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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2016
Omron Corporation, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto, JP;
Taichi Onoyama, Aichi, JP;
Hiroyuki Onitsuka, Gifu, JP;
Masaaki Sumi, Gifu, JP;
Takehiro Agata, Aichi, JP;
Masataka Kimura, Aichi, JP;
OMRON Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A switch unit has a display part configured to display an image, and an operation part provided on the display part in a stacked manner. The operation part includes a plurality of press buttons each having a pressable top surface formed to be transparent, a transparent base having a plurality of openings which are formed so as to be spaced from each other in positions corresponding to a display region of the display part, while avoiding a peripheral edge of the display region, a transparent substrate provided below the base and mounted with an electronic component, and a top plate having openings in positions corresponding to the press buttons and provided on the base, with the press buttons mounted thereon, so as to cover the base.