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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2015
Applicant:
Omron Corporation, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto, JP;
Inventors:
Yuji Hirose, Kyoto, JP;
Masayuki Shinohara, Kyoto, JP;
Yasuhiro Tanoue, Shiga, JP;
Hiroyuki Miyamoto, Shiga, JP;
Yoshimasa Osumi, Kyoto, JP;
Kazuhide Hirota, Shiga, JP;
Assignee:
OMRON Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 7/04 (2006.01); F21V 11/00 (2015.01); G02B 5/02 (2006.01); F21V 8/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/0008 (2013.01); G02B 5/0226 (2013.01);
Abstract
A relay has a case, a relay body disposed in the case, a light source disposed in the case that emits light in accordance with an operation of the relay body, a light guide path which that receives, via a first end surface, the light emitted from the light source, and causes the light to exit outward from a second end surface, and a diffusion structure disposed in an optical path of the light which exits from the second end surface of the light guide path.