Flexible switch and method for producing the same
AssigneeYazaki Corporation
InventorsYasuyoshi Serizawa, Minoru Kubota, Keizo Nishitani, Kenichiro Kawaguchi
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Abstract
In a flexible switch, a circuit member having an electrode is provided on a adhesive sheet. A spacer sheet, having a through hole situated so as to correspond to the electrode on the circuit member, is provided on the circuit member. A front sheet, having a projected portion, is provided on the spacer sheet, in which a contact portion provided on an inner face of the projected portion is brought into contact with the electrode through the through hole in the circuit member when the projected portion is depressed. At least one of the adhesive sheet, the circuit member, the spacer sheet, and the front sheet has flexibility.
Claims21
A flexible switch, comprising:
- an adhesive sheet;
- a first circuit member, provided on the adhesive sheet, and having a first electrode;
- a first spacer sheet, provided on the first circuit member, and having a first through hole situated so as to correspond to the first electrode on the first circuit member;
- a second circuit member, provided on the first spacer sheet, and having a second electrode situated so as to correspond to the first electrode of the first circuit member;
- a second spacer sheet, provided on the second circuit member, and having a second through hole situated so as to correspond to the first electrode of the first circuit member;
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- a front sheet, provided on the second spacer sheet, and having a projected portion situated so as to correspond to the second electrode of the second circuit member,
- wherein the second circuit member is depressed by the projected portion through the second through hole so as to bend the second circuit member when the projected portion is depressed, so that the second electrode on the second circuit member is brought into contact with the first electrode through the first through hole;
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- wherein at least one of the adhesive sheet, the first circuit member, the first spacer sheet, the second circuit member, the second spacer sheet, and the front sheet has flexibility.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.