Rotary Ring Switch Structure for Adjustable Key Travel
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current game switch products have fixed trigger travels, lacking user-intuitive adjustments, and fail to meet the high response requirements of electronic competitive games.
Innovation Solution
A key travel adjustable switch featuring a microswitch pin, switch cap, silicone, and a rotary ring with varying travel adjusting portions, allowing for adjustable key travel through rotation of the rotary ring to match with different travel positioning portions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the trigger travel is made fixed and single, then the switch structure is simple, but the user cannot adjust the key travel to match different game requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a rotary ring with multiple height levels that can be rotated to different positions, dynamically changing the key travel distance. The rotary ring transforms a static switch structure into a dynamic one where the key travel can be adjusted between 0.1mm to 3mm by rotating the ring to different angular positions, each corresponding to a specific travel distance.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the physical parameter of key travel distance by providing a rotary ring with multiple height levels. Each height level corresponds to a different key travel parameter, allowing users to select the appropriate travel distance (0.1mm-3mm) by rotating the ring to the desired position, thereby adjusting the switch activation characteristics.
2Ease of operation
If the key travel is increased, then the user has better control and feeling, but the response speed decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The rotary ring mechanism allows dynamic adjustment of key travel between 0.1mm and 3mm, enabling users to optimize the balance between control feeling and response speed based on their preferences or specific game requirements. Shorter travels provide faster response while longer travels offer better control feedback.
Solution Approach 2:
By providing multiple discrete height levels on the rotary ring, the patent enables users to select different key travel parameters to optimize the trade-off between control feeling and response speed. The adjustable parameter allows customization of the activation distance to match user preferences.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple adjustment mechanisms are added to enable key travel adjustment, then the adaptability improves, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the adjustment mechanism with the existing switch cap structure. The rotary ring is integrated into the switch assembly, and the positioning feet are combined with the cap's lower edge, merging multiple functions into a unified structure that minimizes additional components while providing adjustable key travel.
Solution Approach 2:
The rotary ring serves multiple functions: it acts as both a structural component of the switch cap and an adjustment mechanism. By rotating the ring to different positions, a single component provides multiple key travel settings, eliminating the need for separate adjustment mechanisms for each travel distance.
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed is a key travel adjustable switch, including a microswitch pin, a switch cap connected to the microswitch pin, a switch cap silicone arranged between the switch cap and the microswitch pin, a switch body, and a rotary ring rotatably connected to the switch body and having a plurality of travel adjusting portions of different heights arranged at a lower edge of the rotary ring. The plurality of travel adjusting portions structurally matches with a travel positioning portion arranged on the switch cap, and the rotary ring is rotatable to position the travel positioning portion at different travel adjusting portions to adjust the key travel of the key travel adjustable switch, so as to adjust the respond speed of the key travel adjustable switch, and thus improve the experience feeling of a user.