IP Library Granted Patent US 8,811,023
Granted Patent B2
US 8,811,023 · App. 13/281,881 · Granted Aug 19, 2014

Electronic device

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,811,023
App. No.
13/281,881
Granted
Aug 19, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic device includes a case including a fixing portion, a printed board fixed to the fixing portion, a key rubber provided with key tops and fixed to the printed board, and a flexible cable attached to the printed board and bent in a direction different from the surface of the fixing portion to which the printed board is fixed, wherein the key rubber includes a contact portion that is in contact with the folded portion of the flexible cable and subjected to reaction force of the flexible cable, and a locking portion pressed against the case by the reaction force.

Claims (13)

1. An electronic device comprising:

a case including a fixing portion;

a printed board fixed to the fixing portion;

a key rubber provided with key tops and fixed to the printed board; and

a flexible cable attached to the printed board and bent, in a direction different from the surface of the fixing portion to which the printed board is fixed, to create a folded portion of the flexible cable,

wherein the key rubber includes a contact portion that is in contact with the folded portion of the flexible cable and subjected to a reaction force effected through the bending of the flexible cable, and a locking portion pressed against the case by the reaction force,

wherein the locking portion is formed on a surface opposite to the contact portion of the key rubber and presses against a protrusion formed on an inner wall of the case by the reaction force.

2. An electronic device comprising:

a case including a fixing portion;

a printed board fixed to the fixing portion;

a key rubber provided with key tops and fixed to the printed board; and

a flexible cable attached to the printed board and bent, in a direction different from the surface of the fixing portion to which the printed board is fixed, to create a folded portion of the flexible cable,

wherein the key rubber includes a contact portion that is in contact with the folded portion of the flexible cable and subjected to a reaction force effected through the bending of the flexible cable, and a locking portion pressed against the case by the reaction force, wherein the locking portion has an elastic member.

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 26, 2024
From: YAMATO KANZAI LIMITED
To: FCNT LLC
Reel/Frame 066908/0856 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 21, 2024
From: FCNT LIMITED
To: YAMATO KANZAI LIMITED
Reel/Frame 066854/0942 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 19, 2024
From: FUJITSU CONNECTED TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
To: FCNT LIMITED
Reel/Frame 066832/0399 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 20, 2018
From: FUJITSU LIMITED
To: FUJITSU CONNECTED TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
Reel/Frame 047609/0349 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 8, 2011
From: SAKURAI, TOMONORI; TAKAHASHI, JIRO; KOBAYASHI, CHIKARA
To: FUJITSU LIMITED
Reel/Frame 027351/0378 →