Patent ID: 6891529

Claim:
A keyboard assembly for an electronic device having a printed circuit board, comprising: a plurality of dome switches disposed on the printed circuit board; and a plurality of keys, greater in number than the plurality of dome switches, each key for actuating at least one of the plurality of dome switches in an actuated dome switch pattern, the actuated dome switch pattern determining an actuated key, and at least one of the plurality of keys for actuating more than one of the plurality of dome switches; wherein the keyboard assembly further comprises a plurality of actuators, each of the plurality of actuators associated with one of the plurality of keys for actuating one of the plurality of dome switches in response to depression of the one of the plurality of keys; and wherein at least one of the plurality of actuators has at least two arms, each arm for actuating a different one of the plurality of dome switches in the actuated dome switch pattern.