PURPOSE: To easily mount/demount a touch panel to/from a case without removing externally mounted parts such as a rear cover at the time of replacement or maintenance of the touch panel by providing a connector on the touch panel and mounting the connector to the connector provided on the case in freely attachably and detachably.
CONSTITUTION: A fitting hole 3h at the bottom of which a relaying connector 7 for internal wiring is located is formed between a pair of engaging holes 3e and 3e on one side of the front face of a case 3. A flexible circuit board 5a is projected at the center of a unilateral edge of the touch panel 5 and a connector 9 to be connected to the relaying connector 7 within the connector fitting hole 3h of the case 3 is mounted at the tip of the flexible circuit board 5a. Thus, a front frame 4 and the touch panel 5 can be easily mounted/ demounted to/from the front face of the case 3 without removing the externally mounted parts such as a rear cover 16 at the time of replacement or maintenance of the touch panel 5.
KURIHARA TADAO
YAMANAKA HIDEHIKO
