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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2015
Applicant:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Shinichi Ogushi, Osaka, JP;
Takashi Sawada, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Sakai, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/02 (2006.01); H01H 13/705 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0202 (2013.01); G06F 3/02 (2013.01); H01H 13/705 (2013.01); H01H 2221/044 (2013.01); H01H 2221/054 (2013.01); H01H 2223/0345 (2013.01); H01H 2233/004 (2013.01); H01H 2233/03 (2013.01);
Abstract
An input device includes: a key (); and an elastic supporting member () supporting the key () in such a manner as to allow the key () to move in a pressing direction of the key (), the elastic supporting member () including: a post section () protruding below a level of a bottom face of the key () from an edge () of the key (); and an elastic arm section () connected to a tip end of the post section () and extending along the edge () of the key ().