Patent ID: 8072355

Claim:
A keyboard assembly structured to be incorporated into a handheld electronic device, said keyboard assembly comprising: a printed circuit board having a plurality of electrical contacts; a conductor assembly having a plurality of primary conductors and a plurality of secondary conductors, each said primary conductor and secondary conductor structured to correspond to, and engage and close, at least one of said plurality of electrical contacts; and a keyboard assembly having a plurality of keys each having one or more indicia thereon; said plurality of keys disposed in a first set of keys and a second set of keys, wherein each key in said first set of keys is coupled to, and structured to engage, a first number of conductors, and, each key in said second set of keys is coupled to, and structured to engage, a second number of conductors wherein said second number is different than said first number; wherein, each key in said keyboard assembly second set of keys have a width; and each key in said keyboard assembly first set of keys are visibly elongated relative to said keys in said second set of keys.