Illuminated switching device for stabilized illumination to translucent portion of knob
AssigneeAlps Electronic Co., Ltd.
InventorsMakoto Sasaki, Masakatsu Atumi, Nobuyuki Kowata, Kenichi Saiso
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Abstract
An object of the invention is to provide a illuminated switching device comprising a small number of components and capable of giving stabilized illumination to a translucent portion of a knob. For this purpose, the illuminated switching device of the present invention has a switch section including a case and a switch terminal protruding out of the case, a printed-circuit board to which the switch terminal is connected, and a lamp having a pair of lamp terminals connected with the printed-circuit board. The lamp terminals are retained and supported on the case.
Claims5
An illuminated switching device, comprising:
- a switch section having a case and switch terminals protruding out of the case;
- a printed-circuit board with which the switch terminals are connected;
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- a lamp having an illuminating portion and a pair of lamp terminals, each lamp terminal comprising a free end connected with the printed-circuit board and a crank-like bent portion supported by the case,
- wherein the case is provided with a pair of groove portions on an outside surface of the case, each said groove portion being formed in a side end face on an upper surface side of the case, and the crank-like bent portion of each lamp terminal is inserted in the groove portion so as to be supported by the case, said illuminating portion being positioned at a fixed elevation by retaining the crank-like bent portion in said groove portion, and
- wherein the free ends of the pair of lamp terminals are each inserted in through holes formed in the printed-circuit board, said through holes being spaced apart from the pair of groove portions formed in the case.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.