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US 2011/0079500 A1Published application
Keypad for a mobile device
AssigneeSony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB
InventorsBengt Krister Nilsson, William Haywood Tolbert
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Abstract
A keypad for a mobile device and a mobile device comprising the keypad, a first housing part and a second housing part are described.
Claims11
A keypad for a mobile device, comprising:
- a dome sheet comprising at least one dome, and
- at least one key associated with the at least one dome,
- wherein the at least one key is arranged to be movable between a non-depressed position and a depressed position,
- wherein the dome sheet is slidable in relation to the at least one key between a first position and a second position,
- wherein the at least one key is configured such that the associated at least one dome is actuated by the at least one key when the at least one key is in its depressed position and the dome sheet is in its first position, and that the associated at least one dome is not actuated by the at least one key when the at least one key is in its depressed position and the dome sheet is in its second position.
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A mobile device comprising:
- a keypad,
- a first housing part, and
- a second housing part,
- wherein the first housing part and the second housing part are in relation to each other movable between at least a first housing arrangement and a second housing arrangement,
- wherein the keypad is housed in the first housing part and comprises:
- a dome sheet comprising at least one dome, and
- at least one key associated with the at least one dome,
- wherein the at least one key is arranged to be movable between a non-depressed position and a depressed position,
- wherein the dome sheet is slidable in relation to the at least one key between a first position and a second position,
- wherein the at least one key is configured such that the associated at least one dome is actuated by the at least one key when the at least one key is in its depressed position and the dome sheet is in its first position, and that the associated at least one dome is not actuated by the at least one key when the at least one key is in its depressed position and the dome sheet is in its second position,
- wherein the dome sheet is adapted to move from the first position to the second position in response to a movement of the first housing part and second housing part from the first housing arrangement to the second housing arrangement.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.