Patent ID: 8749508

Claim:
A protective panel comprising a touch input part, and a peripheral switch arranged in a peripheral part thereof, wherein the protective panel further comprises: an upper electrode base material having a touch-input-part upper transparent electrode and a peripheral-switch upper electrode on one surface thereof; a lower electrode base material having a touch-input-part lower transparent electrode opposed to the touch-input-part upper transparent electrode with a predetermined space to constitute the touch input part, and a peripheral-switch lower electrode opposed to the peripheral-switch upper electrode with a predetermined space to constitute the peripheral switch, on a surface opposed to the one surface having the touch-input-part upper transparent electrode and the peripheral-switch upper electrode; a base-material bonding layer that bonds the upper electrode base material and the lower electrode base material in a peripheral part of the protective panel, and has a through hole to which each of the peripheral-switch upper electrode and the peripheral-switch lower electrode is exposed; and a pressure sensitive conductive member arranged in the through hole in the base-material bonding layer and between the peripheral-switch upper electrode and the peripheral-switch lower electrode, and being in contact with at least one of the peripheral-switch upper electrode and the peripheral-switch lower electrode, wherein when a force is applied to a part corresponding to the peripheral switch: (i) the applied force is transmitted to the pressure sensitive conductive member through the peripheral-switch upper electrode; (ii) a conductive performance of the pressure sensitive conductive member is changed and a current flows in the pressure sensitive conductive member according to the applied force; and (iii) the peripheral-switch upper electrode and the peripheral-switch lower electrode are electrically connected due to the current flow.