PRESSING KEY STRUCTURE, AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pressing key structure capable of improving an operation feeling of the pressing key and appearance of the switch surroundings in electronic equipment such as a portable terminal. SOLUTION: The portable terminal 30 is provided with a touch panel 12, pressing keys 15a-15c which are inserted capable of being pressed down and returning in apertures 16a-16c formed penetrated through the touch panel 12, and a guide member 27. The guide member 27 has ring-shape parts 27d-27f being one part of it arranged interposed between the apertures 16a-16c and the pressing keys 15a-15c, and guides the pressing keys 15a-15c by the ring-shape parts 27d-27f. The guide member 27 is formed of a transparent acrylic resin and when light is irradiated on the pressing keys 15a-15c from an LED 31 inside the terminal, the surroundings of the pressing keys 15a-15c are illuminated brightly. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT