CN114756138A - Folding keyboard - Google Patents

Abstract

The application relates to the field of keyboards and provides a folding keyboard, comprising: the keyboard body comprises a first keyboard, a second keyboard and a first pivoting structure arranged between the first keyboard and the second keyboard, and the first keyboard and the second keyboard are pivotally connected through the first pivoting structure to be opened or closed; first linkage slide, including the fixed part, shielding part and the sliding part that connect gradually, fixed part and second keyboard fixed connection, sliding part and first keyboard sliding connection, the both ends of shielding part rotate with fixed part and sliding part respectively and are connected. The application provides a folding keyboard can conveniently fold and expand, and can not expose folding region when folding.

Description

Folding keyboard

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of keyboards, in particular to a folding keyboard.

Background

The keyboard is the most common and the most important input device, and English letters, numbers, punctuations and the like can be input into the computer through the keyboard, so that commands, data input and the like can be sent to the computer. Traditional wired keyboard is bulky, and is not foldable to be accomodate, and is inconvenient to carry. Referring to fig. 1, a conventional keyboard has a folding structure, but the keyboard is divided into at least two keyboards by a straight line dividing manner, and the arrangement of the key cores is a non-standard arrangement manner, which does not conform to the use habit; referring to fig. 2, another keyboard with a foldable structure has key cores arranged in a standard arrangement, but during the folding process, the folding area is exposed, thereby affecting the overall appearance of the keyboard.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the above, an object of the present invention is to provide a foldable keyboard to solve the problem that the folding area is exposed in the conventional foldable keyboard.

The application provides a folding keyboard, include: the keyboard comprises a keyboard main body, a first keyboard and a second keyboard, wherein the keyboard main body comprises a first keyboard, a second keyboard and a first pivoting structure arranged between the first keyboard and the second keyboard, and the first keyboard and the second keyboard are pivotally connected through the first pivoting structure to realize mutual opening or mutual closing; first linkage slide, first linkage slide is including the fixed part, occlusion part and the sliding part that connect gradually, the fixed part with second keyboard fixed connection, the sliding part with first keyboard sliding connection, the both ends of occlusion part respectively with the fixed part with the sliding part rotates the connection.

In an embodiment, two ends of the shielding part are respectively provided with a first flexible part, and the shielding part is respectively rotatably connected with the fixed part and the sliding part through the two first flexible parts; or, the two ends of the shielding part are respectively provided with a first rotating shaft, and the shielding part is respectively connected with the fixed part and the sliding part in a rotating manner through the first rotating shaft.

In one embodiment, the first keyboard comprises a first body and a plurality of first keys arranged on the first body, the first body comprises a bottom surface and a top surface which are oppositely arranged, and a side surface arranged between the top surface and the bottom surface, and the first keys are arranged on the top surface; the first keyboard is provided with a sliding groove extending along the length direction of the first keyboard, and the sliding groove is arranged on the bottom surface or the side surface of the first body extending along the length direction of the first body; the sliding part is provided with a sliding part which is connected with the sliding groove in a sliding manner.

In one embodiment, the sliding groove includes a first end and a second end that are oppositely disposed, and the first end is close to the first pivot structure; a boss extending along the length direction of the sliding chute is arranged between the first end and the second end of the sliding chute, and the boss comprises two opposite inclined guide parts and a connecting part arranged between the two inclined guide parts; when the folding keyboard is turned from the unfolded state to the folded state, the sliding piece moves from the inclined guide part close to the second end to the inclined guide part close to the first end through the connecting part.

In one embodiment, the sliding part comprises a first section and a second section which are connected in sequence, one end of the first section is rotatably connected with the shielding part, and the other end of the first section is rotatably connected with the second section through a second flexible part or a second rotating shaft; the sliding part is arranged on the second section.

In an embodiment, the first linkage sliding plate includes an inner skin, an outer skin, and a fixed plate, a shielding plate, and a sliding plate fixed between the outer skin and the inner skin, the fixed plate, the shielding plate, and the sliding plate are attached to the outer skin and the inner skin at intervals and respectively disposed in the fixed portion, the shielding portion, and the sliding portion, the inner skin and the outer skin are connected in a gap between the fixed plate and the shielding plate to form one first flexible portion, and the inner skin and the outer skin are connected in a gap between the shielding plate and the sliding plate to form another first flexible portion.

In one embodiment, the inner skin and the outer skin cover the fixed plate, the shielding plate and the sliding plate and expose the sliding part; or the inner sticking skin is stuck to the shielding plate, one side of the fixed plate close to the shielding part and one side of the sliding plate close to the shielding plate.

In one embodiment, a plurality of second keys are arranged on the second keyboard; the first keyboard is provided with an irregular first edge, the second keyboard is provided with an irregular second edge, and the first edge and the second edge are respectively formed by arranging the first keys positioned at the first edge and the second keys positioned at the second edge in a staggered and complementary mode; the folding keyboard further comprises a third keyboard, a second pivoting structure and a second linkage sliding plate, wherein one ends, far away from the first keyboard, of the third keyboard and the second keyboard are pivoted through the second pivoting structure to be opened or closed, and the second linkage sliding plate is used for shielding the folding positions of the third keyboard and the second keyboard.

