Patent ID: 6841748
Filing Date: 2005-01-11
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
1. A flexible switch, comprising: an adhesive sheet; a first circuit member, provided on the adhesive sheet, and having a first electrode; a first spacer sheet, provided on the first circuit member, and having a first through hole situated so as to correspond to the first electrode on the first circuit member; a second circuit member, provided on the first spacer sheet, and having a second electrode situated so as to correspond to the first electrode of the first circuit member; a second spacer sheet, provided on the second circuit member, and having a second through hole situated so as to correspond to the first electrode of the first circuit member; and a front sheet, provided on the second spacer sheet, and having a projected portion situated so as to correspond to the second electrode of the second circuit member, wherein the second circuit member is depressed by the projected portion through the second through hole so as to bend the second circuit member when the projected portion is depressed, so that the second electrode on the second circuit member is brought into contact with the first electrode through the first through hole; and wherein at least one of the adhesive sheet, the first circuit member, the first spacer sheet, the second circuit member, the second spacer sheet, and the front sheet has flexibility.