A switch includes: a second conductor; a second movable electrode provided in a second hermetic space so as to be movable in a first direction in which it parts from the fixed electrode and in a second direction opposite the first direction; an opposed electrode slidably provided in the fixed electrode to face the second movable electrode so as to separate from and be in contact with the second movable electrode in an open state and a closed state respectively; a second driver which generates a driving force and moves the second movable electrode in the first direction when performing an opening operation; and a driving force transmitting mechanism which converts a direction of the driving force to the second direction opposite the moving direction of the second movable electrode to move the opposed electrode when the second driver moves the second movable electrode in the first direction.

Disclosed are a touch panel and a method of manufacturing the same. The touch panel includes a gas generation layer (110); a sensing electrode pattern (113) on the gas generation layer (110); a gas blocking layer (112) between the gas generation layer (110) and the sensing electrode pattern (113) to block a gas generated from the gas generation layer (110).

The present invention relates to a touch panel. The present touch panel has a shape that comprises a plastic substrate film and a pressure sensitive adhesive layer attached to said substrate film. Here, a phenomenon of penetrating oxygen, moisture or other foreign materials into an interface between said substrate film and said pressure sensitive adhesive layer is prevented, and decrease of optical properties by bubble generation due to the out-gassing phenomenon in the plastic substrate film is prevented. In addition, even if the pressure sensitive adhesive layer is directly attached to the conductive thin film, and it is exposed to a severe condition such as high temperature or high temperature and high humidity condition as such a state, change of resistance in the conductive thin film is effectively inhibited. Therefore, the present touch panel may be stably driven for a long time.

The invention proposes a switch (10) including a triggering member (26) that is adapted to come to bear on two peripheral fixed contacts (30A, 30B) to make a first switchpath and that is deformable to make an electrical connection between these two fixed contacts (30A, 30B) and a central fixed contact (36) to make a second switchpath consecutively to making the first switchpath, characterized in that the triggering member (26) may occupy an initial high rest position and a final low switching position toward which it is moved by an actuating member (28) against a return force exerted by a spring (24) that is disposed between the support (14) for the contacts (30A, 30B, 36) and the triggering member (26).