Patent ID: 8248815
Filing Date: 2012-08-21
Classification: H01H,H04M

Abstract:
1. A portable electronic device comprising: a circuit board, the circuit board has a first switch and a second switch mounted thereon; and a key assembly comprising: a base plate; two elastic elements, the elastic elements being both mounted to the base plate, and the elastic elements being spaced from and opposite to each other; and a key body, the key body slidably mounted to the base plate between the two elastic elements, the key body including a first key section and a second key section connected with the first key section, the first key section having an arcuate first contacting portion formed thereon, the second key section having an arcuate second contacting portion formed thereon, the first key section resisting one of the two elastic elements, the second key section resisting the other elastic element; wherein when the first key section slides toward and compresses the elastic element that resists the first key section, to trigger the first switch, the second key section slides away from the elastic element that resists the second key section, to prevent triggering the second switch.