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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Toshiyasu Kitamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Teruo Nanmoku, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuhiro Konishi, Shizuoka, JP;
Kouichi Yamamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 1/314 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 1/314 ;
Abstract
A button switch wherein switching operation of contact patterns,printed and wired on a printed circuit board,is performed by pushing a contact member,provided on a lower face of a pushing member of the button switch is constructed in such a manner that the above mentioned contact member,comprises a rubber piece, electrically conductive films formed on upper and lower faces of the rubber piece, and metal wires embedded in the rubber piece so as to interconnect the electrically conductive films, the obtained contact member,being bonded to the pushing member.