Patent ID: 9658503
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: G02F,G06F,H01H,H05K,Y10T

Claim:
1. Method of manufacturing an input device that includes a transparent base, a transparent electrode layer provided in an input region of a first surface of the transparent base, and lead electrodes electrically connected to the transparent electrode layer and provided in a non-input region of the first surface positioned around the input region, the method comprising: providing the transparent base having a plurality of through holes in the non-input region thereof, the through holes passing through the transparent base from the first surface to a second surface of the transparent base opposite to the first surface; bonding an optical adhesive layer over the first surface of the transparent base so as to expose a part of the lead electrodes and openings of the through holes, at least one opening of at least one through hole being disposed between the lead electrodes among the part of the lead electrodes; disposing a wiring member on the first surface of the transparent base and electrically connecting the wiring member to the exposed part of the lead electrodes such that a predetermined gap is formed between the optical adhesive layer and the wiring member, the part of the lead electrodes and the at least one opening being exposed on the first surface of the transparent base in the gap, the at least one opening being disposed between the optical adhesive layer and the wiring member; bonding a surface member, which forms an input surface, over the first surface of to the transparent base with the optical adhesive layer interposed therebetween; and sealing the exposed part of the lead electrodes by injecting a resin from the at least one through hole through the at least one opening into the gap under the surface member, wherein the resin is injected through the at least one through hole to a vicinity of the part of the lead electrodes so as to cover the part of the lead electrodes starting from an inner side of the transparent base and spreading toward the wiring member.