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US 2009/0260968 A1Published application
Operation panel and electronic device provided therewith
AssigneeKyocera Mita Corporation
InventorShinichi Kotera
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Abstract
An operation key 3 is fitted in a guide hole 4 of an operation section cover 2 while making contact with support pieces 12 of a film member 10a. Thus, the support pieces 12 are pressed, widened, and then bent by an operation section 3b, thus sandwiching the operation section 3b from the top and bottom. Here, the film member 10a has an elastic force; thus, the operation key 3 is positioned at a substantially vertical center of the guide hole 4 by restoring forces of the support pieces 12.
Claims8
An operation panel comprising:
- an operation key making contact with or separating from a contact on a control board;
- an operation section cover provided with a guide hole from which part of the operation key projects;
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- a flexible film member fitted to a rear surface of the operation section cover and having:
- a through hole coinciding with the guide hole;
- and a plurality of support pieces formed at opposing edges of the through hole and elastically deformed by insertion of the operation key in the through hole to thereby make contact with a side surface of the operation key,
- wherein input operation on an electronic device is performed by pressing the operation key:
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.