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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2003
Makoto Watanabe, Fukushima-ken, JP;
Alps Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A keyswitch device of the invention includes a plurality levers (first to third levers), one side of each lever rotating engaging the base plate; a holder supported so as to be upwardly and downwardly movable with respect to the base by being engaged with the other side of each lever; and a switch, disposed between the base plate and the holder, for performing a switching operation as the keytop is moved upward and downward. Rotary shafts of the first and second levers symmetrically disposed on the left and right sides engage a groove of the holder. A rotary shaft of the third lever is disposed so as to cross the rotary shafts disposed at engagers at the first and second levers.