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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:
Aug. 17, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2003
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho, Aichi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 9/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 9/00 ;
Abstract
A light guide member ( ) is made of a transparent material, and includes a main body portion ( ), disposed at a back side of a central portion of an operating member ( ), and extension portions ( ) which extend from the main body portion, and are disposed respectively at back sides of push operating portions ( ). This light guide member is separate from the operating member ( ), and light emitted from LEDs ( ) passes sequentially through the main body portion ( ) of the light guide member ( ) and the extension portions ( ) to illuminate light-transmitting indicating portions ( ) of the operating member.