Patent ID: 6747226
Filing Date: 2004-06-08
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
An illuminated switch construction comprising:a substrate having at least one guide hole formed therein; a switch unit provided on said substrate, said switch unit having a driven part driven for reciprocating motion; a light-emitting device provided on said substrate at a location adjacent to said switch unit; and a pushbutton unit that drives said switch unit, said pushbutton unit having an opposed part disposed in opposed relation to said light-emitting device, a depressing part disposed in association with said opposed part, for depressing operation, said depressing part allowing light from said light-emitting device to pass therethrough, a coupling part coupled to said driven part of said switch unit to interlock said driven part and said pushbutton unit for reciprocating motion, and at least one guide pin fitted through a corresponding one of said at least one guide hole of said substrate to cooperate with said corresponding guide hole to perform a guiding function of guiding the reciprocating motion of said pushbutton unit.