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H01H13/00-13/88 AS AS00
PURPOSE, PROBLEM, FUNCTION, WORKING OR EFFECT 		AS01 AS02 AS03 AS04 AS05 AS06 AS07 AS08 AS09 AS10
. Standardisation commonalisation or generalisation . Facilitation or simplification of construction assembling or mounting or working . . Unitisation . Parts reduction . . Integration . Facilitation of maintenance replacement or disassembling . adjustable . Positioning . Regulation of movement e.g. whirl-stop coming-off prevention or stoppers . Small size thin type or light weight
AS11 AS12 AS13 AS14 AS15 AS16 AS17 AS18 AS19 AS20
. Durability or long life . . Pressure resistance . . Temperature resistance . . Wear resistance or corrosion resistance . . Arc resistance or arc extinguishing . Buffering or shock reduction . Noise prevention or muffling . Overload prevention . Smooth motion or lubricating . Readiness or promptness
AS21 AS22 AS23 AS24 AS25 AS26 AS27 AS28
. Adhesion prevention . Instantaneous outage prevention . Neutral returning . Forced release or forced returning . Static electricity electromagnetic noise or grounding . Insulation . Reliability certainty or constant motion . Surface uniformity flattening or non-irregularity
AS31 AS32 AS33 AS34 AS35 AS36 AS37 AS38 AS39 AS40
. Improvement of operability . . Prevention of malfunction . . Improvement of senses of operators . . . securing strokes . Visibility . Prevention of malfunction or fail-safe . Prevention of foreign matter mixing . . Waterproof or dustproof . Venting venting or exhaust . Drainage
AS41 AS42 AS43 AS44 AS45 AS46 AS47 AS48 AS50
. Environmental measures or ecology . . Recycling . Sanitation antimicrobial or sterilisation . Cleaning . Display signalling or alarming . Sensuousness decorativeness or design . Testing or verification . Play allowance or redundancy . Reinforcement or strength improvement
AS51 AS52 AS53 AS54 AS55
. Safety . Multi-function . Cooling or heat radiation . Heat insulation . Backlash prevention
BS BS00
PROPERTY OR NUMERICAL REGULATION 		BS01 BS02 BS03 BS04 BS05 BS06 BS07 BS08 BS09 BS10
. physical . . Dimensions or sizes . . . Spaces or gaps . . . Displacement or strokes . . Areas . . Volumes . . Angles . . Surface roughness or smoothness . . Temperatures . . Mass or weight
BS12 BS13 BS14 BS15 BS16 BS17 BS18
. . Density or specific gravity . . Rigidity e.g. elastic coefficient Young's modulus or tensile strength . . Force load impulse or workload . . Breaking strength e.g. adhesion bursting tearing or delamination . . Mixing ratios compounding ratios or density . . Number of windings or winding pitch . . Time
BS21 BS22 BS23 BS25 BS26 BS27 BS28 BS29
. chemical . . Composition or chemical formulae . . Molecular weight . Electromagnetism . . Electric current . . Voltage . . Impedances e.g. resistances capacitance or reactance . . Magnetic force magnetic field magnetic permeability saturation magnetisation or coercive force
BS31 BS32 BS33 BS34 BS35
. optical . . Transmissivity or haze . . Luminance . . Colour tone . . Reflectance
BS41 BS42 BS43 BS44 BS45
. Quantitative specification of properties . . Upper limit e.g. a mass M<100g . . Lower limit e.g. a mass M>100g . . Ranges e.g. 100g< a mass M<150g . . Specific values or approximate values e.g. a mass M is equal or nearly equal to 100g
BS51 BS52 BS53 BS55
. Qualitative specification of properties . . Comparison e.g. magnitude relations of properties . . Relative ratio or rate . with graphs
CS CS00
MATERIAL OR RAW MATERIAL 		CS01 CS02 CS03 CS04 CS05 CS06 CS07 CS08
. Plastic resin or polymer materials . . thermoplastic . . thermosetting . . Rubbers or elastomers . . Sponges . Earthenware or ceramics . Glass . Carbons
CS11 CS12 CS13 CS14 CS15
. Metals or alloys . . Bimetals . . Metal oxides e.g. indium tin oxides or ITO . Gas or liquid . Composite or mixed materials
DS DS00
NATURE 		DS01 DS02 DS03 DS04 DS05 DS06 DS07 DS08 DS09
. elastic or flexible excluding additional codes F and M . . sheet-shaped . rigid or non-elastic . Shape memory . porous or permeable . Pastes . Powders . Fibres . flame retardant or non-flammable
DS11 DS12 DS13 DS14 DS15 DS16 DS17 DS18 DS19
