Patent ID: 7643087
Filing Date: 2010-01-05
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
1. An operating button device for a portable apparatus, said portable apparatus having a housing formed with an opening, said operating button device comprising: a button that is disposed in said opening, said button having a first connecting portion and a second connecting portion formed at a different portion of said button than said first connecting portion, said first and second connecting portions being integrally formed with said button; a spring member, integrally formed with said button, that is supported by a predetermined portion provided in said housing, said spring member being integrally connected to said first connecting portion; a stopping claw, integrally formed with said button, that is connected to said second connecting portion, said stopping claw being configured to engage with an inner wall of said housing near a peripheral edge of said opening; and a switching circuit board that is provided in said housing and attached to an upper surface of a frame in said housing, said switching circuit board being depressed and released from being depressed through said button, said switching circuit board having a notch in which said stopping claw enters and abuts said frame when said button is depressed, said switching circuit board having a thickness direction oriented perpendicular to a width direction and to a longitudinal direction of said switching circuit board, said switching circuit board having first and second steps provided at opposing ends of said switching circuit board, wherein, said spring member does not extend, in the thickness direction, beyond said step of an end of said switching circuit board at which said spring member is positioned.