In one embodiment, first magnetic members are respectively arranged at one ends of the first keyboard and the second keyboard close to the first pivoting structure, and the two first magnetic members are mutually attracted in the unfolded state of the folding keyboard; a first built-in magnetic piece is arranged in the shielding part, and when the folding keyboard is folded, the first magnetic piece on the second keyboard adsorbs the first built-in magnetic piece;

a second built-in magnetic piece is arranged at one end, far away from the first pivoting structure, of the sliding part, a second magnetic piece is further arranged on the first keyboard, and the second built-in magnetic piece and the second magnetic piece are mutually adsorbed in the folded state of the folding keyboard; the first keyboard is kept away from one side of first pin joint structure and the second keyboard is kept away from one side of first pin joint structure is equipped with the third magnetic part respectively, works as the keyboard is in fold condition, two range upon range of and mutual absorption about the third magnetic part.

In an embodiment, a first groove is formed on one side of the first keyboard close to the second keyboard, and a second groove is formed on one side of the second keyboard close to the first keyboard; the first pivot structure includes: one part of the pivoting block is accommodated in the first groove, and the other part of the pivoting block is accommodated in the second groove; the middle part of the first pivoting shaft is inserted on the first pivoting block, and two ends of the first pivoting shaft are rotatably connected to the first keyboard; and the middle part of the second pivot shaft is inserted on the first pivot block, and two ends of the second pivot shaft are rotatably connected to the second keyboard.

Above-mentioned folding keyboard includes first keyboard, second keyboard and first linkage slide, because the fixed part and the second keyboard fixed connection of first linkage slide, sliding part and first keyboard sliding connection, consequently, first linkage slide can be with the linkage of first keyboard for first keyboard can smoothly overturn to the exact position, avoids rotating the hindrance, and, the folding department of first keyboard and second keyboard can be sheltered from to first linkage slide, avoids influencing folding keyboard's whole outward appearance.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present application or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present application, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to the drawings without creative efforts.

FIG. 1 is a top view of a prior art folding keyboard;

fig. 2 is a perspective view of another foldable keyboard in the prior art.

Fig. 3 is a schematic perspective view of a foldable keyboard according to an embodiment of the present application in an unfolded state;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of a portion A of the folding keyboard shown in FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the folding keyboard shown in FIG. 3 in a folded state;

FIG. 6 is an enlarged view of a portion B of the foldable keyboard shown in FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the folding keyboard of FIG. 5 with the first and second cooperating slides in a folded position;

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the main body of the foldable keyboard shown in FIG. 5;

FIG. 9A is a schematic perspective view of the keyboard body shown in FIG. 8 at another angle;

FIG. 9B is an enlarged view of a portion C of the first keyboard shown in FIG. 9A;

FIG. 10 is a perspective view of a portion of the keyboard shown in FIG. 8;

FIG. 11 is one of the schematic views of the first keyboard of the folding keyboard shown in FIG. 3 during rotation;

FIG. 12 is an enlarged partial view of section E of FIG. 11;

FIG. 13 is a second illustration of the first keyboard of the foldable keyboard of FIG. 3 during rotation;

FIG. 14 is a schematic perspective view of a first cross slide and a second cross slide in an extended position in a folding keyboard according to one embodiment;

FIG. 15 is an exploded perspective view of the first and second linkage slides shown in FIG. 14;

FIG. 16 is a schematic perspective view of a folded keyboard according to the second embodiment, wherein the first and second slide linkage members are in an extended position;

FIG. 17 is an exploded perspective view of the first and second linkage slides shown in FIG. 16;

FIG. 18 is a schematic perspective view of a foldable keyboard according to a third embodiment;

FIG. 19 is a schematic perspective view of a foldable keyboard according to a fourth embodiment;

FIG. 20 is a schematic perspective view of a foldable keyboard according to the fifth embodiment in an unfolded state;

FIG. 21 is a perspective view of the folding keyboard shown in FIG. 20 in a folded state;

FIG. 22 is a top view of a folding keyboard according to a sixth embodiment;

FIG. 23 is a schematic perspective view of a foldable keyboard according to a seventh embodiment;

FIG. 24 is an exploded perspective view of the first slide linkage shown in FIG. 23;

FIG. 25 is a schematic perspective view of a foldable keyboard according to an eighth embodiment;

FIG. 26 is an exploded perspective view of the first slide linkage of the folding keyboard shown in FIG. 25;

FIG. 27 is a schematic perspective view of a foldable keyboard provided in the ninth embodiment;

FIG. 28 is an enlarged partial view of portion F of the folding keyboard shown in FIG. 27;

fig. 29 is a perspective view of the folding keyboard shown in fig. 27 during folding.