. transparent . . translucent or semi-translucent . opaque or shading . Atmosphere e.g. vacuum or gas . conductive excluding an additional code K . non-conductive or insulating . magnetic . non-magnetic . foaming
ES ES00
MANUFACTURE OR ASSEMBLING 		ES01 ES02 ES03 ES04 ES05 ES07 ES08 ES09
. Shaping or moulding . . Preforming . . Polychromatic moulding . . Insert moulding . . Outsert moulding . . Metal moulds . . . Slide cores or cores . . . Pin gates or injection openings
ES11 ES12 ES13 ES14 ES15 ES16 ES17 ES18 ES19 ES20
. Connection or securing . . Adhesion . . Welding . . . Soldering or brazing . . Fitting or engagement . . Elastic engagement or snap-in . . Bayonets . . Screwing e.g. screws bolts or nuts . . Pins or rivets . . Clips or clamps
ES22 ES23 ES24
. . Caulking . . Spline coupling . . Holding or sandwiching (non-adhering)
ES31 ES32 ES33 ES34 ES35 ES38 ES39 ES40
. Machining . . Plastic working . . Pressing or blanking . . . through hoop materials or hoop states . . Cutting work . Thermal treatment . Printing or coating . Spraying blasting or dropping
ES41 ES42 ES43 ES44 ES45 ES46 ES47 ES48
. Chemical treatment . . Plating . . Vapour deposition spattering or CVD or chemical vapour deposition . . Etching . Surface treatments . . Coating or protective coating . . Smoothing . . Roughing
ES51 ES52 ES54 ES55 ES56 ES57 ES58 ES59
. Jigs or tools . Stripping processes or separators . Impregnation . Processes or procedures . . Unidirectional assembling . Misassembling prevention . . Symmetrisation . . Dissymmetrisation
FS FS00
MECHANISM ELEMENT 		FS01 FS02 FS03 FS04 FS05 FS06 FS07 FS08 FS09 FS10
. Cams . . Heart cams (See LU02) . Cranks or links . . Toggles . Gears or racks . Rotary claws or ratchets . Clips or spigots . Rollers or balls . Levers or seesaws . Wires or lines excluding an additional code P
FS11 FS12 FS13 FS14 FS15 FS16 FS17 FS18
. Springs or elastic bodies excluding an additional code F (See FU00) . . Blade springs . . . Snap-acting legs or snap-acting springs . . . . Snap-acting leg integrated types . . . characterised by end structures . . . . forked . . . . three-pronged . . . having tongue-like pieces
FS22 FS23 FS24 FS25 FS26 FS27 FS28
. . Coil springs . . . using elasticity of a coil axis direction . . . using elasticity of a coil winding direction . . . characterised by end structures . . . Conical shapes . . U-shaped springs or U-shaped coil springs . . Cantilevers
FS32 FS33 FS34 FS35 FS36
. . Domes discs or projections (See FU01) . . . characterised by top structures . . . . with through-holes . . . characterised by peripheral structures . . . with projections arranged downward
FS42 FS43 FS44 FS45 FS48
. . tube-like or tubular . . rod-shaped or linear excluding objects for coil springs . . Springs using magnetism . . Springs using fluid . Spring shoe members
FU FU00
SPRING OR ELASTIC BODY FOR PUSH-BUTTON SWITCH (SEE FS11) 		FU01 FU02 FU03 FU04 FU05 FU06 FU07 FU08
. Domes discs or projections (See FS32) . . Domes discs or projections in cross sections . . . Dome . . . Cup . . . . Chevron shapes . . . Box . . . Double types or stair types . . . Y-shaped
GS GS00
USE 		GS01 GS02 GS03 GS04 GS05 GS06 GS07
. Telephones or radio apparatus . . Portable phones . Remote controllers . Portable equipment excluding portable phones or remote controllers . Information equipment or personal computers . Clocks or watches . Cameras or video cameras
GS11 GS12 GS13 GS14 GS15 GS16 GS17 GS18
. Acoustic video equipment . Toys or game machines . Musical instruments . Home electric appliances (GS01-GS13 take precedence) . Vending machines . Industrial equipment . Safety monitoring or alarming equipment . Equipment for navigation
GS21 GS22 GS23 GS24 GS25 GS26 GS27 GS28 GS29
. for vehicles . . Column switches . . Power window switches . . Switches provided in steering wheels . . Mirror control switches . . Roof opening/closing switches . . Switches for instrument panels or consoles . . Brake switches . . Switches for seats
HS HS00
OPERATING MEMBER 		HS01 HS02 HS03 HS04 HS05
. Operation principals excluding hands or fingers . . Feet . . Human's parts other than hands or feet . . Articles or parts . . . Caps or doors
