CIRCUIT BOARD SET, OPERATION PANEL WITH THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OF OPERATION PANEL EMPLOYING THE CIRCUIT BOARD SET

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a circuit board set usable for operation panels of a plurality of specifications different in the arrangement of respective elements, an operation panel with the circuit board set, and to provide a method for manufacturing of the operation panel using the circuit board set. SOLUTION: The circuit board set includes a main circuit board 5 and a sub-circuit board 6 arranged adjacent to each other on the backside of a panel 2 holding a plurality of operating members 3, 4 receiving the operation of a user, and mounted with switches 7, 11 operated through the respective operating members 3, 4. Both circuit boards 5, 6 have connections 9a-9d and 12a-12d provided at portions arranged adjoining the mating circuit boards out of the peripheral edges of the circuit boards 5, 6 for electrical connection to the circuits of the mating circuit boards. The main circuit board 5 has a first connection provided at a portion adjoining the sub-circuit board 6 in a first arrangement mode, and a second connection provided at a portion adjoining the sub-circuit board 6 in a second arrangement mode different from the first arrangement mode. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT