Patent ID: 8061912

Claim:
A keypad assembly fixed relative to a cover of a portable electronic device, the cover having at least one receiving hole, the keypad assembly comprising: at least one key button, each key button being slidingly received in a corresponding receiving hole and exposed at one side of the cover; and at least one fixing member fixed to another side of the cover, each fixing member including at least one latching portion and a plurality of curved portions, each latching portion connecting with at least one curved portion, each latching portion firmly connecting with a corresponding key button; a plurality of positioning posts formed on the cover, each fixing member having two ends and a fixing portion formed at each end thereof, each fixing portion having a through hole defined therein, and each through hole being engaged with a corresponding positioning post; wherein each latching portion corresponds to a respective pair of two switches formed on a printed circuit board of the portable electronic device, when the key button is slid by a force along the longitudinal/lengthwise direction of the portable electronic device, the latching portion selectively presses one of the corresponding pair of two switches for initiating an electronic signal; the plurality of curved portions pushing the key button to return the key button to an original unbiased position when the force sliding the key button is released.