HS11 HS12 HS13 HS14 HS15 HS16 HS17 HS18
. Shapes working or working to be received of operating members . . Uneven surface (See QS03) . . Roller members . . A plurality of operating members integrated or coupled (See HU18) . . Protection or coating . . Guide members (See HW01) . . Coming-off prevention (See HW41) . . Stoppers (See HW71)
HS21 HS22 HS23 HS24 HS25 HS26 HS27 HS28
. Holding of operating members . . with contact members . . with guide members (See HW01) . . with panels cases or equipment bodies . . with sheets (See HU51) . . with hinges . Unused operation bodies (See HU23) . Operating position holding means (See LS00 or LU00)
HU HU00
PUSH-BUTTON SWITCH OPERATION MEMBER I 		HU01 HU02 HU03 HU04 HU05 HU06 HU07
. Forms of push-buttons . . Shape of individual push-buttons . . . Thin pad shape in an operating direction . . . Long rod shape in an operation direction . . . Horizontally long types or long and massive types e.g. spaces or enter keys . . . Adaptation to body shapes . . . Adaptation to panel profiles
HU12 HU13 HU14 HU15 HU16 HU17 HU18
. . A plurality of push-buttons juxtaposed e.g. keyboards . . . Arrangement of push-buttons . . . . arranged on different surfaces . . . . Adjacent key tops . . . . Adaptation to body shapes . . . . Adaptation to panel profiles . . . A plurality of push-buttons integrated or coupled (See HS14)
HU21 HU22 HU23 HU24 HU25 HU26
. Push-buttons moving for purposes other than for opening or closing contacts (LS and LU take precedence) . . Purposes . . . Storage (See HS27) . . . Replacement of push-buttons (See AS06) . . . Selection or multifunctionality of push-buttons (See AS52) . . . . Nullification of pushing operation
HU32 HU33 HU34 HU35 HU36 HU37
. . Movement form . . . of push-buttons . . . . Linear movement . . . . . in pushing directions of push-buttons . . . . . Movement vertically to pushing directions of push-buttons . . . . Rotation or swinging movement
HU43 HU44 HU45 HU48 HU49 HU50
. . . Movement of mounting members of push-buttons . . . . Linear movement . . . . Rotation or swinging movement . Pull switches . mat-shaped . Touch panels or tablets (See KU36)
HU51 HU52 HU53 HU54 HU55
. held with sheets (See S25) . . Relations between sheets and push-buttons . . . The same members or the same materials . . . Different members or different materials . . . . Push-buttons on back sides of sheets
HU62 HU64 HU65 HU66 HU67
. . Arrangement positions of sheets . . . Front surfaces of cases or panels . . . Back surfaces of cases or panels . . . Internal panels or internal cases . . . Contact members
HW HW00
PUSH-BUTTON SWITCH OPERATING MEMBER II 		HW01 HW02 HW03 HW04 HW05 HW06 HW07 HW08 HW09 HW10
. Guides for push-buttons (See HS16) . . Types of guide members . . . Link types (See FS03.H or HS16) . . . . Single arm types . . . . Crosslink types . . . . Truncated chevron shapes or an inverted truncated chevron shapes . . . . Diamond shapes . . . . driving contacts or unit switches by links . . . using a plurality of HM03-07 for each push-button . . . . using a plurality of the same types
HW13 HW14 HW15 HW16 HW17 HW19
. . . Mutual sliding types . . . . with push-buttons inside and fixed members outside . . . . with push-buttons outside and fixed members inside . . . . A plurality of sliding sections . . . . driving contacts or unit switches at sliding sections . . . . Means for guiding like rails
HW24 HW25 HW27 HW28 HW30
. . . . Means for energising sliding surfaces . . . . Means for reducing sliding friction . . . . Sliding surfaces tapered in pushing directions . . . . stepped on sliding surfaces excluding coming-off prevention or stoppers . . . . Guides in the direction different from the pushing direction
HW32 HW33 HW34 HW35 HW36 HW37
. . Arrangement positions of guide members . . . Cases or panels . . . . Front surfaces of cases or panels . . . . Back surfaces of cases or panels . . . Internal panels or internal cases . . . Contact members
HW41 HW42 HW43 HW44 HW45
. Coming-off prevention of push-buttons (See HS17) . . Shapes of coming-off prevention members on push-button sides . . . Projections e.g. hooks claws or pins . . . sheet-like e.g. flanges or steps . . . Grooves notches or holes
