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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2012
Norman Miner Ladouceur, Wingham, CA;
Jason Tyler Griffin, Kitchener, CA;
Martin Riddiford, Dulwich, GB;
Daniel Jordan Kayser, London, GB;
Tracy Christina Sharp, London, GB;
Rachael Elizabeth Roberts, London, GB;
Norman Miner Ladouceur, Wingham, CA;
Jason Tyler Griffin, Kitchener, CA;
Martin Riddiford, Dulwich, GB;
Daniel Jordan Kayser, London, GB;
Tracy Christina Sharp, London, GB;
Rachael Elizabeth Roberts, London, GB;
BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, Ontario, CA;
Abstract
A exemplary key assembly for a handheld device includes one or more L-shaped key structures each having a first member configured to receive an input keystroke and a second member substantially orthogonal to the first member; and a frame configured to receive the one or more L-shaped key structures, the frame having a wall aligned with the second member of the key structure, with the wall further comprising a switch for each of the one or more L-shaped key structures associated with an inner surface of the wall, wherein each switch is associated with an actuator associated with the second member of the corresponding key structure such that depression of a given key structure causes the actuator of the second member of the key structure to engage the switch of the wall.