Adjustable Keyboard Keypswitch Tactile Feedback Mechanism
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional keyboards provide only a single type of tactile feedback, which is insufficient for various user needs in different operation situations, leading to the necessity of purchasing multiple keyboards with different feedback types, resulting in additional costs and storage issues.
Innovation Solution
A keyboard design featuring a plurality of keyswitch structures with an adjustable tactile feedback system, where a movable adjusting plate with protruding bars changes the tactile feedback by moving relative to the keyswitch structures, allowing users to select from multiple feedback types through a control mechanism.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a keyboard provides only a single type of tactile feedback, then the device complexity is low and manufacturing is simple, but the adaptability to different user needs and operation situations is poor
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a movable adjusting plate that can shift position to change the engagement between adjusting bars and tactile feedback members. This dynamic reconfiguration allows the same keyboard to provide multiple tactile feedback types (linear, tactile, clicky) without requiring multiple separate keyboards, thereby improving adaptability while managing complexity through a single movable component
Solution Approach 2:
The adjusting plate with multiple adjusting bars serves multiple functions: it can engage with different tactile feedback members to provide various feedback types, and its position can be adjusted to switch between different feedback modes. This multi-functional design allows one keyboard to replace what would traditionally require multiple specialized keyboards
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple keyboards with different tactile feedback types are purchased to satisfy diverse user needs, then the adaptability is improved, but the cost and storage requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple tactile feedback mechanisms into a single keyboard by integrating an adjusting plate that can engage with different tactile feedback members. This merging allows users to access multiple feedback types (linear, tactile, clicky) from one keyboard rather than purchasing and storing multiple separate keyboards, thereby reducing both cost and storage requirements while maintaining adaptability
3Adaptability or versatility
If an adjusting plate with multiple adjusting bars is introduced to change tactile feedback, then the adaptability is improved, but the device complexity and ease of operation are worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The adjusting plate is designed to be movable and adjustable by the user through direct interaction, allowing users to switch between different tactile feedback types according to their needs. The control member exposed outside the bottom housing enables users to easily move the adjusting plate without requiring complex tools or procedures, maintaining ease of operation while providing extensive adjustability
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables quick and convenient adjustment of tactile feedback for multiple keyswitch structures, satisfying diverse user needs without the need for multiple keyboards, thereby reducing costs and storage requirements.
Implementation Method 1
a resilient member connected to the second linking bar and the bottom housing
Implementation Method 2
a set of magnetic members disposed corresponding to the bottom housing and the first linking bar. When the linking mechanism moves, the set of magnetic members are selectively close to or away from each other
Data Source
AI summary
A keyboard includes a plurality of keyswitch structures and an adjusting plate movably disposed under the keyswitch structures. Each of the keyswitch structures includes a tactile feedback member. The adjusting plate includes a plate body and a plurality of adjusting bars protruding from the plate body toward the keyswitch structures and respectively corresponding to the tactile feedback members of the keyswitch structures. When the adjusting plate moves relative to the keyswitch structures, the adjusting bars drive the tactile feedback members to change tactile feedback of the keyswitch structures.