Description of the main element symbols:

100. folding the keyboard; 10. a keyboard main body; 11. a first keyboard; 111. a chute; 1111. a connecting portion; 1112. an inclined guide part; 1113. a slide limit part; 112. a first body; 1121. a bottom cover; 1122. a face cover; 113. a first key; 114. a first groove; 12. a second keypad; 121. a second body; 122. a second key; 123. a second groove; 13. a first pivot structure; 131. a pivoting block; 132. a first pivot shaft; 133. a second pivot shaft; 134. a third pivot shaft; 135. a pivot part; 14. a third keyboard; 15. a second pivot structure; 20. a first linkage slide plate; 201. a fixed part; 202. a shielding portion; 203. a sliding part; 2031. a slider; 2032. a first stage; 2033. a second flexible portion; 2034. a second stage; 204. a first flexible portion; 205. a first rotating shaft; 206. a second rotating shaft; 207. installing a sleeve; 21. internally sticking a leather; 22. externally sticking a skin; 23. a fixing plate; 24. a shielding plate; 25. a sliding plate; 251. a first slide plate; 252. a second slide plate; 31. a first magnetic member; 32. a second magnetic member; 321. a second built-in magnetic member; 33. a third magnetic member; 40. a second linkage slide plate.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present application more apparent, the present application will be described in further detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings, which are examples. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of and not restrictive on the broad application.

In the description of the present application, it is to be understood that the terms "length," "width," "upper," "lower," "front," "rear," "left," "right," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," and the like, as used herein, refer to an orientation or positional relationship indicated in the drawings, which is for convenience and simplicity of description, and does not indicate or imply that the referenced device or element must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus, is not to be considered as limiting. Furthermore, the terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of that feature. In the description of the present application, "a plurality" means two or more unless specifically limited otherwise.

In this application, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "connected," "secured," and the like are to be construed broadly and can include, for example, fixed connections, removable connections, or integral parts; can be mechanically or electrically connected; either directly or indirectly through intervening media, either internally or in any other relationship. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present application can be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art as appropriate.

The application provides a folding keyboard which has a folding state and an unfolding state and can be switched between the folding state and the unfolding state so as to be convenient to store or use; the application provides a folding keyboard can solve folding keyboard and can expose folding region and influence the problem of whole outward appearance.

Example one

Referring to fig. 3 to 6, a first embodiment of the present application provides a foldable keyboard 100, which includes a keyboard body 10 and a first slide linkage 20.

The keyboard main body 10 includes a first keyboard 11, a second keyboard 12 and a first pivot structure 13 disposed between the first keyboard 11 and the second keyboard 12, and the first keyboard 11 and the second keyboard 12 are pivotally connected to each other through the first pivot structure 13 to be opened or closed.

The first slide linkage 20 is used to block the folding position of the first keyboard 11 and the second keyboard 12. The first linkage sliding plate 20 comprises a fixing portion 201, a shielding portion 202 and a sliding portion 203 which are connected in sequence, the fixing portion 201 is fixedly connected with the second keyboard 12, the sliding portion 203 is slidably connected with the first keyboard 11, and two ends of the shielding portion 202 are respectively rotatably connected with the fixing portion 201 and the sliding portion 203. The number of the first pivot structures 13 may be two, and the two first pivot structures 13 are respectively disposed on two opposite sides of the keyboard main body 10, so as to avoid occupying a keyboard area of the keyboard main body 10; it is understood that the number of the first pivot structures 13 may be only one.

As shown in fig. 3 and 4, when the foldable keyboard 100 is in the unfolded state, the first keyboard 11 and the second keyboard 12 are relatively unfolded and butted against each other; when the foldable keyboard 100 needs to be folded, the first keyboard 11 is rotated relative to the second keyboard 12 through the first pivot structure 13, so that the first keyboard 11 covers the surface of the second keyboard 12, as shown in fig. 5 and 6, and the foldable keyboard 100 is switched to the folded state. When the first keyboard 11 rotates, the fixing portion 201 of the first linked sliding plate 20 remains fixed at the bottom of the second keyboard 12, the shielding portion 202 rotates relative to the fixing portion 201, and the sliding portion 203 slides relative to the fixing portion 201 to fold the first linked sliding plate 20; and, the sliding part 203 slides along with the rotation of the first keyboard 11, so that the shielding part 202 is located at the folded part of the first keyboard 11 and the second keyboard 12 for shielding, and meanwhile, the sliding part 203 partially covers the side of the first keyboard 11 away from the second keyboard 12. Thus, the first linked sliding plate 20 can be linked with the rotation of the first keyboard 11 to smoothly block the folding position of the first keyboard 11 and the second keyboard 12.

Above-mentioned folding keyboard 100 includes first keyboard 11, second keyboard 12 and first linkage slide 20, because fixed part 201 and second keyboard 12 fixed connection of first linkage slide 20, sliding part 203 and first keyboard 11 sliding connection, consequently, first linkage slide 20 can link with first keyboard 11, make first keyboard 11 can smoothly overturn to the exact position, avoid rotating and hinder, and, first linkage slide 20 can shelter from the folding department of first keyboard 11 and second keyboard 12, avoid influencing folding keyboard 100's whole outward appearance.

