(19)
(11) EP 1 363 302 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
04.05.2005 Bulletin 2005/18

(43) Date of publication A2:
19.11.2003 Bulletin 2003/47

(21) Application number: 03010835.1

(22) Date of filing: 14.05.2003
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: H01H 13/70
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK

(30) Priority: 15.05.2002 JP 2002140543

(71) Applicant: ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Tokyo 145-8501 (JP)

(72) Inventor:
  • Sato, Takashi
    Tokyo 145-8501 (JP)

(74) Representative: Klunker . Schmitt-Nilson . Hirsch 
Winzererstrasse 106
80797 München
80797 München (DE)

   


(54) Switching device


(57) A switching device includes a plurality of operation members each swingably provided; cam members each provided integrally with a respective one of the operation members, relative to the swinging pivot of the respective one of the operation members; follower members each driven by a respective one of the cam members; and switches each operated by a respective one of the follower members. In this switching device, the plurality of switches is all arranged on the same plane, and the swinging pivot of each of the plurality of operation members is disposed at a position deviated from that of the swinging pivot of each of the other operation members in the direction perpendicular to the above-described plane. Each of the cam member has a plurality of cam surfaces that can be selectively abutted against a respective one of the follower member in the direction perpendicular to the above-described plane.






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