PORTABLE ELECTRONIC APPARATUS

• US 20170017267A1
• Filed: 07/15/2016
• Published: 01/19/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/16/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lenovo PC International Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Lenovo Singapore Pte Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: KITAMURA, MASAHIRO, HORIUCHI, MITSUO, SHINOHARA, EIJI
• Granted Patent: US 10,401,920 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1662 Details related to the integrated keyboard
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/169 the I/O peripheral being an integrated pointing device, e.g. trackball in the palm rest area, mini-joystick integrated between keyboard keys, touch pads or touch stripes G06F1/1643 takes precedence; constructional details of pointing devices G06F3/033
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04105 Pressure sensors for measuring the pressure or force exerted on the touch surface without providing the touch position
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/02 Input arrangements using manually operated switches, e.g. using keyboards or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03547 Touch pads, in which fingers can move on a surface
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 2221/072 Stroke amplification
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 2221/074 One molded piece
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 2221/09 Flexible integral part of housing
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 2225/026 above actuator

Abstract

An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic apparatus has a board plate provided in a position apart from the operating direction of push buttons for receiving depressing operations. Detection switches for detecting the depressing operations of the push buttons are provided on the lower surface side of the board plate, and the push buttons are provided adjacent to the side part of the board plate and includes a vertically-movable operation surface part for receiving depressing operations and a detection arm, which protrudes from one edge part of the operation surface part to the lower surface side of the board plate and presses the detection switches by moving in the opposite direction to the direction of the vertical movement of the operation surface part.

Claims

3-1. The electronic apparatus of claim 3, wherein

said electronic board is provided in an operation-input part that receives a depressing operation by rotating via a rotating supporting point provided on said lower surface side of said electronic board;

and

an axial direction of said rotating supporting point of said push button and said axial direction of said rotating supporting point of said operation-input part are parallel to each other, and when viewed in said axial direction of said rotating supporting point of said operation-input part, said rotating supporting point of said operation-input part and said detection switch are arranged in positions where both overlap with each other.