Patent ID: 8766123
Filing Date: 2014-07-01
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
1. A key device, comprising a housing and a key structure, a hollow accommodating space in the housing, and the key structure comprising: a key body, at least part of the key body being in the hollow accommodating space, the key body having a proximal end that a user presses against to actuate the key and a distal end in the hollow accommodating space, a longitudinal axis extending between the proximal and distal ends; and a lateral contacting structure positioned within the hollow accommodating space and comprising a flexible member having a contacting portion and a squeezing portion, the contacting portion being at an outer side of the distal end of the key body, and when the key body is pressed, the distal portion of the key body moves along the longitudinal axis and against the squeezing portion to squeeze the squeezing portion in a radially outward direction and force the contacting portion into contact with a sensing element retained in the hollow accommodating space, wherein: