Patent ID: 6720892
Filing Date: 2004-04-13
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
An electronic keyboard comprising a rigid printed circuit on which is soldered at least one switch which can be actuated indirectly by a finger of a user, an at least partly transparent key surmounting the switch and a means of illumination for illuminating the key from underneath the key, light rays emanating from the means of illuminating being visible to the user via the transparent part of the key, wherein the keyboard furthermore comprises a flexible printed circuit interposed between the key and the rigid printed circuit carrying the switch, in that the flexible printed circuit comprises a rigid part situated between the key and the switch, in that the means of illuminating comprises a light-emitting diode soldered on the rigid part between the key and the switch and in that the key comprises a cavity surrounded by a peripheral edge, the diode being housed in the cavity and the peripheral edge coming to bear on the rigid part around the diode.