Push switch and illuminated switch device
AssigneePanasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
InventorKunio Doro
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Abstract
A push switch includes a case, a fixed contact member, a moving contact member, and a protective sheet. The case has a first surface with a recess and a second surface opposite from the first surface. The fixed contact member includes a fixed contact in the recess and a terminal on an outer surface of the case. The moving contact member is in the recess and includes a moving contact to contact with the fixed contact when the switch is subjected to a press operation. The protective sheet covers the recess. The case has a light-transmitting property and has a light incident surface and a light emergent surface. Light is incident on the light incident surface. At least part of the light that has entered through the light incident surface emerges through the light emergent surface.
Claims12
A push switch comprising:
- a case having a first surface provided with a recess and a second surface opposite from the first surface;
- a fixed contact member including a fixed contact arranged in the recess and a terminal arranged on an outer surface of the case;
- a moving contact member arranged in the recess and including a moving contact configured to come into contact with the fixed contact when the push switch is subjected to a press operation;
- and
- a protective sheet covering the recess,
- the case having a light-transmitting property and including:
- a light incident surface on which light is incident;
- and
- a light emergent surface through which at least part of the light that has entered through the light incident surface emerges,
- wherein the light incident surface is provided as an outer surface of the case, and
- the outer surface of the case is a surface connecting the first surface and the second surface of the case.
A push switch comprising:
- a case having a first surface provided with a recess and a second surface opposite from the first surface;
- a fixed contact member including a fixed contact arranged in the recess and a terminal arranged on an outer surface of the case;
- a moving contact member arranged in the recess and including a moving contact configured to come into contact with the fixed contact when the push switch is subjected to a press operation;
- and
- a protective sheet covering the recess,
- the case having a light-transmitting property and including:
- a light incident surface on which light is incident;
- and
- a light emergent surface through which at least part of the light that has entered through the light incident surface emerges,
- the light incident surface being provided as an outer surface of the case,
- the outer surface of the case including a surface with the terminal and a surface without the terminal,
- the light incident surface being provided as the surface without the terminal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.