Patent ID: 7365966

Claim:
An electronic device comprising: a plurality of operating buttons; a button holding part that holds the plurality of operating buttons so that the buttons can move in a pressing direction; a vertical wall part integrally formed with the button holding part and having a through-hole provided therein; and a partition board provided at least between one operating button of the plurality of operating buttons and another operating button next to the one operating button; wherein the partition board has a partition part having substantially the same height as the height of said at least one button, and a board part forming a part of a circumferential edge of the through-hole, and wherein the partition board is integrally formed with the wall part, wherein the partition board that extends forward from the wall part and transversely between a first operating button and a second operating button of the plurality of buttons, wherein the partition board has a partition part on a forward side and a board part on a back side, and a step is provided between the partition part and the board part so that the partition part has a protruding part protruding from the board part in the direction of height wherein the vertical height of the partition part is greater than the vertical height of the board part, and the through-hole of the wall part is situated at a side of a back end of the board part in the direction of height and behind the protruding part of the partition part.