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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2002
Applicants:
Seio Kaino, Yamatotakada, JP;
Junichi Kakimoto, Nara, JP;
Eiji Maruo, Nara, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/94 (2006.01); H03M 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A reversible keyboard is attached, with the front or reverse side up, into a keyboard attachment recess equipped with a rubber key unit. This reversible keyboard comprises keytop membersfor pressing down the rubber key unitas well as a front key cabinetand a reverse key cabinetincluding holesrespectively. The front keytop membersand the reverse keytop membersare respectively inserted in the holesand project from the front key cabinetand the reverse key cabinetIn this state, the keytop membersare housed in the front key cabinetand the reverse key cabinetand allowed to move upwardly and downwardly.