Construction of an on-vehicle lever switch
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Jul 17, 2001
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May 18, 1999
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Jul 31, 1998
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Abstract
An on-vehicle lever switch having a rotary knob 4, a third lever 22 having the rotary knob 4 fixed to one end thereof and an operating rod 22a at the other end thereof, a second lever 6 having a shaft hollow cylinder 6a into which a shaft 22c of the third lever 22 is inserted, a first lever 3 into which the second lever 6 is inserted, a nonmovable member 18 fixed to the first lever 3, and a nonmovable knob 21 mounted at a location close to a tip of the first lever 3 with respect to the rotary knob 4. The nonmovable knob 21 is formed with a window 21d in its periphery. A slide knob 16 is slidably disposed in the nonmovable knob 21 with a control 16b projecting through the window 21d outwardly relative to the nonmovable knob 21. With this construction, a rotary switch, a slide switch, and a push button switch can all be mounted at an end portion of the third lever 22.
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