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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2002
Sung-jin Lee, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Soon-kyo Hong, Seoul, KR;
Chul-woo Lee, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Young-woo Huh, Seoul, KR;
Woo-jong Lee, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Woo-jong Cho, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon, KR;
Abstract
A key switch of a keyboard of the present invention includes a key cap and an elastic body which supports and allows the key cap to elastically move up and down. The elastic body is a band shaped structure and includes end portions which are pivotally supported above a substrate, a central portion bulged to contact a bottom surface of the key cap, and curved portions having a curvature opposite to that of the central portion disposed between corresponding ones of the end portions and the central portion. The curved portions of the elastic body are deformed at a position lower than an upper surface of the substrate. Therefore, the overall height of the key switch can be reduced, allowing for the manufacture of a slimmer keyboard unit.