Patent ID: 6264385
Filing Date: 2001-07-24
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
A keyboard device comprising:a keyboard body having an upper surface formed of an opaque resin;a plurality of key tops attached to the upper surface of the keyboard body, said key tops having an upper surface, being formed of a transparent resin and vertically movable;a plurality of switches, each switch driven by a vertical motion of a unique key top;a case accommodating said keyboard body therein such that said upper surfaces of said key tops are exposed; andkey-shaped spacers mounted on the upper surface of said keyboard body, said key-shaped spacers formed of the transparent resin and having an external shape to discriminate one ofgroups of different key tops having predetermined functions anda group of predetermined groups of said key tops and a key top adjacent to one key top of the group of predetermined groups,said key-shaped spacers arranged in one of an interface space between said groups of different key tops and an interface space between said one key top of predetermined groups and said key top adjacent to said one key top of predetermined groups.