Information apparatus
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTeruo Deshimaru
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Abstract
An information apparatus includes a first cover member that includes an input device capable of inputting data and may be capable of opening and closing with respect to a second cover member, and an opening/closing detection device that detects a status of the first cover member whether the first cover member is opened or closed with respect to the second cover member. The input device includes a plurality of keyswitches, each of which includes a switching portion having a circuit board, which may be provided with a fixed contact, and a rubber spring, which has a traveling contact capable of contacting and separating from the fixed contact and which is capable of being elastically deformed by pressure, and the opening/closing detection device includes at least one of the plurality of keyswitches.
Claims27
An information apparatus comprising:
- a first cover member that includes an input device capable of inputting data and is capable of opening and closing with respect to a second cover member;
- and
- an opening/closing detection device that detects a status of the first cover member whether the first cover member is opened or closed with respect to the second cover member,
- wherein the input device includes a plurality of keyswitches, each of which includes a switching portion having a circuit board, the circuit board being separate from the second cover member, the circuit board being provided with a fixed contact, and a rubber spring, which has a traveling contact capable of contacting and separating from the fixed contact and which is capable of being elastically deformed by pressure, and the opening/closing detection device includes at least one of the plurality of keyswitches.
An information apparatus comprising:
- a first cover member that includes an input device capable of inputting data and is capable of opening and closing with respect to a housing;
- and
- an opening/closing detection device that detects a status of the first cover member whether the first cover member is opened or closed with respect to the housing,
- wherein the input device includes a plurality of keyswitches, at least one of which includes a switching portion having a circuit board, the circuit board being separate from the second cover member, the circuit board having a fixed contact and a biasing device, said biasing device having a traveling contact capable of contacting and separating from the fixed contact and which is capable of being elastically deformed by pressure, and the opening/closing detection device includes said at least one of the plurality of keyswitches.
An information apparatus comprising:
- a housing;
- a first cover member that includes an input device capable of inputting data and is capable of opening and closing with respect to a second cover member, the second cover member configured to open and close with respect to the housing;
- and
- an opening/closing detection device that detects a status of the first cover member whether the first cover member is opened or closed with respect to the second cover member,
- wherein the input device includes a plurality of keyswitches, each of which includes a switching portion having a circuit board, the circuit board being separate from the second cover member, the circuit board being provided with a fixed contact, and a rubber spring, which has a traveling contact capable of contacting and separating from the fixed contact and which is capable of being elastically deformed by pressure, and the opening/closing detection device includes at least one of the plurality of keyswitches.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.