Keypad assembly for portable terminal
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsByung-Sun Kim, Min-Su Jung, Cheol-Hee Kim
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Abstract
A keypad assembly includes an operation member deformed according to user's manipulation to operate key switches, a binding member disposed on a top surface of the operation member, binding pieces extending and bent from the binding member to enclose sides of the operation member on an edge of the binding member, and a manipulation member disposed on a top surface of the binding member, the manipulation member including at least one key tops, in which the binding members are bound onto inner side walls of a housing of the portable terminal.
Claims15
A keypad assembly for a portable terminal, comprising:
- a housing having inner side walls;
- an operation member deformable in response to activation of key switches;
- a binding member disposed on a top surface of the operation member, the binding member having binding pieces extending from an edge of the binding member and bent to enclose sides of the operation member;
- a manipulation member having at least one key tops disposed on a top surface of the binding member;
- one or more binding protrusions protruding from the inner side walls of the housing;
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- one or more binding holes formed in the binding pieces, the binding protrusions being engaged with the binding holes such that the binding member is fixed to the housing.
A keypad assembly for a portable terminal, comprising:
- a housing;
- a printed circuit board (PCB) disposed in the housing of the portable terminal;
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- one or more binding protrusions protruding from the inner side walls of the housing;
- one or more binding holes formed in the binding pieces, the binding protrusions being engaged with the binding holes such that the binding member is fixed to the housing;
- a transferring portion for transferring a key input operation to the PCB,
- wherein the transferring portion is provided with binding pieces extending down toward the PCB, and the binding pieces are bound to inner side walls of the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.