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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2010
Hitoshi Ando, Saitama, JP;
Hitoshi Ando, Saitama, JP;
Shin-Etsu Polymer Co., Ltd., , JP;
Abstract
A multidirectional switch member and an electronic device includes an operation plate in which a pressing operation may be performed in a plurality of directions including four standard directions and a median direction extending between the four standard directions, a PCB that is located at the back side of the operation plate, a plurality of conductive bodies that are provided on the back side of the operation plate, a group of standard direction contact electrodes that each have a first electrode and a first ground potential electrode along each of the standard directions, and a group of median direction contact electrodes that have two of a second electrode and a second ground potential electrode along the median direction, wherein the two second electrodes and the first electrodes, which are located along both sides of the median direction, are located next to each other and are electrically connected to each other.