In one embodiment, two ends of the shielding part are respectively provided with a first flexible part, and the shielding part is respectively connected with the fixed part and the sliding part in a rotating manner through the two first flexible parts; or in other embodiments, the two ends of the shielding portion are respectively provided with a first rotating shaft, and the shielding portion is respectively rotatably connected with the fixing portion and the sliding portion through the first rotating shaft. In the first embodiment, the first flexible portion 204 is made of a flexible material and is easily deformed to fold the first slide linkage 20. The first flexible portion 204 can be made of leather, PU, etc., but is not limited thereto.

Referring to fig. 3, fig. 7 to fig. 12, in an embodiment, the first keyboard 11 is provided with a sliding slot 111 extending along a length direction of the first keyboard 11, the sliding portion 203 is provided with a sliding member 2031, and the sliding member 2031 is slidably connected to the sliding slot 111. In this way, the sliding member 2031 can slide in the sliding groove 111 to guide the movement of the first slide linkage 20.

The first keyboard 11 includes a first body 112 and a plurality of first keys 113 disposed on the first body 112, the first body 112 includes a bottom surface and a top surface disposed oppositely, and a side surface disposed between the top surface and the bottom surface, the first keys 113 are disposed on the top surface. In the present embodiment, the sliding groove 111 is opened at the bottom surface of the first body 112, that is, in the folded state, the sliding groove 111 is located at the back of the first keyboard 11 facing away from the second keyboard 12.

Optionally, the sliding grooves 111 are formed on two opposite sides of the bottom surface of the first body 112, and the two sliding members 2031 are slidably connected to the corresponding sliding grooves 111 respectively. The number of the sliding grooves 111 may be only one or two or more, and the number of the sliding grooves 111 is not limited in the present application. The gliders 2031 may be of a peg-and-peg construction, and it will be appreciated that the two gliders 2031 may be of unitary or separate construction.

The sliding slot 111 includes a first end and a second end that are opposite to each other, and the first end is close to the first pivot structure 13; a boss extending along the length direction of the sliding groove 111 is arranged between the first end and the second end of the sliding groove 111, and the boss comprises two inclined guide parts 1112 arranged oppositely and a connecting part 1111 arranged between the two inclined guide parts 1112; when the folding keyboard 100 is turned from the unfolded state to the folded state, the slider 2031 moves from the inclined guide 1112 near the second end to the inclined guide 1112 near the first end via the connection portion 1111.

By adopting the above technical solution, the first end and the second end of the sliding groove 111 limit the movement of the sliding member 2031.

In one embodiment, the first end of the sliding slot 111 is provided with a sliding limiting portion 1113. When the foldable keyboard 100 is in the folded state, the sliding member 2031 is clamped between the inclined guide part 1112 and the sliding stopper 1113, and the sliding part 203 is attached to the first body 112 of the first keyboard 11; when the slider 2031 slides over the connection portion 1111, there is a gap between the sliding portion 203 and the first body 112 of the first keyboard 11; when the folded keyboard 100 is in the unfolded state, the sliding portion 203 is flush with the end of the first keyboard 11 remote from the second keyboard 12.

Because the sliding limiting portion 1113 is disposed on one side of the sliding slot 111, when the foldable keyboard 100 is in the folded state, the sliding member 2031 abuts against the sliding limiting portion 1113, and the first sliding plate 20 is prevented from sliding freely. Further, the first slide linkage 20 can be fixed to the first keyboard 11 by the attraction force of the magnetic member (described later). By adopting the above technical solution, the sliding portion 203 starts to slide and slides along the inclined guiding portion 1112, the sliding member 2031 jacks up the sliding portion 203 by a certain height, and a certain gap is formed between the sliding portion 203 and the first keyboard 11 during the movement process, so as to avoid the sliding portion 203 from sliding tightly against the first keyboard 11 to cause scratching of the keyboard, sliding obstruction, halfway jam or unsmooth sliding. After sliding to the right position, the keyboard is restored to be attached to the first keyboard 11 without a gap between the two.

It will be appreciated that, as shown in fig. 9B, the slider 2031 may be loaded into the sliding chute 111 from the gap 1114 between the inclined guide 1112 and the chute wall of the sliding chute 111 when assembled.

Referring to fig. 9A, fig. 10 and fig. 11, the first body 112 includes a bottom cover 1121 and a face cover 1122 fixedly connected, and the sliding slot 111 is opened at a side of the bottom cover 1121 departing from the face cover 1122.

As shown in fig. 5, 6, and 13, in an embodiment, the sliding portion 203 includes a first section 2032, a second flexible portion 2033, and a second section 2034 connected in sequence, one end of the first section 2032 is rotatably connected to the shielding portion 202 through the first flexible portion 204, and the other end of the first section 2032 is rotatably connected to the second section 2034 through the second flexible portion 2033; the slider 2031 is provided on the second section 2034. That is, the sliding portion 203 is divided into two sections by the second flexible portion 2033, the sliding portion 203 has two rotation centers, the first section 2032 rotates around one first flexible portion 204, and the second section 2034 rotates around the second flexible portion 2033, so that the two rotation centers control the turning of the first section 2032 and the second section 2034, respectively, and thus the front end portion of the sliding portion 203 does not interfere with the first keyboard 11; the sliding member 2031 always slides in the sliding groove 111, and the sliding portion 203 and the first keyboard 11 can be linked.

