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US 2012/0152717 A1Published application
Keyboard and electronic apparatus
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsYasushi ITOSHIRO, Shigeru KUROSU, Hiroshi KATAYAMA
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a keyboard, including: a membrane switch having contacts disposed at positions thereof corresponding to keys; a spacer member provided on the membrane switch and having openings at least at portions thereof corresponding to the keys; a resilient member provided on the spacer member and spaced from and opposed to the membrane switch through the openings; and a key member provided at a portion of the resilient member which corresponds to each of the keys.
Claims8
A keyboard, comprising:
- a membrane switch having contacts disposed at positions thereof corresponding to keys;
- a spacer member provided on said membrane switch and having openings at least at portions thereof corresponding to said keys;
- a resilient member provided on said spacer member and spaced from and opposed to said membrane switch through said openings;
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- a key member provided at a portion of said resilient member which corresponds to each of said keys.
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An electronic apparatus, comprising:
- a keyboard including
- a membrane switch having contacts disposed at positions thereof corresponding to keys,
- a spacer member provided on said membrane switch and having openings at least at portions thereof corresponding to said keys,
- a resilient member provided on said spacer member and spaced from and opposed to said membrane switch through said openings, and
- a key member provided at a portion of said resilient member which corresponds to each of said keys.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.