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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2022
Applicant:
Omron Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Inventors:
Takahiro Ono, Kyoto, JP;
Tatsuya Adachi, Kyoto, JP;
Assignee:
OMRON CORPORATION, Kyoto, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 8/00 (2006.01); G07F 17/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/006 (2013.01); G02B 6/0068 (2013.01); G02B 6/0076 (2013.01); G07F 17/3209 (2013.01);
Abstract
An operating unit according to one or more embodiments may include a base and switches on the base. The base according to one or more embodiments may include a first light emitter including at least one light guide plate finely processed with a pattern and having a light emitting surface facing a front surface of the operating unit, and a light emitting board on an end face of the at least one light guide plate in a thickness direction. The light emitting board applies light to the at least one light guide plate.