Key switch device, keyboard and electronic apparatus with key switch device
Abstract
In a key switch device 3, a guide member 10 constructed of a first and a second links 14 and 15, which guides a vertical movement of a key top 9, is movably mounted on a support plate 2 with a mounting member 6 provided with a rotatably supporting portion 7 which rotatably supports a rotatable shaft 18 formed at a lower end of the first link 14 and a slidably supporting portion 8 which slidably supports a slidable shaft 20 formed at a lower end of the second link 15. The mounting member 6 is fixed on the support plate 2 with a first, second, and third adhesive layers 24, 25, and 26.

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| EP0696038A1 | Cites | European Patent Office (EPO) | X | Search report | 1,36,37 |
| US5562203A | Cites | United States of America | XY | Search report | 1,2,36,37 |
| US5799772A | Cites | United States of America | XY | Search report | 1,2,9-11,36,37 |
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| JP2000299032A | Japan | A | |
| TW434607B | Taiwan Province of China | B | |
| US6288457B1 | United States of America | B1 | |
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| US2001047928A1 | United States of America | A1 | |
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| ATE298923T1 | Austria | T1 | |
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Numbers
- Publication
- 1028443
- Publication, DOCDB
- 1028443
- Publication, EPODOC
- EP1028443
- Application
- 301063
- Application, DOCDB
- 00301063
- Application, EPODOC
- EP20000301063
Titles3
- German
- Tastschalter, Tastatur und ein elektronisches Gerät mit einem solchen Tastschalter
- English
- Key switch device, keyboard and electronic apparatus with key switch device
- French
- Commutateur à touche, clavier et appareil électronique avec ce commutateur à touche
Classification
- CPC, 4
- H01H3/125
- H01H2219/018
- H01H2239/058
- H01M6/181
- IPC, 5
- H01H13 14
- H01H3 12
- H01H13 70
- H01M2 10
- H01M6 18
Designated states25
- Contracting states, 19
- Austria
- Belgium
- Switzerland
- Cyprus
- Germany
- Denmark
- Spain
- Finland
- France
- United Kingdom
- Greece
- Ireland
- Italy
- Liechtenstein
- Luxembourg
- Monaco
- Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
- Portugal
- Sweden
- Extension states, 6
- Albania
- Lithuania
- Latvia
- North Macedonia
- Romania
- Slovenia