Double-shot molding keycap of mechanical keyboard
By designing two-color injection molded keycaps on mechanical keyboards and using a combination of protective cover and magnetic connections, the problem of poor wear resistance of inkjet keycap characters is solved, extending service life and reducing costs.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202421242041.7
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2024-06-03
- Publication Date
- 2025-02-25
- Estimated Expiration
- 2034-06-03
AI Technical Summary
The inkjet keycap characters of existing mechanical keyboards have poor wear resistance, and users are prone to wear and fall off after touching for a long time, resulting in the characters being unable to see clearly, affecting their use.
A mechanical keyboard two-color injection molded keycap was designed, using a protective cover to protect the characters on the surface of the keycap, and the connection between the protective cover and the keycap is improved through the combination of positioning rods, semi-spherical blocks, iron inserts and magnets. Firmness.
Extend the service life of the keycaps, allowing the replacement of different colors of protective covers without the need to replace the entire keycaps, reducing the cost of use and improving the convenience of use.
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Abstract
Description
Technical Field
[0001] The utility model relates to the technical field of key caps, in particular to a double-color injection-molded key cap for a mechanical keyboard. Background Art
[0002] As people's living standards continue to improve, their requirements for mechanical keyboards are becoming more and more diversified. Keycap materials, special lighting effects, shaft types, etc. have different development directions. Various mechanical keyboard products continue to emerge and develop, and the technology of mechanical keyboards is becoming more and more mature. Because they often use keyboards and often participate in public competitions, professionals have high requirements for the feel and comfort of keyboards. In addition, some professional enthusiasts with certain economic strength have followed suit and bought some personalized keyboards. The emergence of the "fan economy" has driven the development of high-end mechanical keyboards and rapidly expanded the market.
[0003] At present, the characters in the keycaps on mechanical keyboards are generally printed on the surface of the keycaps by inkjet printing. The wear resistance of inkjet characters is poor. After the user touches it for a long time, the inkjet characters are easy to fall off from the surface of the keycaps partially or completely due to wear. Therefore, after long-term use, the inkjet characters cannot be seen clearly, which easily leads to input errors by the user and affects its normal use. Although there are currently two-color keycaps obtained by injection molding technology to solve the above problems, for example, a character diversified keycap with a prior art announcement number of CN218631760U, the utility model can select the color, style and pattern of the characters according to specific needs when molding characters, and can be matched at will, so that the characters are diversified, personalized, and the colors and styles are more colorful; at the same time, the overall style and color of the keycaps are diversified, the overall appearance is more beautiful, and the user experience is improved.
[0004] However, when the user wants to change the color, the entire keycap must be replaced, which will increase the cost investment. Based on this, the utility model provides a two-color injection-molded keycap for a mechanical keyboard with changeable colors and low usage cost. Utility Model Content
[0005] In order to overcome the above-mentioned defects of the prior art, the utility model provides a two-color injection-molded keycap for a mechanical keyboard. The protective cover can not only protect the characters on the upper surface of the two-color keycap, but also prevent the upper surface of the protective cover from being worn and scratched, thereby extending the service life of the two-color keycap. At the same time, protective covers of different colors can be replaced for use without replacing the entire two-color keycap, thereby reducing the cost of use to solve the problems arising from the above-mentioned background technology.
[0006] To achieve the above-mentioned purpose, the utility model provides the following technical solutions: a two-color injection-molded keycap for a mechanical keyboard, comprising a two-color keycap for a mechanical keyboard, a protective cover being provided at the top of the two-color keycap, a plurality of positioning rods being fixedly provided at the bottom of the protective cover, a plurality of positioning grooves being provided at the top of the two-color keycap and matching with the plurality of positioning rods, the plurality of positioning rods being respectively inserted into the plurality of positioning grooves, a hemispherical block being fixedly provided at the bottom of each positioning rod, a hemispherical groove being provided at the bottom of each positioning groove, the hemispherical block being inserted into the hemispherical groove, for improving the connection firmness between the protective cover and the two-color keycap, a plurality of iron plug-ins being fixedly provided at the bottom of the protective cover, a slot being provided at the top of the two-color keycap and matching with the plurality of iron plug-ins, a magnet being fixedly provided in each slot, a plurality of iron plug-ins being respectively inserted into the plurality of slots and magnetically attracted to the magnets in the slots, the iron plug-ins being firmly attracted by the magnetism of the magnets, thereby further improving the connection firmness between the protective cover and the two-color keycap.
[0007] In a preferred embodiment, a connecting column is fixedly provided at the center of the bottom end of the two-color keycap, and a cross-shaped connecting groove is opened at the bottom end of the connecting column for mounting the two-color keycap on the shaft body of a mechanical keyboard for use.
