( 24 ) is guided so as to be movable in a linear manner, said arm ( 18 ) of said switching rocker ( 14 ) being able to exert a force on said activation push rod ( 24 ), and a switching unit ( 30 , 32 ), on which said activation push rod ( 24 ) can act in order to close an electrical contact, said guide plate ( 28 ) and said activation push rod ( 24 ) each having a break line ( 45 , 47 ), along which they are joined to each other in an integral fashion before the assembly of said toggle switch ( 10 ).