It should be noted that the closer the stepped position is to the slider 2031, the easier the sliding portion 203 is to be turned over, and the stepped position (i.e., the second flexible portion 2033) provided in the present application is provided in the middle region of the sliding portion 203 and on the side closer to the shielding portion 202 in view of the appearance and the function.

Referring to fig. 3, 14 and 15, the first linkage sliding plate 20 includes an inner skin 21, an outer skin 22, and a fixed plate, a shielding plate 24 and a sliding plate 25 fixed between the outer skin 22 and the inner skin 21, the fixed plate, the shielding plate 24 and the sliding plate 25 are attached to the outer skin 22 and the inner skin 21 at intervals and are respectively disposed in the fixed portion 201, the shielding portion 202 and the sliding portion 203, the inner skin 21 and the outer skin 22 are connected in a gap between the fixed plate and the shielding plate 24 to form a first flexible portion 204, and the inner skin 21 and the outer skin 22 are connected in a gap between the shielding plate 24 and the sliding plate 25 to form another first flexible portion 204. The inner skin 21 and the outer skin 22 are both flexible skins, such as leather or PU, but not limited thereto.

The first embodiment provides a scheme of skin attachment, and the shielding plate 24, the fixed plate and the sliding plate 25 are all attached to the outer skin 22. The inner skin 21 is attached to the shielding plate 24, the side of the fixed plate close to the shielding portion 202, and the side of the sliding plate 25 close to the shielding plate 24, so that the inner skin 21 can connect the shielding plate 24, the fixed plate, and the sliding plate 25.

Optionally, in the skin-attaching scheme, the fixing plate is a second body 121 of the second keyboard 12; it is understood that the fixing plate may also be a plate body fixedly connected with the second body 121 of the second keyboard 12.

Further, referring to fig. 7 and 16, the sliding plate 25 includes a first sliding plate 251 and a second sliding plate 252 which are spaced apart from each other, and the inner skin 21 and the outer skin 22 are connected in a gap between the first sliding plate 251 and the second sliding plate 252 to form a second flexible portion 2033. First sled 251 is positioned within first section 2032 of slide 203 and second sled 252 is positioned within second section 2034 of slide 203.

Referring to fig. 3, fig. 5 and fig. 8, in an embodiment, a plurality of second keys 122 are disposed on the second keyboard 12; the first keyboard 11 has an irregular first edge, the second keyboard 12 has an irregular second edge, and the first edge and the second edge are respectively composed of a first key 113 at the first edge and a second key 122 at the second edge arranged in a staggered and complementary manner. As shown in fig. 8, in the folded state, the edges of the first keyboard 11 and the second keyboard 12 are both concave-convex structures.

By adopting the above technical solution, the above folding keyboard 100 does not need to change the arrangement of the keyboard in the conventional keyboard, and conforms to the use habit of the user.

As shown in fig. 8 and 10 to 12, the first magnetic members 31 are respectively disposed at one ends of the first keyboard 11 and the second keyboard 12 close to the first pivot structure 13, and the two first magnetic members 31 are attracted to each other in the unfolded state of the foldable keyboard 100. The first magnetic members 31 may be all magnets, or one first magnetic member 31 may be a magnet, and the other first magnetic member 31 may be an iron block that can be attracted by the magnet.

Through setting up relative first magnetic part 31, folding keyboard 100 opens the back completely, and first keyboard 11 and second keyboard 12 adsorb each other, make folding keyboard 100 open and to have a section after targetting in place and feel to first keyboard 11 and second keyboard 12 are each other to the top, prevent that the upset from excessively leaving the couch, and the difficult not hard up deformation of keyboard.

Optionally, two first magnetic members 31 are disposed at an interval at an end of the first keyboard 11 close to the first hinge structure 13, and two first magnetic members 31 are disposed at an interval at an end of the second keyboard 12 close to the first hinge structure 13.

In this embodiment, a first magnetic member 31 is disposed below the outermost first key 113 of the first keyboard 11; the other first magnetic member 31 is disposed below the outermost second key 122 of the second keyboard 12 to avoid interference during the flipping process.

As shown in fig. 7 and 8, a first magnetic member (not shown) is disposed in the shielding portion 202, and when the foldable keyboard 100 is folded, the first magnetic member 31 attracts the first magnetic member. The first built-in magnetic member may be a magnet or an iron piece. Thus, during the turning, the shielding portion 202 is attracted by the first magnetic member 31, so as to prevent the shielding portion 202 and the sliding portion 203 from collapsing easily, facilitate the sliding portion 203 to rotate relative to the shielding portion 202, and further facilitate the turning of the first keyboard 11.

Referring to fig. 5 to 12, an end of the sliding portion 203 away from the first pivot structure 13 is provided with a second internal magnetic element 321, the first keyboard 11 is provided with a second magnetic element 32, and the second internal magnetic element 321 and the second magnetic element 32 are disposed opposite to each other and attracted to each other when the foldable keyboard 100 is in the folded state. The second magnetic member 32 can be a magnet, and the second built-in magnetic member 321 can be an iron sheet or a magnet. Through set up a plurality of magnetic members in folding keyboard 100, can make folding keyboard 100's the expansion state and fold condition remain stable to can rotate smoothly to the limited position of injecing and adsorb fixedly, facilitate the use or accomodate.

