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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2006
Katsuhiko Kato, Gumma, JP;
Hitoshi Uchiyama, Saitama, JP;
Katsuhiko Kato, Gumma, JP;
Hitoshi Uchiyama, Saitama, JP;
Shin-Etsu Polymer Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
To obtain a member for a push button switch having a natural metallic impression and an upscale impression; enabling a precise arrangement of the push buttons; being capable of being made thinner; and being difficult to get stained, there is provided a member for a push button switch having a configuration in which a gap between adjacent metal push buttons is filled with a transparent organic polymer material, the transparent organic polymer material including a transparent resin sheet extending from an interior surface of the gap to a ceiling surface side of the push button, and a transparent rubber-like elastic material disposed inside the transparent resin sheet.