[0008] In a preferred embodiment, each hemispherical block is made of rubber. The rubber hemispherical block is soft, which makes it easy for the user to disassemble the positioning rod and the hemispherical block and the protective cover.
[0009] In a preferred embodiment, storage grooves are provided on both sides of the top of the two-color keycaps, and L-shaped plates are hinged in the two storage grooves. The L-shaped plates are used in conjunction with iron plugs, and the two-color keycaps can be removed from the mechanical keyboard shaft with the help of a protective cover, which is more convenient to use.
[0010] In a preferred embodiment, the outer walls of the two L-shaped plates are fixedly provided with shifting blocks, which facilitate the user to rotate the L-shaped plates out of the storage slots for use.
[0011] In a preferred embodiment, the plurality of positioning rods and the plurality of iron plug blocks are staggeredly distributed to avoid mutual obstruction between the positioning rods and the iron plug blocks.
[0012] Technical effects and advantages of the utility model:
[0013] 1. The utility model can protect the characters on the upper surface of the two-color keycaps through the protective cover, and can prevent the upper surface of the protective cover from being worn and scratched, thereby extending the service life of the two-color keycaps. At the same time, the protective covers of different colors can be replaced for use without replacing the entire two-color keycaps, thereby reducing the cost of use.
[0014] 2. Use the iron plug on the protective cover in conjunction with the L-shaped plate to pull out the two-color keycaps, making it easy to clean and replace the two-color keycaps. There is no need to use a key puller separately, making it more convenient to use.
[0015] 3. By plugging multiple positioning rods into multiple positioning grooves, the hemispherical blocks are clamped into the hemispherical grooves, and multiple iron plugs are magnetically attracted to multiple magnets respectively, thereby greatly improving the firmness between the protective cover and the two-color keycaps and preventing the protective cover from loosening and falling off. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0016] Figure 1 It is a schematic diagram of the overall structure of the utility model;
[0017] Figure 2 This is a structural diagram of the protective cover and key cap body of the utility model;
[0018] Figure 3 This is a schematic diagram of the utility model when using the protective cover to remove the key cap body;
[0019] Figure 4 It is a partial cross-sectional view of the keycap body of the utility model;
[0020] Figure 5 It is a bottom view of the overall structure of the utility model.
[0021] The accompanying drawings are marked as follows: 1. two-color keycap; 2. protective cover; 3. positioning rod; 4. positioning groove; 5. hemispherical block; 6. hemispherical groove; 7. iron plug block; 8. slot; 9. magnet; 10. connecting column; 11. cross-shaped connecting groove; 12. storage groove; 13. L-shaped plate; 14. dial block. DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0022] The following will be combined with the drawings in the embodiments of the utility model to clearly and completely describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the utility model. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the utility model, not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the utility model, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field without creative work are within the scope of protection of the utility model.
[0023] Refer to the instruction manual Figure 1-5 The utility model provides a two-color injection keycap for a mechanical keyboard, including a two-color keycap 1 for a mechanical keyboard, a protective cover 2 is provided on the top of the two-color keycap 1, a plurality of iron plugs 7 are fixedly provided on the bottom of the protective cover 2, a connecting column 10 is fixedly provided at the center of the bottom of the two-color keycap 1, a cross-shaped connecting groove 11 is provided on the bottom of the connecting column 10, and is used to install the two-color keycap 1 on the shaft of the mechanical keyboard for use;
[0024] In addition, storage grooves 12 are provided on both sides of the top of the two-color keycap 1, and L-shaped plates 13 are hinged in the two storage grooves 12. The two-color keycap 1 can be removed from the mechanical keyboard shaft by using the L-shaped plates 13 in conjunction with the iron plug-in block 7 and with the help of the protective cover 2. The outer walls of the two L-shaped plates 13 are fixed with shift blocks 14, which are convenient for users to rotate the L-shaped plates 13 out of the storage grooves 12 for use.
[0025] When using the two-color keycap 1, a protective cover 2 is installed on the upper surface of the two-color keycap 1. The protective cover 2 can be used to protect the characters on the upper surface of the two-color keycap 1 and to avoid wear and scratches on the upper surface of the protective cover 2, thereby extending the service life of the two-color keycap 1. At the same time, by pulling out the protective cover 2, the user can replace the protective cover 2 of the corresponding color according to his or her own needs, without having to replace the entire two-color keycap 1, thereby reducing the cost of use. When the two-color keycap 1 needs to be disassembled, the user first removes the protective cover 2, then grabs the pull block 14 to drive the L-shaped plate 13 to rotate out of the storage groove 12, and then inserts one of the iron plug blocks 7 on the protective cover 2 into the bottom of the L-shaped plate 13, and the two-color keycap 1 can be pulled out using the protective cover 2. The two-color keycap 1 is cleaned and replaced without the need to use a key puller separately, which is more convenient to use.