Referring to fig. 4 again, in an embodiment, a first groove 114 is formed on a side of the first keyboard 11 close to the second keyboard 12, and a second groove 123 is formed on a side of the second keyboard 12 close to the first keyboard 11; the first hinge structure 13 includes a hinge block 131, a first hinge shaft 132 and a second hinge shaft 133.

One part of the pivot block 131 is accommodated in the first groove 114, and the other part of the pivot block 131 is accommodated in the second groove 123; the middle part of the first pivot shaft 132 is inserted into the pivot block 131, and both ends of the first pivot shaft 132 are rotatably connected to the first keyboard 11; and the middle part of the second pivot shaft 133 is inserted into the pivot block 131, and both ends of the second pivot shaft 133 are rotatably connected to the second keyboard 12.

A rotation limiting portion (not shown) is disposed on a side of the first groove 114 away from the first pivot shaft 132 and a side of the second groove 123 away from the second pivot shaft 133, and the rotation limiting portion is configured to abut against a bottom surface of the pivot block 131 when the pivot block 131 rotates.

Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, first pin joint structure uses the pivot of biax center, can reduce the design height of boss, reduces the input and hinders.

Referring to fig. 3 again, the foldable keyboard 100 further includes a third keyboard 14, a second pivot structure 15 and a second linkage sliding plate 40, wherein ends of the third keyboard 14 and the second keyboard 12 far away from the first keyboard 11 are pivoted by the second pivot structure 15 to open or close each other; the second linkage slide plate 40 is used for shielding the folding position of the third keyboard 14 and the second keyboard 12.

The third keypad 14 may include a plurality of third keys, or the third keypad 14 may be a touch pad.

Referring to fig. 8 and 10, a third magnetic member 33 is disposed on a side of the first keyboard 11 away from the first pivot structure 13 and a side of the second keyboard 12 away from the first pivot structure 13, respectively, when the foldable keyboard 100 is in a folded state, the two third magnetic members 33 are stacked up and down and attracted to each other, so that the foldable keyboard 100 can be stably folded and turned over to a certain position, and when the foldable keyboard 100 is turned over to a certain position, the first keyboard 11 can be positioned at the certain position and the two third magnetic members 33 are attracted to each other.

Optionally, two ends of the first keyboard 11 in the width direction are respectively provided with a third magnetic member 33, and similarly, two ends of the second keyboard 12 in the width direction are also respectively provided with a third magnetic member 33.

Example two

Referring to fig. 16 and 17, the foldable keyboard according to the second embodiment is similar to the foldable keyboard 100 according to the first embodiment, the first sliding linkage plate 20 includes an inner skin 21, an outer skin 22, and a fixed plate 23, a shielding plate 24 and a sliding plate 25 fixed between the outer skin 22 and the inner skin 21, the fixed plate, the shielding plate 24 and the sliding plate 25 are attached to the outer skin 22 and the inner skin 21 at intervals and respectively disposed in the fixed portion 201, the shielding portion 202 and the sliding portion 203, the inner skin 21 and the outer skin 22 are connected in a gap between the fixed plate 23 and the shielding plate 24 to form a first flexible portion 204, and the inner skin 21 and the outer skin 22 are connected in a gap between the shielding plate 24 and the sliding plate 25 to form another first flexible portion 204.

Unlike the first embodiment, the second embodiment provides the foldable keyboard 100, in which the first linkage sliding plate 20 is a full-wrapping scheme, and the inner skin 21 and the outer skin 22 cover the fixing plate 23, the shielding plate 24 and the sliding plate 25 and expose the sliding member 2031. It is understood that the inner skin 21 and the outer skin 22 may completely cover the fixed plate 23, the shielding plate 24 and the sliding plate 25, or only cover the upper and lower surfaces of the fixed plate, the shielding plate 24 and the sliding plate 25 and expose the side surfaces of the plate bodies. The bottom cover of the second body 121 can be attached to the inner skin 21 and overlapped with the fixing plate 23.

EXAMPLE III

Referring to fig. 18, the foldable keyboard 100 according to the third embodiment further includes a third keyboard 14, a second pivot structure 15, and a second linkage slider 40. The third keyboard 14 and one end of the second keyboard 12 far from the first keyboard 11 are pivoted through a second pivoting structure 15 to be opened or closed; the second linkage slide plate 40 is used for shielding the folding position of the third keyboard 14 and the second keyboard 12. In the present embodiment, the third keyboard 14 is a touch pad.

It is understood that the first and second coupling slide plates 20 and 40 may be an integral structure or a separate structure.

Example four

Referring to fig. 19, in the foldable keyboard 100 according to the fourth embodiment, the sliding portion 203 of the first sliding linkage plate 20 is an integral structure. In comparison with the sliding portion 203 provided in fig. 5 in the first embodiment, the sliding portion 203 provided in the fourth embodiment omits the second flexible portion 2033 and is not divided into the first section 2032 and the second section 2034.

