Patent ID: 7671291
Filing Date: 2010-03-02
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
1. An operations panel wherein a board having an upper surface where a plurality of switches is provided is provided in a housing, the operations panel comprising: a base where the board is arranged; a cover forming the housing together with the base, the cover having an upper surface having a part where a plurality of concave parts is formed in positions corresponding to the switches; a plurality of key tops provided at the concave parts from outside in a state where operations parts and projection parts including engaging claws are inserted via a plurality of openings formed in the concave parts; and an intermediate member provided between the cover and the board, the intermediate member including a plurality of elastic members, a plurality of spacers, and a main body where the elastic members and the spacers are provided in a body, the elastic members individually giving an energizing force in a direction separating the switches from the corresponding key tops, the spacers having thicknesses corresponding to gaps between the operations parts of the key tops and the corresponding switches and individually moving in the same directions accompanying movement of the key tops, the directions approaching to or separating from the corresponding switches.