Patent ID: 7773072
Filing Date: 2010-08-10
Classification: G06F,H01H

Abstract:
1. A handheld electronic device comprising: a keyboard; a display; a processor structured to receive input from the keyboard and to provide output to the display; the keyboard comprising a primary conductor portion, a secondary conductor portion, and a number of keys; the primary conductor portion comprising a number of primary conductors, at least some of the primary conductors each being movable between a first position and a second position, at least some of primary conductors in the second position each completing an open portion of a circuit; the secondary conductor portion comprising a number of secondary conductors, at least some of the secondary conductors each being movable between a first position and a second position, at least some of secondary conductors in the second position each completing an open portion of a circuit; at least some of keys each being cooperable with a corresponding primary conductor, a first corresponding secondary conductor, and a second corresponding secondary conductor; and the at least some of the keys each being movable between an initial position, a first terminal position, a second terminal position, and a third terminal position, in the first terminal position the corresponding primary conductor being in its second position, in the second terminal position the corresponding primary conductor and the first corresponding secondary conductor being in their second positions, and in the third terminal position the corresponding primary conductor and the second corresponding secondary conductor being in their second positions.