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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2008
Hisao Yamakawa, Nagano, JP;
Yohei Ishii, Nagano, JP;
Masayoshi Koganei, Tokyo, JP;
Akihito Shinohara, Kanagawa, JP;
Yutaka Ogasawara, Saitama, JP;
Hisao Yamakawa, Nagano, JP;
Yohei Ishii, Nagano, JP;
Masayoshi Koganei, Tokyo, JP;
Akihito Shinohara, Kanagawa, JP;
Yutaka Ogasawara, Saitama, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A keyboard apparatus includes: a plurality of keys; a switching section that detects depression of each of the keys; a top cover that is integrally formed with a partitioning portion separating adjacent keys from each other; a frame member that includes a plurality of key receiving portions which, in a case where the frame member is attached to the top cover, support the keys in a manner that the keys are placed in spaces surrounded by the partitioning portion; a first coupling section that couples the top cover with the frame member; and a second coupling section that couples a first surface portion of the keyboard apparatus including the switching section, with a second surface portion of the keyboard apparatus including the top cover and the frame member with which the top cover is coupled by the first coupling section.