A switch comprises a room light case, a switch knob arranged inside an aperture portion of the room light case, guide grooves provided on an inner circumferential face of the aperture portion of the room light case, and guide ribs provided on an outer circumferential face of the switch knob. The switch knob moves for a switch stroke part in a depth direction of the aperture portion, from a waiting position to a pressed-down position by a pressing down operation. The guide grooves are provided in a range deeper than a depth size of the switch stroke from an opening edge located on the switch case surface side of the aperture portion.
1. A switch, comprising:
a switch case having an aperture portion formed thereon into a sleeve shape;
a switch knob provided in the aperture portion, the switch knob slidably arranged between a waiting position where the switch knob is located in a switch case surface side of the aperture portion and a pressed-down position where the switch knob is located in an interior side of the aperture portion by a switch stroke from the waiting position;
guide ribs formed longer in a moving direction than a perpendicular direction of the switch knob, on either one of an inner circumferential face of the aperture portion and an outer circumferential face of the switch knob facing the inner circumferential face;
guide grooves formed on the other of the inner circumferential face and the outer circumferential face, into which the guide ribs are inserted;
wherein the guide ribs or the guide grooves formed on the inner circumferential face of the aperture portion are provided in a range beginning at a depth deeper than a depth size of the switch stroke from an opening edge located on the switch case surface side of the aperture portion and extending to a bottom of the aperture portion;
wherein the guide ribs or the guide grooves formed on the outer circumferential face of the switch knob are provided in a range beginning at a depth deeper than a depth size of the switch stroke from a top edge of the switch knob and extending to the bottom of the switch knob;
wherein the guide ribs are formed opposite the guide grooves;
a pair of stopping arms with flexibility, provided to extend downward from the bottom of the aperture portion;
stopping hooks provided at a bottom of the stopping arms; and
stopping portions to be engaged with the stopping hooks of the stopping arms, provided on the switch knob;
wherein when the switch knob is inserted inside the aperture portion of the switch case, the switch knob is tentatively attached inside the aperture portion of the switch case as the stopping portions are engaged with the stopping hooks of the stopping arms.
2. The switch as described in claim 1 , wherein the switch knob is a switch unit for turning a car room light ON/OFF, which is arranged inside a car room.