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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2016
Filed:
May. 30, 2014
Htc Corporation, Taoyuan County, TW;
Han-Wen Yeh, Taoyuan County, TW;
I-Cheng Chuang, Taoyuan County, TW;
HTC Corporation, Taoyuan, TW;
Abstract
A key assembly and electronic device is provided. The key assembly is disposed at a housing of the electronic device. The key assembly includes a circuit board, a shaft, a limiting portion, a contact element and an elastic element. The circuit board disposed in the housing has a first contact and a second contact. The shaft penetrates through the housing and the circuit board and having a first end and a second end. The limiting portion is located at the second end of the shaft. The contact element is located between the housing and the circuit board. The elastic element is coupled between the shaft and the circuit board. When the shaft drives the contact element to move toward the circuit board for the contact element to contact the second contact, the second contact is electrically connected to the first contact through the contact element to generate an electrical signal.