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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2017
Alps Electric Co., Ltd., Ota-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Hiromi Motoi, Tokyo, JP;
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A switch device includes a base part which includes a switch element, an operating member, a force transmission member which transmits a force between the switch element and the operating member, a light source, and a reflective surface. The operating member includes an operating outer surface, an operating inner surface, and a transmitting member. The transmitting member has a transmitting inner surface. At least a portion of the force transmission member is disposed along a pressing direction between the transmitting inner surface and the switch element. The reflective surface is disposed at a position where it reflects at least a part of the light from the light source to at least a portion of the transmitting inner surface.