Button key assembly and electronic apparatus that employs the button key assembly

摘要

Button keys, resilient supports and a frame are molded in one piece such that the button keys are resiliently movable and are spaced apart by a gap. Each of the button keys includes an engagement portion. A case includes a button hole formed therein. The case is assembled to the frame such that the button keys are received in the button hole. After the case has been assembled to the frame such that the plurality of adjacent button keys are received in the button hole and such that the engagement portion abuts a perimeter portion of the button hole, the second gap being smaller than the first gap.

主权项

1. A button key assembly, comprising:
a frame; a plurality of button keys connected to said frame via a plurality of resilient supports such that said plurality of button keys are resiliently movable, wherein said plurality of resilient supports, said plurality of button keys, and said frame are integrally formed, and each of said plurality of button keys includes an engagement portion that projects therefrom; and a case including a button hole formed therein, said case being assembled to said frame such that said plurality of button keys are received in the button hole; wherein said plurality of button keys are spaced apart by a first gap before said plurality of button keys have been received in the button hole; wherein said plurality of button keys are spaced apart by a second gap after said case has been assembled to said frame such that said plurality of button keys are received in the button hole and such that the engagement portion abuts an inner wall of the button hole, the second gap being smaller than the first gap; and wherein the engagement portion projects in a direction substantially perpendicular to a direction in which said plurality of button keys are depressed.