Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Movable contact element and switch using the same
- Patent Title (中): 可移动接触元件和使用其的开关
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Application No.: US12116449Application Date: 2008-05-07
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Publication No.: US07897889B2Publication Date: 2011-03-01
- Inventor: Yousuke Chikahisa , Koji Tanabe
- Applicant: Yousuke Chikahisa , Koji Tanabe
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
- Current Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Pearne & Gordon LLP
- Priority: JP2007-146416 20070601
- Main IPC: H01H9/00
- IPC: H01H9/00

Abstract:
A movable contact element including a lower sheet having a bottom surface, to which a substantially dome-shaped movable contact is bonded, is provided. The movable contact is made of a conductive thin metal plate, and an upper sheet with a light reflection property is disposed above the lower sheet. A space is formed between the lower sheet and the upper sheet, and a light transmitting portion is provided at the upper sheet. Light of a light emitting element from the side surface of the sheet propagates through the space between the upper sheet and the lower sheet with a light reflection property, while being reflected in a vertical direction, and lighting is performed through the light transmitting portions. Such a structure can perform lighting without unevenness by using one or two light emitting elements.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080296135A1 MOVABLE CONTACT ELEMENT AND SWITCH USING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2008-12-04
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