Editing Futaba MD series (section)

===Operation===
Two contact plates are placed around a plastic separator, inside a flat base. Above this is a thin flexible rubber sheet, which is sealed onto the sides of the base via an adhesive square. The leaf spring runs parallel to the slider, and it has a central tine with a nub that presses down on the rubber sheet. Via the rubber sheet, the pressure is transferred to the flexible legs of the movable contact, which touch the stationary contact.

The contacts have long exterior legs, with holes in them. The legs of the switch are of a greater diameter than these holes; when first screwed into the switch, they force a larger hole into the contact plates. As the metal is twisted inwards, it makes lateral contact against the sides of the legs.