KEY SHEET, KEY UNIT HAVING THEREOF, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING KEYSHEET

摘要

In order to provide different colors of illumination light to keytops in different areas, there is provided a key sheet 8 having a plurality of pad portions 10, 10, . . . provided on a key base 6 made of a transparent or translucent resin and a plurality of keytops 2 provided on the pad portions 10, 10, . . . , wherein the key base 6 is divided into a plurality of areas 4₁, 4₂, and 4₃ which includes one or a plurality of pad portions 10, 10, . . . ; light-blocking portions 18 are provided to boundary regions between the adjacent areas 4, 4 of the key base 6; at least one illumination-light emitting means arrangement portion 14 is provided so as to correspond to each of the areas 4₁, 4₂, and 4₃; and reflecting means 20 which direct light emitted from illumination-light emitting means toward keytop-formed side are entirely or partially arranged in each of the areas 4₁, 4₂, and 4₃ of the key base 6.