Patent ID: 6894682

Claim:
A connection structure for connecting a plurality of electrode cables of a touch panel to a plurality of corresponding external conductors of an external harness, the touch panel being provided such that two plates, with at least one plate having flexibility, are disposed by sandwiching spacers between them, electrode cables being disposed along two mutually opposite sides of one plate, and electrode cables being disposed along two mutually opposite sides of the other plate that are approximately orthogonal with the two sides, wherein a plurality of guide conductors connected respectively to the electrode cables are disposed in parallel while being mutually insulated, on one surface of one plate of the touch panel to extend along one side in the vicinity of this side, the external harness is formed in a flat cable that has the plurality of external conductors laid out in parallel with each other on a flat plane and integrally coated with an insulating resin at top and bottom surfaces, the plurality of external conductors are superimposed with the plurality of guide conductors of the touch panel so that they cross each other, the insulating material on mutually opposite sides of portions at which the plurality of guide conductors of the touch panel and the corresponding external conductors cross each other is removed in advance, and at the cross portions, the touch panel and one side of the external harness are pressed against the other side while being heated, thereby to connect the plurality of guide conductors of the touch panel with the corresponding external conductors.