Switch device and operation device
AssigneeAlps Alpine Co., Ltd.
InventorKazuyoshi Yamagata
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Abstract
A device includes a housing; a substrate provided inside the housing; a light emitting object mounted on one side of the substrate; and an elastic sheet covering the one side of the substrate and the light emitting object, to guide light from the light emitting object. A through hole is formed in the housing corresponding to the one side of the substrate. The elastic sheet has a mirror part at a portion on the surface corresponding to the through hole, for totally reflecting light transmitting through an inside of the elastic sheet.
Claims10
A switch device comprising:
- a housing;
- a substrate provided inside the housing;
- a light emitting object mounted on one side of the substrate;
- and
- an, elastic sheet covering the one side of the substrate and the light emitting object, to guide light from the light emitting object,
- wherein a through hole is formed in the housing corresponding to the one side of the substrate,
- wherein the elastic sheet has a mirror part at a portion on a surface corresponding to the through hole, for totally reflecting light transmitting through an inside of the elastic sheet, and
- wherein the mirror part overlaps an entirety of the through hole in a plan view when viewed from a direction perpendicular to the substrate.
An operation device for operating a power seat of a vehicle, comprising:
- a housing;
- a substrate provided inside the housing;
- a light emitting object mounted on one side of the substrate;
- and
- an elastic sheet covering the one side of the substrate and the light emitting object, to guide light from the light emitting object,
- wherein a through hole is formed in the housing corresponding to the one side of the substrate,
- wherein the elastic sheet has a mirror part at a portion on the surface corresponding to the through hole, for totally reflecting light transmitting through an inside of the elastic sheet, and
- wherein the mirror part overlaps an entirety of the through hole in a plan view when viewed from a direction perpendicular to the substrate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.