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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2011
Applicant:
Tadamine Toh, Kawasaki, JP;
Inventor:
Tadamine Toh, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
NEC Platforms, Ltd., Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 13/83 (2006.01); H01H 9/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 13/83 (2013.01); H01H 9/182 (2013.01); H01H 2009/183 (2013.01); H01H 2219/028 (2013.01); H01H 2219/062 (2013.01); H01H 2219/064 (2013.01); H01H 2219/0622 (2013.01); H01H 2229/046 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed is key button () that includes a display surface on which character section (A) is formed, and a side face extending in a direction to intersect the display surface. The key button further includes transmission section () made of a light transmissive material, which constitutes the display surface and the side face, and shielding section () made of a light shielding material, which covers only a part of transmission section () other than character section (A) of the display surface.