To provide a switch for a vehicle capable of making an impact absorbing function act surely in collision of the vehicle or the like, by simple constitution.
This switch for the vehicle is provided with a switch element 10, a base 20 surrounding the switch element 10, a holder 40 for covering the base 20 and the switch element 10, and operated integrally with the switch element 10, and an operation knob 50 supported by the holder 40 and operated integrally with the holder 40. The holder 40 is provided with an inner portion 41 connected to the switch element 10 and abutting to the base 20, an outer portion 42 provided in the periphery of the inner portion 41 and connected to the operation knob 50, and a rapture part 43 connecting the inner portion 41 to the outer portion 42. The rapture part 43 is formed into a shape broken by a shearing force acting between a portion abutting to the base 20 out of the inner portion 41 and the outer portion 42 of the holder 40, when a prescribed level or more of pressing load is applied to the operation knob 50.
| JPH08161955 | HOLDING STRUCTURE FOR SWITCH CONTROL |
| JP2007302214 | INPUT DEVICE |
NAKAGAKI SATOSHI
Takao Ito
Jiro Higuchi
Muramatsu Toshiro