[0026] Refer to the instruction manual Figure 1-5 , the bottom end of the protective cover 2 is fixed with a plurality of positioning rods 3, and the plurality of positioning rods 3 and the plurality of iron plug blocks 7 are staggered to avoid mutual obstruction between the positioning rods 3 and the iron plug blocks 7, and the top of the two-color keycap 1 is provided with a plurality of positioning grooves 4 adapted to the plurality of positioning rods 3, and the plurality of positioning rods 3 are respectively inserted into the plurality of positioning grooves 4, and a hemispherical block 5 is fixedly provided at the bottom end of each positioning rod 3, and each hemispherical block 5 is made of rubber, which is convenient for disassembling the positioning rod 3 and the hemispherical block 5, and a hemispherical groove 6 is provided at the bottom of each positioning groove 4, and the hemispherical block 5 is inserted in the hemispherical groove 6, so as to improve the connection firmness between the protective cover 2 and the two-color keycap 1;
[0027] In addition, a slot 8 compatible with a plurality of iron plug-ins 7 is provided at the top of the two-color keycap 1, and a magnet 9 is fixed in each slot 8. The plurality of iron plug-ins 7 are respectively inserted into the plurality of slots 8 and are magnetically attracted to the magnets 9 in the slots 8. The iron plug-ins 7 are firmly attracted by the magnetism of the magnet 9, thereby further improving the connection firmness between the protective cover 2 and the two-color keycap 1.
[0028] A plurality of positioning rods 3 are plugged into a plurality of positioning grooves 4, and a hemispherical block 5 made of rubber is arranged at the bottom end of each positioning rod 3. The diameter of the hemispherical block 5 is larger than the diameter of the positioning rod 3. Therefore, when the hemispherical block 5 is stuck in the hemispherical groove 6, the firmness between the positioning rod 3 and the positioning groove 4 can be improved, and then the connection firmness between the protective cover 2 and the two-color keycap 1 can be improved. In addition, a plurality of iron plug blocks 7 are respectively plugged into a plurality of slots 8. The iron plug blocks 7 are magnetically attracted to the magnets 9 in the slots 8, which can further improve the firmness between the protective cover 2 and the two-color keycap 1.
[0029] Finally: The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present utility model and is not intended to limit the present utility model. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions, improvements, etc. made within the spirit and principles of the present utility model should be included in the protection scope of the present utility model.
Claims
1. A two-color injection-molded keycap for a mechanical keyboard, comprising a two-color keycap (1), used for a mechanical keyboard, characterized in that: The top of the two-color keycap (1) is provided with a protective cover (2), the bottom of the protective cover (2) is fixed with a plurality of positioning rods (3), the top of the two-color keycap (1) is provided with a plurality of positioning grooves (4) adapted to the plurality of positioning rods (3), and the plurality of positioning rods (3) are respectively inserted into the plurality of positioning grooves (4); A hemispherical block (5) is fixedly provided at the bottom end of each positioning rod (3), and a hemispherical groove (6) is provided at the bottom of each positioning groove (4). The hemispherical block (5) is inserted into the hemispherical groove (6) to improve the connection firmness between the protective cover (2) and the two-color keycap (1); A plurality of iron plug-ins (7) are fixedly provided at the bottom end of the protective cover (2), a slot (8) adapted to the plurality of iron plug-ins (7) is provided at the top end of the double-color keycap (1), a magnet (9) is fixedly provided in each slot (8), and the plurality of iron plug-ins (7) are respectively inserted into the plurality of slots (8) and are magnetically attracted to the magnets (9) in the slots (8).
2. The double-color injection-molded keycap for a mechanical keyboard according to claim 1, characterized in that: A connecting column (10) is fixedly provided at the center of the bottom end of the two-color keycap (1), and a cross-shaped connecting groove (11) is provided at the bottom end of the connecting column (10).
3. The double-color injection-molded keycap for a mechanical keyboard according to claim 1, characterized in that: Each hemispherical block (5) is made of rubber, which facilitates the disassembly of the positioning rod (3) and the hemispherical block (5).
4. The double-color injection-molded keycap for a mechanical keyboard according to claim 1, characterized in that: The top sides of the two-color keycap (1) are provided with receiving grooves (12), and L-shaped plates (13) are hinged in the two receiving grooves (12).
5. The double-color injection-molded keycap for a mechanical keyboard according to claim 4, characterized in that: The outer walls of the two L-shaped plates (13) are both fixedly provided with shifting blocks (14) to facilitate the rotation of the L-shaped plates (13).
6. The double-color injection-molded keycap for a mechanical keyboard according to claim 1, characterized in that: The plurality of positioning rods (3) and the plurality of iron inserts (7) are distributed in a staggered manner to avoid mutual obstruction between the positioning rods (3) and the iron inserts (7).