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Fujitsu Corporation

Kouki Takahashi

Toshiaki Tanaka

Katsumi Harada

Kiyoshi Wada

Kiyokazu Moriizumi

Junichi Maruyama

Kazutoshi Hayashi

Kouji Ishikawa

Yasuo Yatsuda

A keyboard includes a plurality of keys for entering information, a moving mechanism for descending and ascending each key in a direction different from a vertical direction and for maintaining an orientation of the key top, and a forcing member for forcing the moving mechanism to return the key to an original state.

Keyboard and electronic apparatus having the same

A key switch includes a switch provided on a base, a key top for operating the switch, and a link mechanism supported on the base and supporting the key top on its upper side, a shape of the link mechanism being changed when the key top is depressed. A movable plate is provided on the base, in stacked relationship; such that the movable plate is moved when the key top is depressed so as to change the shape of the link mechanism to a flat shape. An auxiliary link mechanism has a first part supported on the moveable plate and, in turn, by the base and a second part supporting the key top.

Key switch and keyboard

Growing community of inventors

Kawasaki, Japan

Kouki Takahashi