Appeal No. 2004-0030 Page 10
Application No. 09/337,492
The specification discloses (pages 12 and 13) that:
Furthermore, a plurality of tactile switches
108 is disposed on the main board 109, which
is fixed onto the gap-maintaining member 106
at the portion 112 (circled in Fig. 5) of
the arrangement. A plurality of latch members
105 and 105', a plurality of flexible supporters
115, and a plurality of board holders (snap-type)
112 are formed on the gap-maintaining member 106.
The latch members 105 and 105' are inserted into
a latch holder (not shown) in order to fix the gap-
maintaining member 106 to frame 111. Flexible
supporters 115 are used for supporting the
gap-maintaining member 106 in connective relationship
to frame 111.. . . As seen in Fig. 7, latch member
105 of gap-maintaining member 106 is inserted into
a latch holder 111a of frame 111 so as to maintain
a gap H” between an interior surface of latch member
105 and an opposing surface of frame 111. Elastic
tactile member 104 of gap-maintaining member 106
maintains a gap H’ with a protrusion 103a of control
knob 103, and also maintains a gap H with the tactile
switch 108 of main board 109.
Turning to the examiner's assertions that the first distance
is not seen to be adjustable, we find that the first distance H"
is adjustable because flexible members 15 constitute a mechanism
for maintaining an adjusted distance, when latch 105 is moved.
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