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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2010
Applicant:
Takashi Yoshida, Kawasaki, JP;
Inventor:
Takashi Yoshida, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 9/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An electronic apparatus includes an operation member which includes an operation portion, a substrate which includes a switch detecting pattern and a ground pattern, and a sheet member which is disposed between the operation member and the substrate and provided with a metal piece for causing the switch detecting pattern to be electrically continuous to the ground pattern according to an operation to the operation portion, wherein the metal piece is in contact with the ground pattern, and the sheet member covers the metal piece with an insulating member in such a manner that at least a part of a surface of the metal piece is exposed.