Patent ID: 7339124
Filing Date: 2008-03-04
Classification: G06F,H01H,H03K

Abstract:
1. An input key to which a plurality of information elements to be inputted are assigned, the input key comprising: a key top to be pushed; and detecting means for detecting a push on the key top, wherein the detecting means detects a relative displacement of the key top from a predetermined reference position, when detecting the push on the key top, wherein the detecting means comprises a first contact to be pushed with the key top, and a second contact having a plurality of conducting pieces with which the first contact pushed comes into electric contact, wherein the key top is provided so as to be compositely movable in a push direction thereof and in radial directions intersecting with the push direction, and wherein the first contact is provided to come into contact with two or more conducting pieces placed at different positions of the second contact, in accordance with a plurality of moving directions with a push operation on the key top.