Method in the manufacture of a keyboard for an electronic device
AssigneeNokia Mobile Phones Ltd.
InventorsEsa-Sakari Maatta, Marko Eromaki, Timo Tarvainen
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Abstract
A method in the manufacture of a keyboard for an electronic device, the keyboard comprising a set of separate key caps fitted next to each other for transferring pressings, wherein each key cap is further attached to a common base. In the method, the key caps are separated from a solid piece by laser cutting, the piece being simultaneously attached to said base in such a way that the pieces to be separated from the piece, of which each represents one of said key caps, remain attached to said base even after the cutting.
Claims10
A method in the manufacture of a keyboard for an electronic device, the keyboard comprising a set of separate key caps fitted next to each other for transferring pressings, wherein each key cap is further attached to a common base, wherein in the method, the key caps are separated from a solid piece by laser cutting, the piece being simultaneously attached to said base in such a way that the pieces to be separated from the piece, of which each represents one of said key caps, remain attached to said base even after the cutting.
An assembly for the manufacture of a keyboard for an electronic device, the keyboard comprising a set of separate key caps fitted next to each other for transferring pressings, wherein each key cap is further attached to a common base, wherein for separating the key caps by laser cutting, said assembly comprises a solid piece which piece is attached to said base in such a way that the pieces to be separated from the piece, of which each represents one of said key caps, remain attached to said base even after the cutting.
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