Patent ID: 6512510
Filing Date: 2003-01-28
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A keyboard device having a pointing device, comprising:a membrane switch having two upper and lower film substrates, made of polyester resin, with a plurality of contact portions, and a leader portion formed integrally with said film substrates; and a pointing device incorporated in the area of said membrane switch and having a strain gauge and a flexible substrate, made of polyimide resin, for electrically connecting said strain gauge to the outside, wherein said leader portion has a switch terminal portion and a pointing device terminal portion, said film substrates are provided with a lead-out conductor to be led out to said pointing device terminal portion, said flexible substrate is provided with a connection conductor, and said connection conductor is connected to said lead-out with a conductive adhesive conductor adjacent to said pointing device; wherein said pointing device includes a control member attached to said base portion of said flexible substrate and for operating said strain gauge, and a mounting member formed of a metal plate for mounting said control member thereon, and said connection conductor is connected to said lead-out conductor within the surface area of said control member or-said mounting member; and wherein said lead-out conductors are formed on the lower surface of the upper film substrate, and the connection conductors are formed on the upper surface of the base portion.