Abstract: An improved combination switching arrangement for use in a motor vehicle or the like includes a plurality of actuators to be displaced by operation of a control lever, and a switch unit having a switch base on which switch elements to be selectively opened or closed by the movements of the actuators are fixed. The switch elements are disposed on the upper surface and the under surface of the switch base, while at least one set of the actuators are movably provided at the upper and under surfaces of the switch base so as to be connected to each other through an opening formed in the switch base for simple construction and compact size of the switching arrangement.

Abstract: A rotary switch of sliding contact type for use in a torque converter of an automotive vehicle comprises a base in the surface of which a plurality of stationary contact plates are molded, a cover plate for the base plate suitably secured to the latter with a space for movably enclosing a rotary contact arm between the cover plate and the base plate, and a rotatable shaft fixedly received in the hub of the rotary contact arm. The hub is rotatably held between edges of corresponding openings formed in the base plate and the cover plate, so that, upon rotation of the shaft, contacts of the rotary contact arm slide across the stationary contact plates and can be stopped at positions precisely corresponding to predetermined angles of rotation of the shaft.