HW52 HW53 HW54 HW55
. . Shapes of coming-off prevention members on fixed member sides . . . Projections e.g. hooks claws or pins . . . sheet-like e.g. flanges or steps . . . Grooves notches or holes
HW62 HW63 HW66 HW67
. . Arrangement positions of coming-off prevention members on fixed member sides . . . Cases or panels . . . Internal panels or internal cases . . . Contact members
HW71 HW72 HW73 HW74 HW75
. Push-button stoppers (See HS18) . . Shapes of stopper members on push-button sides . . . Projections e.g. hooks claws or pins . . . sheet-like e.g. flanges or steps . . . Grooves notches or holes
HW82 HW83 HW84 HW85
. . Shapes of stopper members on fixed member sides . . . Projections e.g. hooks claws or pins . . . sheet-like e.g. flanges or steps . . . Grooves notches or holes
HW92 HW93 HW96 HW97
. . Arrangement positions of coming-off prevention members on fixed member sides . . . Cases or panels . . . Internal panels or internal cases . . . Contact members
JS JS00
DRIVING MEMBER 		JS01 JS02 JS03 JS04 JS05 JS07 JS08 JS09
. Turning of movement (See JU31) . . Straight lines to rotation/swinging (See JU37) . . Rotation/swinging to straight lines (See JU47) . Snap action excluding by toggles or dome springs . . Snap action by springs (See JU01) . Delays . not directly acted by operating members . A plurality of operating members integrated or coupled
JU JU00
DRIVING MEMBER OF PUSH-BUTTON SWITCH 		JU01 JU02 JU03 JU04 JU06 JU07 JU08 JU09
. Snap action (See JS05) . . Action force by snap-action springs . . . Pushing force i.e. a spring mounted in a contracted state. . . . Pulling-force i.e. a spring mounted in an expanded state . . holding both ends of snap-action springs . . . on fixed members . . . holding one end on a fixed member and the other end on a movable member . . . holding both ends on movable members
JU12 JU13 JU14 JU16
. . Types of snap-action springs . . . Blade springs . . . Coil springs . . Driving force transmitted to parts other than ends of snap-action springs
JU21 JU22 JU23
. Multistep switches (See KU01) . . Mechanisms for opening/closing contacts at overpushing . . Mechanisms for performing different contact opening/closing operations in forward/return paths
JU31 JU32 JU35 JU37 JU38 JU39 JU40
. Turning of movement (See JS01) . . from linear movement into rectilinear movement (only crossing) . . . with auxiliary driving members interposing . . from rectilinear movement into rotation/swinging movement (See JS02) . . . Rectilinear movement direction parallel to rotation/swinging axes . . . Rectilinear movement direction crossing rotation/swinging axes . . . with auxiliary driving members interposing
JU42 JU43 JU44 JU45 JU47 JU48 JU49 JU50
. . from rotation/swinging movement into rotation/swinging movement . . . rotation and a swinging axis being mutually parallel . . . rotation and a swinging axis being mutually crossing . . . with auxiliary driving members interposing . . from rotation/swinging movement into rectilinear movement (See JS03) . . . Rectilinear movement direction parallel to rotation/swinging axes . . . Rectilinear movement direction and a rotation/swinging axis crossing . . . with auxiliary driving member interposing
JU52
. . with composite movements interposing
JU61 JU62 JU63 JU64 JU65 JU67 JU68
. Holding of driving members excluding snap-action members . . with contact members . . with guide members . . with panels cases or equipment bodies . . with internal panels or internal cases . . with sheets . . with hinges
KS KS00
CONTACT MEMBER 		KS01 KS02 KS03 KS04 KS05 KS06 KS07 KS08 KS09 KS10
. Types of contact members . . Unit switches . . . Pressing types e.g. tact switches . . . Rotary types e.g. encoders . . Non-contact types . . . Photoelectric elements . . . Capacitive elements . . . Pressure-sensitive elements . . . Magnetic sensitive elements e.g. magneto-resistance elements or Hall elements . . . Electromagnetic induction elements e.g. coils
KS12 KS13 KS14 KS15 KS16 KS17 KS20
. . Contact types . . . Membrane types (See KU31) . . . . Flat types . . . . Domes cups or disc types . . . Abutting types excluding membrane types . . . . Crossbars . . . Impedance elements e.g. variable resistors
