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Patent No.:

US 9748056 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2017

Filed:

May. 17, 2012

Illuminated-type push-button switch and keyboard

Applicants:

Yasuhiro Tanoue, Shiga, JP;

Masaki Sugihara, Okayama, JP;

Inventors:

Yasuhiro Tanoue, Shiga, JP;

Masaki Sugihara, Okayama, JP;

Assignees:

OMRON Corporation, Kyoto, JP;

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Osha Liang LLP

Primary Examiner:

Edwin A Leon

Assistant Examiner:

Iman Malakooti

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 13/02 (2006.01); H01H 9/16 (2006.01); H01H 13/83 (2006.01); H01H 13/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 13/023 (2013.01); H01H 9/161 (2013.01); H01H 13/14 (2013.01); H01H 13/83 (2013.01); H01H 2219/036 (2013.01); H01H 2219/06 (2013.01); H01H 2219/062 (2013.01); H01H 2219/0622 (2013.01);
Abstract

A push-button switch () is arranged such that, once a user presses an operation button (), a switch body () performs an operation, and light from an LED () passes through a transmission plate () and then illuminates the operation button (). A structure () is provided on a lower surface () of the transmission plate () to refract the light from the LED () so that the refracted light is reflected within the transmission plate () and then guided to an upper circumferential wall () of the transmission plate ().

Find Patent Forward Citations

Tanoue, Yasuhiro. (2017). Illuminated-type push-button switch and keyboard (U.S. Patent No. 9748056). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9748056

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