Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Key input device
- Patent Title (中): 键输入装置
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Application No.: US14136337Application Date: 2013-12-20
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Publication No.: US09324514B2Publication Date: 2016-04-26
- Inventor: Junichiro Misawa , Masahiro Kobori , Shuichi Chihara , Hitoshi Kubota , Akihito Kinoshita , Yasushi Tsuji
- Applicant: Sony Corporation
- Applicant Address: JP
- Assignee: Sony Corporation
- Current Assignee: Sony Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP
- Agency: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik, LLP
- Priority: JP2012-285644 20121227
- Main IPC: H01H13/70
- IPC: H01H13/70 ; H01H13/86 ; G06F1/16

Abstract:
There is provided a key input device including a supporting member including groove portions inclined with respect to a horizontal direction, a plurality of keytops each including a sliding portion which is fitted in a corresponding groove portion of the groove portions and slides along the groove portion, and a control member configured to cause two or more keytops of the plurality of keytops to slide obliquely downward along the groove portions.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140183019A1 KEY INPUT DEVICE Public/Granted day:2014-07-03
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