KS23 KS24 KS25 KS26 KS27 KS28
. . . Sliding or sliding types . . . . Rectilinear movement . . . . Rotational movement . . . . . Contacts facing the rotation axis direction . . . . . Contacts facing the rotation circumferential direction . . . Swinging or seesaw types
KS31 KS32 KS33 KS34 KS35 KS36 KS37 KS38 KS39 KS40
. Relations between fixed contacts and movable contacts . . Point contacts . . Line contacts . . Surface contacts . . Other contacts e.g. contacts with the circumference of springs . . Arrangement of fixed contacts . . . arranged on surfaces perpendicular to a movement direction of movable contacts . . . arranged on surfaces parallel to a moving direction of movable contacts . . Bridging types . . Non-bridging types
KS41 KS42 KS43 KS44 KS45 KS46 KS47 KS48 KS49
. Contact structures . . C-shaped types and circular types . . Comb-teeth types . . linear . . Unevenness on surfaces . . Cleaning or wiping . . . Cleaning by contacts per se . . Air opening or flow passages . . radial
KS51 KS52 KS53 KS55 KS56 KS57 KS58 KS59 KS60
. Relations among a plurality of contact members . . Contact members integrated or coupled . . Contact members stacked . Holding of contacts or unit switches . . Sheets or FPCs . . Substrates e.g. hard printing substrates or glass substrates (See KU61) . . Operating members (See KU61) . . Panel surfaces . . Front surfaces back surfaces or both surfaces
KS61 KS62 KS63 KS64 KS66 KS67 KS69
. Spacers . . Single piece types or continuous types . . with air flow passages . . Dots . Normally-closed contacts . . with other contacts closed during operation (See LU63) . Pair of contacts consisting of only movable contacts
KU KU00
CONTACT MEMBER OF PUSH-BUTTON SWITCH 		KU01 KU02 KU03 KU04 KU05
. Multistep switches (See JU21) . . Contact positions or shape relations of respective stages . . . A plurality of contacts inside a single dome-like member . . . Fixed contacts juxtaposed in pushing directions . . . Fixed contacts juxtaposed on a plane perpendicular to pushing directions
KU12 KU13 KU14 KU15
. . Relations of contact types of respective stages . . . The same type (KS01) of contact members at respective stages . . . Different types (KS01) of contact members at respective stages . . . . No-contact type at a first stage
KU22 KU23 KU24 KU28
. . Relations between ON and OFF of contacts at respective stages . . . ON in respective stages . . . OFF during pushing operation . . having more than 3 stages
KU31 KU32 KU36 KU37 KU38
. Membrane type (See KS13) . . Contact members constituted by folding up . Touch panels or tablets (See HU50) . . Matrix wirings . . Single surface or entire surfaces
KU41 KU42 KU43 KU46 KU47 KU48
. Mutual connection relations between contacts of a plurality of push-buttons . . parallel . . serial . Arrangement of fixed contacts and pushing directions (See KS36) . . Fixed contact surface and pushing directions being perpendicular . . Fixed contact surface and pushing directions being parallel
KU51 KU52 KU53 KU54 KU55 KU56
. Movement for purposes other than opening and closing of contacts (LS and LU take precedence) . . Purposes . . . Storage (See HS27) . . . Replacement of contacts (See AS06) . . . Selection or multifunctionality of contact members (See AS52) . . . . turning into non-use or disenabling
KU61 KU62 KU63 KU64
. holding of KS56 and KS57 as contact members . . Front sides of panels and upper cases (See AS59) . . Back sides of panels or upper cases . . Lower cases
LS LS00
LOCK 		LS01 LS02 LS03 LS04 LS05
. Mechanical locking and lock (See LU00) . . Locking or locks of operating members (See LU07 and LU08) . . Locking or locks of driving members (See LU07 and LU08) . . Locking or locks of contact members . Driving by an electromagnetic means
LU LU00
LOCKING OF PUSH-BUTTON SWITCH (SEE LS01) 		LU01 LU02 LU03 LU04 LU05 LU06 LU07 LU08
. Mechanical structures of locking or lock . . Protrusions or pins engaged with grooves notches or holes (See FS02) . . . holding protrusions or pins on fixed members . . . holding protrusions or pins on movable members . . . elastically energising protrusions or pins . . . elastically energising grooves notches or holes . . push-buttons or driving members penetrating through locking plates (See LS02 and LS03) . . Push-buttons or driving members along a locking plate (See LS02 and LS03)
