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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2002
Yasuyoshi Serizawa, Susono, JP;
Minoru Kubota, Susono, JP;
Keizo Nishitani, Susono, JP;
Kenichiro Kawaguchi, Susono, JP;
Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a flexible switch, a circuit member having an electrode is provided on a adhesive sheet. A spacer sheet, having a through hole situated so as to correspond to the electrode on the circuit member, is provided on the circuit member. A front sheet, having a projected portion, is provided on the spacer sheet, in which a contact portion provided on an inner face of the projected portion is brought into contact with the electrode through the through hole in the circuit member when the projected portion is depressed. At least one of the adhesive sheet, the circuit member, the spacer sheet, and the front sheet has flexibility.