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US 9,939,919 B2Granted
Input device and electronic apparatus including same
AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsShinichi Ogushi, Takashi Sawada
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Abstract
An input device includes: a key (8); and an elastic supporting member (11) supporting the key (8) in such a manner as to allow the key (8) to move in a pressing direction of the key (8), the elastic supporting member (11) including: a post section (12) protruding below a level of a bottom face of the key (8) from an edge (8a) of the key (8); and an elastic arm section (13) connected to a tip end of the post section (12) and extending along the edge (8a) of the key (8).
Claims5
An input device, comprising:
- a plurality of keys;
- and
- an elastic supporting member supporting the plurality of keys in such a manner as to allow the plurality of keys to move in a pressing direction of the plurality of keys, the elastic supporting member including:
- a plurality of post sections protruding below a level of respective bottom faces of the plurality of keys from respective edges of the plurality of keys;
- and an elastic arm section connected to respective tip ends of the plurality of post sections and extending along the respective edges of the plurality of keys, wherein
- the plurality of keys are arranged in a direction along the respective edges of the plurality of keys, and the plurality of keys each include a corresponding one of the plurality of post sections, and
- the plurality of post sections are linked via the elastic arm section connected to the respective tip ends of the plurality of post sections.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.