PIANO-STYLE KEYPAD EMPLOYING A LIGHT GUIDE

摘要

An improved piano-style keypad comprises a light guide and a key sheet, with the light guide retaining the key sheet on a substrate, such as a printed circuit board of a handheld electronic device. The keypad is advantageously configured to enable key caps of the keypad to be adhered to key bodies of the keypad in a fashion that provides long- term reliability while still providing keys that can readily actuated and that provide tactile feedback that is desirable to the user.