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Switch structure for display screen

  • US 6,426,738 B1
  • Filed: 12/23/1999
  • Issued: 07/30/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/25/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A switch structure for a display screen, comprising:

  • a display device that includes a display screen and is capable of displaying on the display screen an image that indicates various information comprising switch information and wherein the display screen comprises an effective display area corresponding to an area over which the image is visible;

    a switch body disposed on the display device, the switch body being operative to be switched in one of an on state and an off state thereof; and

    an operation plate disposed in front of the display screen of the display device, wherein when the operation plate is depressed, the state of the switch body is switched, the operation plate including an optical portion through which an image indicating the switch information on the effective display area of the display screen is transmitted, the optical portion being shaped to increase the effective display area.

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