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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2010
Applicants:
Chao Chen, Waterloo, CA;
Roman Peter Rak, Waterloo, CA;
Jason Tyler Griffin, Kitchener, CA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, Ontario, CA;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 5/00 (2006.01); H05K 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); B29C 45/16 (2006.01); B29C 51/00 (2006.01); B29L 31/34 (2006.01); B29L 31/46 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/1662 (2013.01); B29C 45/1642 (2013.01); B29C 51/00 (2013.01); B29C 2791/001 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3437 (2013.01); B29L 2031/466 (2013.01); B29L 2031/7676 (2013.01);
Abstract
A keypad is described herein in which the keypad can have a keypad sheet and a keymat layer molded onto the back side of the keypad sheet. The keypad sheet can include a plurality of keys formed on a front side of the keypad sheet and a plurality of actuators formed on a back side of the keypad sheet and protruding from the back side of the keypad sheet. Slits are cut around at least some of the keys to provide the keys with flexibility. The slits do not pierce the keymat layer.