Patent ID: 6164852
Filing Date: 2000-12-26
Classification: G06F,H01H

Abstract:
A keyboard device having a keyboard body provided with a plurality of key switches, a resin-coated connector which permits connection with not only the keyboard body but also an external device, and an upper and a lower cases which cover both said connector and said keyboard body in an operable manner, whereinsaid connector and said keyboard body are respectively provided with connecting portions having through holes for fixing said connector and said keyboard body to the same positions of said upper and lower cases;at least one of said upper and lower cases has a fitting portion to be fitted through the through hole formed in the connecting portion of said connector and also through the through hole formed in the connecting portion of said keyboard body; anda radially projecting clamp width setting portion is provided on a base end side of said fitting portion, the length from said clamp width setting portion up to the tip of said fitting portion is set at a length corresponding to the sum of the thickness of the connecting portion of said keyboard body and the thickness of the connecting portion of said connector.