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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2000
Takashi Nakai, Fukushima-ken, JP;
Alps Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A key switch device including a guide supporting member for guiding and supporting a key top. The guide supporting member includes a first link member and a second link member, both of which are formed of wire material. A pair of arms of the second link member are positioned inwardly of a pair of arms of the first link member, and the pair of arms of the first link member are made to cross the pair of arms of the second link member in order to make the first link member and the second link member rotatable at the cross section. The invention provides a thin key switch device whose guide supporting member has higher rigidity, and which can smoothly guide and support the key top.