Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Key input device for multifunction peripheral equipment
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Application No.: US15085462Application Date: 2016-03-30
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Publication No.: US09704669B2Publication Date: 2017-07-11
- Inventor: Mamoru Namba
- Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken
- Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken
- Agency: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
- Priority: JP2015-074343 20150331
- Main IPC: H01H9/26
- IPC: H01H9/26 ; H01H13/702 ; H01H13/88 ; H04N1/00 ; H01H13/7057 ; G06F3/02

Abstract:
A key input device includes: keys each including a contact portion provided on its back surface; a holder holding the keys movably; a conductive member opposed to the holder; and a circuit board having a switch surface and switches arranged on the switch surface and each contactable with the contact portion of a corresponding key. The conductive member is interposed between the switch surface and the holder. The holder has first through holes, and the conductive member has second through holes. At least one of the contact portion and the switch is inserted in a corresponding one of the first through holes, and at least one of the contact portion and the switch is inserted in a corresponding one of the second through holes.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160293355A1 Key Input Device, Method of Manufacturing the Same, and Image Recording Apparatus Public/Granted day:2016-10-06
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