Switch-device sheet
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki
InventorsMamoru Miyako, Keiji Nagaya
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Abstract
A switch-device sheet comprising: a soft and elastic sheet body (5) having operation parts (5a) for operating contacts of a switch device; and a light guiding member (6) containing an optical fiber and being partially or completely embedded and wired in the sheet body (5), the light guiding member receiving light at one end (6a) and emitting light at the other end (6b). Therefore, the whole of the switch-device sheet (4) is flexible, and further the light guiding member (6) may be wired, as desired, outside or in the sheet body (5), while allowing for the size and wiring configuration.
Claims7
A switch-device sheet comprising:
- a sheet body being made of a soft and elastic material and including operation parts for operating contacts of a switch device;
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- a light guiding member made of a soft and elastic material of a high optical transmittance, the light guiding member being integral with the sheet body and forming a light guiding path in the sheet body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.