Key device
AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorJun Hiraoka
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Abstract
A key device 1 has a plurality of peripheral key tops 11 arranged around a center key top 7 so that the key tops, when pressed, operate switches 3 and 4 arranged below them respectively The center key top 7 is elastically supported by a center hinge 8 extending from a center frame 10 provided around the center key top 7, and the peripheral key tops 11 are provided above the center frame 10 and are each elastically supported by a peripheral hinge 12 extending from a peripheral frame 13 provided around the peripheral key tops 11.
Claims10
A key device having a plurality of peripheral key tops arranged around a center key top so that the key tops, when pressed, operate switches arranged below the key tops respectively,
- wherein the center key top is elastically supported by a center hinge extending from a center frame provided around the center key top, and
- the peripheral key tops are provided above the center frame and are each elastically supported by a peripheral hinge extending from a peripheral frame provided around the peripheral key tops.
A key device having a plurality of peripheral key tops arranged around a center key top so that the key tops, when pressed, operate switches arranged below the key tops respectively,
- wherein the peripheral key tops are each elastically supported by a peripheral hinge extending from a peripheral frame provided around the peripheral key tops, and
- the center key top is elastically supported by a center hinge that is linked to the peripheral frame by being laid between adjacent ones of the peripheral key tops.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.