Patent ID: 7102090

Claim:
A front panel for electrical equipment, comprising push buttons formed integrally therewith, the push button having a front surface exposed from an opening formed in a face plate of the front panel, wherein the push button is linked to the face plate of the front panel through a button supporting portion and a button arm, the button supporting portion extending from the back of the face plate, and the button arm being formed integrally with the button supporting portion and extending from the button supporting portion so as to be substantially parallel to the face plate, wherein the button arm has a switch operating member formed integrally therewith, wherein the button supporting portion has an opening, between a region in which the button arm is provided and the back of the face plate of the front panel, formed by removing an upper part of a slidable core sliding in a direction perpendicular to a mold opening direction in which a core part or a cavity part of a mold for forming the front panel is moved for separation from each other, and wherein the face plate of the front panel and the button arm are arranged, with a space formed by removing the slidable core therebetween, to overlap each other when viewed from front.