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US 10,590,901 B2Granted
Switch device
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho
InventorsToshiaki Imai, Ryoji Takahashi, Shuichi Iwata
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Abstract
A switch device includes an operation button operated by a push operation on an operating surface including an opening, a biometric sensor that includes a reading surface exposed in the opening of the operating surface and reads, during the push operation, biometric information of an operator who touches the reading surface, and a packing arranged between the operation button and the biometric sensor to prevent extraneous matter from entering through the opening.
Claims8
A switch device, comprising:
- an operation button comprising an operating surface and an opening formed in the operating surface, the operation button being operated by a push operation on the operating surface;
- a biometric sensor that comprises a reading surface exposed in the opening of the operating surface and reads, during the push operation, biometric information of an operator who touches the reading surface;
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- a packing arranged between the operation button and the biometric sensor to prevent extraneous matter from entering through the opening,
- wherein the packing is sandwiched between the operation button and the biometric sensor in an elastically deformed state at all times in a push direction of the operation button.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.