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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 29, 1999
Akio Nishijima, Fukushima-ken, JP;
Hideki Ito, Fukushima-ken, JP;
Alps Electric Co., Ltd., , JP;
Abstract
A keyboard device is disclosed which can improve a fixed state of a connector coated with a soft resin and can reduce the number of components without deteriorating the structural strength of the keyboard device. The keyboard device comprises a keyboard body having a plurality of key switches, a connector coated with a soft resin and capable of being connected with an external device, and upper and lower cases which cover the keyboard body and the connector. The thicknesses of connecting portions provided for connecting the connector and the keyboard body to the same positions of the upper and lower cases, and the length from the tip of a fitting portion provided in the upper case and fitted through through-holes up to a clamp width setting portion provided on a base end side of the fitting portion, are set equal to each other.