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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2009
Applicants:
Silas Joe Grant, London, GB;
Tom Eaton, Gloucestershire, GB;
Inventors:
Silas Joe Grant, London, GB;
Tom Eaton, Gloucestershire, GB;
Assignee:
Nokia Corporation, Espoo, FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 3/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus including: a substrate; a keypad including a plurality of distinct rigid elongate keys wherein each elongate key includes: a first end portion supported by the substrate and a second end portion separated by a dimension of the elongate key from the first end portion, and suspended from the substrate in free space by the elongate key; and a plurality of switches, wherein each switch detects travelling towards the substrate of the second end portion of a respective one of the plurality of elongate keys in response to user actuation of the second end portion.