Patent ID: 6399909
Filing Date: 2002-06-04
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
A keyswitch for a keyboard, comprising:a keyboard base having one or more contact points; an elongated keytop that is disposed above the keyboard base and that is longer in a lengthwise direction than in a widthwise direction; a guide support member that is disposed below the keytop and that guides vertical movement of the keytop; a flexible circuit board that is disposed adjacent in the lengthwise direction, to the guide support member, the flexible circuit board including one or more pull-out contacts that are located directly above the contact points of the keyboard base and that are for electrically connecting to the contact points of the keyboard base to transmit signals from the contact points on the keyboard base; and a pressing member that is disposed adjacent, in the lengthwise direction, to the guide support member at a position directly below the keytop and that presses the pull-out contacts of the flexible circuit board against the contact points of the keyboard base to fixedly attach the flexible circuit board to the keyboard base, thereby maintaining the pull-out contacts of the flexible circuit board in constant electrical contact with the contact points of the keyboard base.