Patent ID: 11710608

Abstract:
The illuminated push-button switch device includes a shell-portion enclosing a switch element and a light source and having one or more opening-portions protruding from an upper surface of the shell-portion; a button-portion provided to cover the opening-portions, the button-portion being vertically movable along the opening-portions; and a panel-portion surrounding an outside of the button-portion and provided on the upper surface of the shell-portion, wherein gap is provided between the panel-portion and the button-portion in a top view, wherein the upper surface of the shell-portion extends along a plane perpendicular to a vertical movement direction of the button-portion, and a slope-portion at a predetermined angle with respect to the upper surface is formed on a portion of the upper surface situated under the gap, and wherein a height of the slope-portion along the vertical movement direction gradually decreases from a button-portion side to a panel portion side.