Patent ID: 8263889

Claim:
A manipulating apparatus including a chassis provided with a manipulating portion with which an input manipulation is carried out, said manipulating portion comprising: a key top exposed to an outside of said chassis through an opening portion, which said chassis has, and a key main body having a base portion on which said key top is formed within said chassis; a circuit board in which a detecting portion is disposed in a position corresponding to said key top; and a flat plate-shaped elastic body interposed between said key main body and said detecting portion, wherein said elastic body is provided integrally with said base portion, said elastic body has a protrusion portion which protrudes from a surface facing said detecting portion and which is adapted to press said detecting portion, and said base portion has a fulcrum point portion which protrudes from said base portion toward said circuit board to be brought into contact with said circuit board, and which becomes a fulcrum point for inclination of said key main body in a phase of depressing said key top.