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Keyboard module

A keyboard module and keycap technology, which is applied in the direction of electrical components, electric switches, user/computer interaction input/output, etc., can solve the problems of increasing the complexity of the assembly program and hindering the thinning of the keyboard module

Active Publication Date: 2013-01-23
ACER INC
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[0004] However, the aforementioned scissor-like keyboard module has a large number of parts, which increases the complexity of the assembly procedure and hinders the goal of thinning the keyboard module.

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[0042] Now in conjunction with accompanying drawing and embodiment description.

[0043] See Figure 2 to Figure 5 ,in Figure 5 show figure 2 The section view along the A-A section line. To simplify the drawings, in image 3 Only part of the structure of components 110, 120, 130, 150, 170 is drawn in the Figure 4 Only part of the structure of the elements 120, 130, 160 is drawn in the drawing, which is specified here in advance.

[0044] The keyboard module 100 of the preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a base 110, a support frame 120, a maintenance pad 130, a plurality of keycaps 140, a bezel 150, a plurality of elastic members 160, a circuit board 170 and a plurality of Nut 180. The base 110 includes at least one setting slot 111 and a flat plate 112 . The setting groove 111 protrudes from one side of the plate 112 and has a screw hole 111a.

[0045] The supporting frame 120 includes a body 122 and a plurality of blocking elements 124 . The mai...

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The invention provides a keyboard module which comprises a maintaining pad, a plurality of key caps, a table frame and a support frame, wherein the maintaining pad is provided with a front surface and a back surface, and the key caps are connected on the front surface of the maintaining pad at a certain interval. Adjacent key caps of the table frame are arranged on the front surface of the maintaining pad, and the support frame is arranged on the back surface of the maintaining pad relative to the table frame. After the key caps are pressed by an external force, the maintaining pad is deformed and propped against the support frame. According to the keyboard module disclosed by the invention, besides the required number of parts is greatly reduced, the press stroke of the key caps is successfully reduced by using planarizartion structure features, thereby achieving the purpose of thinning. In addition, a feedback force provided by the maintaining pad in the invention not only strengthens the smoothness of the key caps subjected to pressing, so that the key caps have small possibility of shaking, but also enables users to feel a softer and more comfortable experience in the process of knocking a keyboard.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to a keyboard module, in particular to a thin keyboard module. Background technique [0002] Keyboards are widely used in every electronic device, such as laptop computers. Recently, in order to reduce the thickness of the portable computer, various parts installed in the portable computer are designed to be thinner and lighter than the parts in the traditional portable computer. Among them, the structural design of the keyboard is also an important consideration. [0003] See figure 1 , figure 1 A known keyboard module 1 is shown in FIG. A known keyboard module 1 generally has a keycap 10 , two supporting frames 20 , 30 , a base 40 and a rubber member 50 . The two supporting frames 20, 30 are coupled to each other, presenting a scissor-like appearance. Both ends of each supporting frame 20 , 30 have a cylindrical protruding portion 21 , 31 , and the keycap 10 and the base 40 have a plurality of positioning holes 11 , 41 for...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): G06F3/02H01H13/705
Inventor 郭彦麟
Owner ACER INC
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