By adopting the above technical solution, the sliding portion 203 has only one rotation center, and can still slide in linkage with the first keyboard 11.

EXAMPLE five

Referring to fig. 20 and 21, in a fifth embodiment, a foldable keyboard 100 is provided, in which a first keyboard 11 includes a first body 112 and a first key 113 disposed on the first body 112. The sliding groove 111 is opened in a side surface of the first body 112 extending in the longitudinal direction thereof, and the sliding member 2031 is slidably connected to the sliding groove 111.

By adopting the above technical solution, the sliding member 2031 can slide along the side surface of the first keyboard 11, and can also make the first linkage sliding plate 20 to be linked with the first keyboard 11.

EXAMPLE six

Referring to fig. 22, in a sixth embodiment, a foldable keyboard 100 is provided, in which a first keyboard 11 has an irregular first edge, a second keyboard 12 has an irregular second edge, and the first edge and the second edge are respectively formed by arranging first keys located at the first edge and second keys located at the second edge in a staggered and complementary manner.

Referring to fig. 1 and fig. 22, compared to the keyboard in the prior art illustrated in fig. 1, the key cores of the foldable keyboard 100 provided in the present embodiment are arranged in a full-size standard, and the arrangement positions of the conventional keys do not need to be changed, which is more suitable for the usage habit. The folding keyboard 100 that this application provided can fold smoothly, and first linkage slide 20 can shelter from the folding department of first keyboard 11 and second keyboard 12, avoids influencing folding keyboard 100's whole outward appearance.

EXAMPLE seven

Referring to fig. 23 and 24, a seventh embodiment provides a foldable keyboard 100, which includes a keyboard body 10 and a first slide linkage 20, wherein the keyboard body 10 may be the same as the first embodiment.

The first linkage sliding plate 20 comprises a fixing portion 201, a shielding portion 202 and a sliding portion 203 which are connected in sequence, the fixing portion 201 is fixedly connected with the second keyboard 12, the sliding portion 203 is slidably connected with the first keyboard 11, and two ends of the shielding portion 202 are respectively rotatably connected with the fixing portion 201 and the sliding portion 203 through a first rotating shaft 205. The first shaft 205 may be a hard shaft, such as a metal shaft. The first section 2032 and the second section 2034 of the sliding portion 203 are also rotatably connected via a second shaft 206.

Referring to fig. 15 and 17, the first slide linkage 20 may be a leather cover or a full cover, and the first shaft 205 and the second shaft 206 may be covered in the inner cover 21 and the outer cover 22. In other embodiments, since the seventh embodiment adopts a rigid rotating shaft scheme, it is not necessary to use a flexible material to make the flexible portion, and thus the folding keyboard 100 may not need to be covered, that is, the inner cover 21 and the outer cover 22 may be omitted.

Example eight

Referring to fig. 25 and 26, similar to the seventh embodiment, in the foldable keyboard 100 according to the eighth embodiment, the two ends of the shielding portion 202 are respectively provided with a first rotating shaft 205, and the shielding portion 202 is respectively rotatably connected to the fixing portion 201 and the sliding portion 203 through the corresponding first rotating shaft 205.

In the eighth embodiment, the first slide linkage plate 20 further includes two mounting sleeves 207 mounted on the two first rotating shafts 205, and the two mounting sleeves 207 may be mounted at two opposite ends of the first rotating shafts 205 respectively.

The sliding part 203 of the eighth embodiment has only one section (i.e. not divided into two sections), and the position of the sliding member 2031 needs to be equal to or slightly beyond the front end of the sliding part 203, as shown in fig. 26, the sliding member 2031 slightly exceeds the front end of the sliding part 203, and the effect is better. Therefore, the situation that the sliding card machine cannot turn over or slide unsmoothly due to interference can be effectively prevented.

Example nine

Referring to fig. 27 to fig. 29, the foldable keyboard 100 according to the ninth embodiment is similar to the first embodiment, except that the first pivot structure 13 is a single-axis structure. Specifically, the first pivot structure 13 includes a third pivot shaft 134, the end portions of the first keyboard 11 and the second keyboard 12 are respectively provided with a pivot portion 135, and the third pivot shaft 134 simultaneously penetrates through the two pivot portions 135, so that the first keyboard 11 and the second keyboard 12 are rotatably connected through the third pivot shaft 134.

It is understood that the first pivot structure 13 in the ninth embodiment can also be applied to the second to eighth embodiments.

The above-mentioned embodiments are only used for illustrating the technical solutions of the present application, and not for limiting the same; although the present application has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it should be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments may still be modified, or some technical features may be equivalently replaced; such modifications and substitutions do not substantially depart from the spirit and scope of the embodiments of the present application and are intended to be included within the scope of the present application.

Claims (10)

1. A folding keyboard, comprising:

the keyboard comprises a keyboard main body, a first keyboard and a second keyboard, wherein the keyboard main body comprises a first keyboard, a second keyboard and a first pivoting structure arranged between the first keyboard and the second keyboard, and the first keyboard and the second keyboard are pivotally connected through the first pivoting structure to realize mutual opening or mutual closing;

the first linkage sliding plate comprises a fixing part, a shielding part and a sliding part which are connected in sequence, the fixing part is fixedly connected with the second keyboard, the sliding part is slidably connected with the first keyboard, and two ends of the shielding part are respectively rotatably connected with the fixing part and the sliding part.

