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Light illuminating type switch

US6373008B1 · kind B1 · utility

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13Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 10, 2000
Grant dateApr 16, 2002
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Expiry dateMar 10, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01H2219/046
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A unitized light illuminating type switch in a thinned type and having enhanced click feeling. A movable contact and an electroluminescent sheet are formed in an integrated structure by attachedly pasting together the movable contact and the electroluminescent sheet. Fixed contacts are provided on a switch sheet. A movable contact capable of electrically connecting to the switch sheet by being elastically deformed is arranged above the switch sheet. A flexible electroluminescent sheet A is attachedly pasted to a surface of the movable contact by interposing an insulating member as far as a peripheral portion of the movable contact other than the movable contact.

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