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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2011
Applicants:
Yasushi Itoshiro, Nagano, JP;
Shigeru Kurosu, Nagano, JP;
Hiroshi Katayama, Nagano, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a keyboard, including: a membrane switch having contacts disposed at positions thereof corresponding to keys; a spacer member provided on the membrane switch and having openings at least at portions thereof corresponding to the keys; a resilient member provided on the spacer member and spaced from and opposed to the membrane switch through the openings; and a key member provided at a portion of the resilient member which corresponds to each of the keys.