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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 30, 1997
Michitaka Okura, Nagoya, JP;
Toyotomi Co., Ltd., Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
An equipment operation panel capable of being readily mounted on an outer surface of an equipment and facilitating connection thereof to a control unit in the equipment. A first flexible circuit board is formed on a front surface thereof with contacts of switches and a contact of a variable resistor and provided thereon with light emitting diodes. The first flexible circuit board includes a lead-out section from which a connection wire pattern is led out. A spacer layer is laminated on the circuit board. A second flexible circuit board is laminated on the spacer layer and provided thereon with contacts of switches and a movable-side electrode of the variable resistor. A cover sheet member is laminated on the second flexible circuit board. Thus, the equipment operation panel is constructed into a laminate structure and mounted on an outer surface of a casing of the equipment through an adhesive layer. The lead-out section of the first flexible circuit board extending from the laminate is inserted into the casing, resulting in being connected to the control unit.