Keyboard Adjusting Plate for Variable Tactile Feedback
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional keyboards provide only a single type of tactile feedback, which is inadequate for different user needs in various operation situations, leading to the necessity of purchasing multiple keyboards with varying feedback types, resulting in increased costs and storage issues.
Innovation Solution
A keyboard with a keyswitch module featuring an adjusting plate and linking mechanism that allows users to change tactile feedback by moving the adjusting plate, driven by a linking mechanism, enabling multiple tactile feedback options through a single adjusting plate.
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, but the adaptability to different user needs deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements an adjusting plate with multiple positions that can be moved to different locations to change the tactile feedback characteristics of the keyswitch. This dynamic adjustment mechanism allows a single keyboard to provide multiple tactile feedback types (linear, tactile, and clicky) by simply repositioning the adjusting plate, thereby improving adaptability without requiring multiple separate keyboards or complex electronic components.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the physical parameters of the keyswitch mechanism by varying the position of the adjusting plate relative to the tactile feedback member. By adjusting the plate's position, the mechanical characteristics of the switch (such as force required, travel distance, and feedback type) are modified, enabling the same hardware to deliver different tactile experiences based on the adjusted parameters.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple keyboards with different tactile feedbacks are purchased, then the adaptability to different operation situations is improved, but the loss of substance (storage space and cost) deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent makes a single keyboard universally applicable to multiple operation situations by incorporating an adjusting plate that can be positioned in different locations. This multi-functional design allows the keyboard to serve as a linear switch keyboard, tactile switch keyboard, or clicky switch keyboard depending on the adjusting plate position, eliminating the need for users to purchase and store multiple specialized keyboards for different uses.
3Adaptability or versatility
If an adjusting plate and linking mechanism are added to enable tactile feedback adjustment, then the adaptability is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the keyswitch mechanism into separable components, including the adjusting plate, linking mechanism, and tactile feedback member. This segmentation allows the adjusting plate to be independently positioned and adjusted without affecting the entire keyboard structure, simplifying the adjustment process while maintaining the ability to provide multiple tactile feedback types.
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 to meet user needs, reducing the need for multiple keyboards and minimizing costs and storage concerns.
Implementation Method 1
a resilient arm, a base having a pillar, and an elastic member abutting against the internal sleeve and the base
Implementation Method 2
a set of magnetic members disposed corresponding to the rotatable unit and the bottom housing. When the rotatable unit rotates, the set of magnetic members are selectively close to or away from each other
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AI summary
A keyboard (1, 1') includes a plurality of keyswitch structures (310) and an adjusting plate (320, 320', 320") movably disposed under the keyswitch structures (310). Each of the keyswitch structures (310) includes a tactile feedback member (312). The adjusting plate (320, 320', 320") includes a plate body (322) and a plurality of adjusting bars (324) protruding from the plate body (322) toward the keyswitch structures (310) and respectively corresponding to the tactile feedback members (312) of the keyswitch structures (310). When the adjusting plate (320, 320', 320") moves relative to the keyswitch structures (310), the adjusting bars (324) drive the tactile feedback members (312) to change tactile feedback of the keyswitch structures (310).