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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2019
Omron Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
OMRON Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A light guide member includes: a light projecting side light guide part that extends in the front-and-rear direction and guides light emitted from a light projecting part to the outside of a case; a light receiving side light guide part that extends in the front-and-rear direction and is spaced apart from the light projecting side light guide part by a gap in the up-and-down direction, and guides light that enters from the outside of the case to a light receiving part; and a connecting part disposed over the gap and connecting the light projecting side light guide part and the light receiving side light guide part. The gap is provided with a reduction part at an end portion on the side of the connecting part, and a dimension of the reduction part gradually decreases toward the side of the light projecting part.