# US 2009/0260969 A1 · Operating device, information processing terminal including the operating device, and assembly method for the operating device and the information processing terminal > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2009/0260969 A1 - Document ID: US20090260969A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 12/296,855 - Filed: 2007-03-30 - Published: 2009-10-22 - Earliest claimed: 2006-04-11 - Assignees: NEC Corporation - Inventors: Kenichirou Yasui - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20090260969A1 ## CPC - H04M 1/23: Construction or mounting of dials or of equivalent devices; Means for facilitating the use thereof (by improving visibility H04M1/22) - H01H 13/702: with contacts carried by or formed from layers in a multilayer structure, e.g. membrane switches - H01H 13/807: characterised by the spatial arrangement of the contact sites, e.g. superimposed sites - H01H 2207/01: from bottom to top layer - H01H 2225/028: perpendicular to base of keyboard - Y10T 29/49105: Switch making - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) - H01H: ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES (contact cables H01B7/10; electrolytic self-interrupters H01G9/18; emergency protective circuit arrangements H02H; switching by electronic means without contact-making H03K17/00) - Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION ## Abstract The simplification of a mounting structure of a side surface operation part, the simplification of the mounting process, and the reduction of the manufacturing cost can be realized. An operating device of the present invention has a stacked structure of a contact terminal sheet formed in accordance with a plurality of exposed operation parts and including a plurality of contact terminals for detecting an operation state of each of the operation parts, a flexible cable including a plurality of land parts and wire parts connected to the plurality of connect terminals, and a plate-like frame supporting the contact terminal sheet and the flexible cable wherein the frame is folded to form an operation receiving part for a side surface which corresponds to a side surface operation part disposed in a side surface of the device or the terminal and receives the pressing operation of the side surface operation part; and a contact terminal folded part, which is folded along the operation receiving part for a side surface, supported by the operation receiving part for a side surface, and includes a contact terminal for a side surface corresponding to the side surface operation part, and a land folded part, which includes the land part connected to the contact terminal for a side surface, are respectively provided in the contact terminal sheet and the flexible cable. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An operating device, which includes: a stacked structure of a contact terminal sheet formed in accordance with a plurality of exposed operation parts and including a plurality of contact terminals for detecting an operation state of each of the operation parts, a flexible cable including a plurality of land parts and wire parts connected to the plurality of connect terminals, and a plate-like frame supporting the contact terminal sheet and the flexible cable, wherein the frame is folded to form an operation receiving part for a side surface which corresponds to a side surface operation part disposed in a side surface of the device or the terminal and receives the pressing operation of the side surface operation part; and a contact terminal folded part, which is folded along the operation receiving part for a side surface, supported by the operation receiving part for a side surface, and includes a contact terminal for a side surface corresponding to the side surface operation part, and a land folded part, which includes the land part connected to the contact terminal for a side surface, are respectively provided in the contact terminal sheet and the flexible cable. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The operating device according to claim 1, wherein an extension part, which is folded at a front end part of the operation receiving part for a side surface so as to cover the front end part, is provided in the contact terminal folded part. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The operating device according to claim 2, wherein the land folded part is formed to have a length so as to prevent the land folded part from protruding from the front end part of the operation receiving part for a side surface in such a state that the land folded part is supported by the operation receiving part for a side surface. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The operating device according to claim 3, wherein the land folded part supported by the operation receiving part for a side surface is not fixed and adhered to the operation receiving part for a side surface. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The operating device according to claim 2, wherein the contact terminal folded part, which is supported by the operation receiving part for a side surface and stacked on the land folded part, is not fixed and adhered to the land folded part. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The operating device according to claim 5, wherein the extension part provided in the contact terminal folded part is applied to the inside of the operation receiving part for a side surface. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The operating device according to claim 6, wherein a recessed part is formed in a front end part of the operation receiving part for a side surface, and a narrow part fitted in the recessed part is provided in a folding position of the extension part in the front end part of the operation receiving part for a side surface. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The operating device according to claim 7, wherein the length in the folding direction of the narrow part is set to be substantially equal to the plate thickness of the front end part of the operation receiving part for a side surface. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) An information processing terminal, being characterized in that the terminal includes the operating device according to claims 8. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The information processing terminal according to claim 9, being characterized in that the terminal is a portable information processing terminal. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The information processing terminal according to claim 10, being characterized in that the terminal is a mobile phone. ### Claim 12 An assembly method for an operating device, comprising: a stacking process of stacking a contact terminal sheet formed in accordance with a plurality of exposed operation parts and including a plurality of contact terminals for detecting an operation state of each of the operation parts, a flexible cable including a plurality of land parts and wire parts connected to the plurality of connect terminals, and a plate-like frame supporting the contact terminal sheet and the flexible cable; and a folding process of folding a contact terminal folded part, which is provided in the contact terminal sheet and includes a contact terminal for a side surface, corresponding to a side surface operation part disposed in a side surface of the device, and a land folded part, which is provided in the flexible cable and includes the land part connected to the contact terminal for a side surface, so that the contact terminal folded part and the land folded part are supported by a receiving part for a side surface formed by folding the frame which receives a pressing operation to the side surface operation part. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The assembly method for the operating device according to claim 12, further comprising: an extension part folding process for, after the folding process, folding an extension part, provided on a front end side of the contact terminal folded part, at a front end part of the operation receiving part for a side surface so that the extension part covers the front end part. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The assembly method for the operating device according to claim 13, wherein, in the folding process, the land folded part is not fixed and adhered to the operation receiving part for a side surface. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The assembly method for the operating device according to claim 14, wherein, in the stacking process and the folding process, the contact terminal folded part stacked on the land folded part is not fixed and adhered to the land folded part. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The assembly method for the operating device according to claim 15, further comprising: an extension part application process for, after the extension part folding process, applying the extension part to the inside of the operation receiving part for a side surface. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The assembly method for the operating device according to claim 16, wherein, in the extension part folding process, a narrow part, which is formed at a folding position of the extension part in the front end part of the operation receiving part for a side surface, is fitted in a recessed part formed in the front end part of the operation receiving part for a side surface. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) An assembly method for an information processing apparatus, being characterized in that an information processing apparatus including the operating device is assembled using the assembly method for the operating device according to claims 17.