LU11 LU12 LU13 LU14 LU15
. Triggers of locking or lock operation . . Operation of push-buttons to be locked per se . . . by pushing . . . by rotating/swinging . . . by sliding
LU22 LU23 LU24 LU25 LU26
. . Members other than push-buttons to be locked . . . by pushing . . . by rotation/swinging . . . by sliding . . . Keys
LU31 LU32 LU33 LU34 LU35
. Trigger for releasing locks . . Operation of push-buttons to be locked per se . . . by pushing . . . by rotating/swinging . . . by sliding
LU42 LU43 LU44 LU45 LU46
. . Members other than push-buttons to be locked . . . by pushing . . . by rotating/swinging . . . by sliding . . . Keys
LU51 LU52 LU53 LU54
. Mutual locking of a plurality of push-buttons . . inhibiting simultaneous operations . . allowing only simultaneous operations . . One operation returned due to the other operation
LU61 LU62 LU63
. Locking in a state when contacts are opened . Locking or lock in a state when contacts are closed . Locking of switching of contacts of KS67
MS MS00
MODERATION OR CLICKING 		MS01 MS02 MS03
. Unevenness including concave and convex surfaces or moderation protrusions . Racking or claw pieces . using spheres
NS NS00
CASE, HOUSINGS, BOXES OR PANELS 		NS01 NS02 NS03 NS04 NS05 NS06 NS07 NS08 NS09 NS10
. Structures related to switches . . Cases . . . Coupling of cases . . Covers . . Dustproof or waterproof . . . Labyrinth structures or extension of paths . . . Packings or sealings . Attaching position of operating members . . Side surfaces . . Lower surfaces or back surfaces
PS PS00
TERMINAL, OR FEEDING OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER 		PS01 PS02 PS03 PS04 PS05 PS06 PS07 PS08 PS09
. Configurations . . Printed wirings including FPCs . . linear . . . Cords or lead wires . . sheet-shaped . . . Flat cables . . Connectors . . shared with contacts . . for front surface mounting
PS11 PS12 PS13 PS14 PS15
. Treatment or introduction of wiring . . Union straps . . Guides . . . groove shaped . . . hole shaped (penetrating through cases or operating members)
QS QS00
DISPLAY 		QS01 QS02 QS03 QS04 QS05 QS07 QS08 QS09
. Planar displays . . Characters digits or symbols . Unevenness or solid displays (See HS12) . . Characters digits or symbols . . Braille . Displays other than visual senses . . Auditory sense (beep or sound generation) . . Sense of touch (feedback of vibration or force)
QS11 QS12 QS13 QS14 QS15 QS16 QS17
. Variable displays . . using rotating bodies . . Liquid crystals or LCDs . . CRTs . . Variable colours . . adapted to operating conditions of switches . . adapted to functional changes of operating sections
RS RS00
ILLUMINATION 		RS01 RS02 RS03 RS04 RS05 RS06 RS07 RS08 RS09
. Arrangement of light-emitting devices . . illuminating operating members . . . Light-emitting device moving or rotating with operating members . . . Light-emitting device being immovable . . illuminating both operating members and members other than the operating members . . Segments e.g. characters or digits . . Single row . . Two dimensions or matrices . . Backlights
RS11 RS12 RS13 RS14 RS15 RS16 RS17
. Illumination timing . . always . . in darkness . . during manipulation . . during operation or driving . . . displaying operation amount . . . displaying types of operations
RS21 RS22 RS23 RS24 RS25 RS26 RS27
. Light-emitting devices . . Point-like light-emitting devices . . . Incandescent lamps or filaments . . . LEDs . . discharge tubes (VFDs or VFTs) . . ELs or OLEDs . . Luminous materials
RS31 RS32 RS33 RS34 RS35 RS36 RS37 RS38 RS39 RS40
. Optical members . . Light guiding members or light guides . . . Optical fibres . . . Prisms . . Lenses . . Reflecting members . . Diffusion members . . Filters . . Polarisation members . . Half mirrors
RS42 RS43 RS44 RS45 RS46 RS47
. . Light-shielding members . . . Shutters . . Low-reflectance members or reflection-free members . Power supply or fixed members . . Lamp holders . . Power supply members
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