| US 7,591,159 B2 | ||
| Ignition switch device | ||
| Akihiko Tsuchikiri, Hamamatsu (Japan); Takehiro Sakai, Sakai (Japan); Masaaki Ueda, Sakai (Japan); Keisuke Miura, Sakai (Japan); and Hiroshi Kawanami, Sakai (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Asahi Denso Co., Ltd., Hamamatsu-shi (Japan); and Kubota Corporation, Osaka (Japan) | ||
| Filed on May 28, 2008, as Appl. No. 12/127,984. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2007-140472 (JP), filed on May 28, 2007. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0295553 A1, Dec. 04, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. E05B 17/18 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 70—252 [70/423; 70/427; 70/454; 70/455; 70/DIG. 30] | 8 Claims |
| 1. An ignition switch device comprising:
a switching means having a key hole allowing a regular ignition key to be inserted thereinto, and capable of being rotationally
operated in a predetermined direction with the inserted ignition key to start and stop an engine of an industrial machine;
a case covering the switching means and formed with an insertion hole allowing the key hole to face the outside;
a shutter disposed on a surface of the case, and rotatable substantially parallel to the surface between a closed position
where the insertion hole of the case is closed and an open position where the insertion hole is opened to allow the key hole
to face outside; and
a gutter formed on the surface of the case and extending toward an outer end of the case, wherein a base end of the gutter
communicates with the insertion hole, to allow water to drain toward an outer end of the case.
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