Patent 7956305 was granted and assigned to Fujitsu Siemens Computers on June, 2011 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A housing with a sliding switch with at least three positions and a sliding element that partially projects through an opening in the housing as provided. In order to protect the sliding element against accidental activation, on both sides of the opening, parallel to the direction of movement of the sliding switch, there are flanks.