Patent ID: 7910844

Claim:
A leaf switch comprising: a cam body which is formed with a plurality of cam parts in a multistage shape in a height direction perpendicular to a moving direction of the cam body; a plurality of leaf contact pieces which are extended toward the cam body and whose tip end sides of the plurality of leaf contact pieces are respectively abutted with the plurality of cam parts; a case body which is structured of a plurality of members superposed on each other in a height direction for accommodating the cam body and the plurality of leaf contact pieces; and a rigid circuit board which is disposed to superpose on base end sides of the plurality of the leaf contact pieces and, with which each of the plurality of the leaf contact pieces is electrically connected; wherein base end sides of the plurality of leaf contact pieces are held at a same height position; the base end sides of the plurality of leaf contact pieces are pressed in the height direction when the plurality of members of the case body is superposed on each other in the height direction; and wherein the base end sides of the plurality of leaf contact pieces are pressed in the height direction through the circuit board.