Input device and electronic equipment

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9870883-B2
Application number	US-201514795040-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 9, 2015
Priority date	Jul 24, 2014
Publication date	Jan 16, 2018
Grant date	Jan 16, 2018

Abstract

An input device includes a housing which has an opening, button parts which are exposed from the opening and which are pressed down in a first direction, a support component which has a support part to support the button parts, a first surface to face the housing, a second surface provided opposite to the first surface, and fixation parts provided at a first distance from the support part and fixed to the housing on a side of the first surface, a substrate which is provided so as to face the second surface of the support component, and a component which is inserted into the substrate in the first direction and which presses a specified area of the second surface, positioned at a second distance shorter than the first distance from the support part, toward the housing in a direction opposite to the first direction.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An input device comprising:
a housing which has an opening;
button parts which are exposed from the opening and which are pressed down in a first direction;
a support component which has a support part to support the button parts, a first surface to face the housing, a second surface provided opposite to the first surface, and fixation parts provided at a first distance from the support part and fixed to the housing on a side of the first surface;
a first substrate which is provided so as to face the second surface of the support component;
a second substrate that is different from the first substrate; and
a connector which is inserted into the first substrate in the first direction and which presses a specified area of the second surface, positioned at a second distance shorter than the first distance from the support part, toward the housing in a direction opposite to the first direction, the connector providing electrical connection between the first substrate and the second substrate.

2. The input device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
switches which are provided at positions at a third distance from the button parts in the first direction and with which the button parts are brought into contact when the button parts are pressed down in the first direction,
wherein the second distance is set based on the third distance from one end of the support part.

3. The input device according to claim 1 , wherein the first substrate is fixed to the housing so as to press the specified area toward the housing.

4. The input device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the support part includes a base part that has the fixation parts and curving parts that each have one end configured to support the button parts and the other end connected to the base part, and
wherein the specified area includes parts of the base part to which the curving parts are connected.

5. The input device according to claim 1 ,
wherein a touch pad is provided on the housing on a side opposite to a side to which the support part is fixed,
wherein the support part includes a base part that has the fixation parts, at both ends, to be fixed to the housing outside an area where the touch pad is provided and curving parts that each have one end configured to support the button parts and the other end connected to the base part, and
wherein the specified area includes parts of the base part to which the curving parts are connected.

6. Electronic equipment comprising:
an input device that includes
a housing which has an opening,
button parts which are exposed from the opening and which are pressed down in a first direction,
a support component which has a support part to support the button parts, a first surface to face the housing, a second surface provided opposite to the first surface, and fixation parts provided at a first distance from the support part and fixed to the housing on a side of the first surface,
a first substrate which is provided so as to face the second surface of the support component,
a second substrate that is different from the first substrate, and
a connector which is inserted into the first substrate in the first direction and which presses a specified area of the second surface, positioned at a second distance shorter than the first distance from the support part, toward the housing in a direction opposite to the first direction, the connector providing electrical connection between the first substrate and the second substrate; and

a display device that displays a display screen.

Assignees

• Fujitsu Ltd

Inventors

• Abe Takashi
• Ishikawa Masaki
• Iijima Takashi

Classifications

• H01H2231/042

  Briefcase; Note-book · CPC title

• H01H13/7065 Primary

  characterised by the mechanism between keys and layered keyboards · CPC title

• H01H2231/026

  Car · CPC title

• H01H2221/044

  Elastic part on actuator or casing · CPC title

• H01H2221/054

  connected by flexible webs · CPC title