2. The folding keyboard of claim 1, wherein two ends of the shielding portion are respectively provided with a first flexible portion, and the shielding portion is respectively rotatably connected with the fixed portion and the sliding portion through two first flexible portions; alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

the two ends of the shielding part are respectively provided with a first rotating shaft, and the shielding part is respectively connected with the fixed part and the sliding part in a rotating mode through the first rotating shaft.

3. The folding keyboard of claim 2, wherein the first keyboard comprises a first body and a plurality of first keys disposed on the first body, the first body comprising a bottom surface and a top surface disposed opposite to each other, and a side surface disposed between the top surface and the bottom surface, the first keys being disposed on the top surface;

the first keyboard is provided with a sliding groove extending along the length direction of the first keyboard, and the sliding groove is arranged on the bottom surface or the side surface of the first body extending along the length direction of the first body; the sliding part is provided with a sliding part which is connected with the sliding groove in a sliding manner.

4. The folding keyboard of claim 3, wherein said chute includes a first end and a second end disposed opposite to each other, and said first end is adjacent to said first pivot structure;

a boss extending along the length direction of the sliding chute is arranged between the first end and the second end of the sliding chute, and the boss comprises two opposite inclined guide parts and a connecting part arranged between the two inclined guide parts;

when the folding keyboard is turned from the unfolded state to the folded state, the sliding piece moves from the inclined guide part close to the second end to the inclined guide part close to the first end through the connecting part.

5. The folding keyboard of claim 2, wherein the sliding portion comprises a first section and a second section, one end of the first section is rotatably connected to the shielding portion, and the other end of the first section is rotatably connected to the second section through a second flexible portion or a second rotating shaft; the sliding part is arranged on the second section.

6. The folding keyboard of claim 5, wherein the first linkage sliding plate comprises an inner skin, an outer skin, and a fixed plate, a shielding plate and a sliding plate fixed between the outer skin and the inner skin, the fixed plate, the shielding plate and the sliding plate are attached to the outer skin and the inner skin at intervals and are respectively disposed in the fixed portion, the shielding portion and the sliding portion, the inner skin and the outer skin are connected in a gap between the fixed plate and the shielding plate to form one of the first flexible portions, and the inner skin and the outer skin are connected in a gap between the shielding plate and the sliding plate to form the other of the first flexible portions.

7. The folding keyboard of claim 6, wherein the inner skin and the outer skin cover the fixed plate, the shutter plate, and the sliding plate and expose the sliding member; or the like, or, alternatively,

the inner rubber is attached to the shielding plate, one side of the fixed plate close to the shielding part and one side of the sliding plate close to the shielding plate.

8. The folding keyboard of claim 3, wherein said second keyboard has a plurality of second keys; the first keyboard is provided with an irregular first edge, the second keyboard is provided with an irregular second edge, and the first edge and the second edge are respectively formed by arranging the first keys positioned at the first edge and the second keys positioned at the second edge in a staggered and complementary mode;

the folding keyboard further comprises a third keyboard, a second pivoting structure and a second linkage sliding plate, wherein one ends, far away from the first keyboard, of the third keyboard and the second keyboard are pivoted through the second pivoting structure to be opened or closed, and the second linkage sliding plate is used for shielding the folding positions of the third keyboard and the second keyboard.

9. The folding keyboard of any of claims 1-7,

one ends of the first keyboard and the second keyboard, which are close to the first pivoting structure, are respectively provided with a first magnetic piece, and the two first magnetic pieces are mutually adsorbed in the unfolding state of the folding keyboard;

a first built-in magnetic piece is arranged in the shielding part, and when the folding keyboard is folded, the first magnetic piece on the second keyboard adsorbs the first built-in magnetic piece;

a second built-in magnetic piece is arranged at one end, far away from the first pivoting structure, of the sliding part, a second magnetic piece is further arranged on the first keyboard, and the second built-in magnetic piece and the second magnetic piece are mutually adsorbed in the folded state of the folded keyboard;

the first keyboard is kept away from one side of first pin-jointed structure and the second keyboard is kept away from one side of first pin-jointed structure is equipped with the third magnetic part respectively, works as the keyboard is in fold condition, two range upon range of and adsorb each other about the third magnetic part.

10. The folding keyboard of any one of claims 1-7, wherein a first recess is defined in a side of the first keyboard adjacent to the second keyboard, and a second recess is defined in a side of the second keyboard adjacent to the first keyboard; the first pivot structure includes:

one part of the pivoting block is accommodated in the first groove, and the other part of the pivoting block is accommodated in the second groove;

the middle part of the first pivoting shaft is inserted on the first pivoting block, and two ends of the first pivoting shaft are rotatably connected to the first keyboard; and

the middle part of the second pivot shaft is inserted on the first pivot block, and two ends of the second pivot shaft are rotatably connected to the second keyboard.

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