Patent ID: 8110767

Claim:
A structured touch switch which is of an electrostatic capacitance type designed to detect a touch operation based on a variation in electrostatic capacity between electrodes, comprising: a substrate made of a material having a non-conductive characteristic; a conductive member made of a material having a conductive characteristic and formed integrally with said substrate so that a portion of said conductive characteristic member appears at a surface of said substrate, said conductive member being provided at one side of the substrate; a circuit board that opposes and spaced apart from the substrate; and a touch detection electrode mounted on the circuit board and provided at said one side of the substrate at a position facing said conductive member in a state, said conductive member and said touch detection electrode defining an open space therebetween, wherein said substrate is made of a non-conductive resin while said conductive member is made of a conductive resin.