Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Keyboard apparatus, electronic apparatus, and method of producing the keyboard apparatus
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Application No.: US12232620Application Date: 2008-09-19
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Publication No.: US08491209B2Publication Date: 2013-07-23
- Inventor: Hisao Yamakawa , Yohei Ishii , Masayoshi Koganei , Akihito Shinohara , Yutaka Ogasawara
- Applicant: Hisao Yamakawa , Yohei Ishii , Masayoshi Koganei , Akihito Shinohara , Yutaka Ogasawara
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Sony Corporation
- Current Assignee: Sony Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Foley & Lardner LLP
- Priority: JP2007-246284 20070921; JP2007-246289 20070921
- Main IPC: B41J5/00
- IPC: B41J5/00

Abstract:
A keyboard apparatus includes: a plurality of keys; a switching section that detects depression of each of the keys; a top cover that is integrally formed with a partitioning portion separating adjacent keys from each other; a frame member that includes a plurality of key receiving portions which, in a case where the frame member is attached to the top cover, support the keys in a manner that the keys are placed in spaces surrounded by the partitioning portion; a first coupling section that couples the top cover with the frame member; and a second coupling section that couples a first surface portion of the keyboard apparatus including the switching section, with a second surface portion of the keyboard apparatus including the top cover and the frame member with which the top cover is coupled by the first coupling section.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090079593A1 Keyboard apparatus, electronic apparatus, and method of producing the keyboard apparatus Public/Granted day:2009-03-26
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