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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2011
Akihisa Hoshino, Fussa, JP;
Akihisa Hoshino, Fussa, JP;
Casio Computer Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
This key structure includes rotating shaft sections, andwhich are respectively provided in the rear end of key bodies, andarrayed in parallel, and serve as rotation fulcrums for rotations of the key bodies, andin an up and down direction, and connecting sections, andwhich respectively rotatably connect the rotating shaft sections, andalong a key array direction. Therefore, the key bodies, andcan be integrally formed by the connecting sections, and, and the rotating shaft sections, andcan be independently rotated. Additionally, as a result of the rotating shaft sections, andbeing evenly arrayed, the spacing between the keys and the key alignment can beheld evenly, and the key bodies, andcan be stably rotated when depressed.