The keyboard of sectional lifting key
Technical field
The invention relates to a kind of keyboard of liftable button, particularly the keyboard of relevant a kind of lifting key in regular turn.
Background technology
See also Figure 1A, the constitutional diagram of Figure 1A for being proposed in another application case of this case " liftable key board unit ", and for convenience of description with its single push-button structure narration.In the computer keyboard technique that a last application case is proposed, the press-key structure of notebook computer includes a keycap 11, a supporting construction 12, an elastic thin layer 13, a circuit film 14, a base plate 15 and a guide plate 16, and each part division is as follows:
Base plate 15 is a sheet metal, and the precalculated position stamps out two bearings 151 and crotch 152 onboard.
Circuit film 14 is arranged on the base plate 15, wherein is provided with conductive junction point, still is provided with respect to crotch 152 and bearing 151 in addition and runs through the through hole 141 of circuit film 14 simultaneously.
It has elastic thin layer 13 a sheet body 130, the through hole 132 with respect to crotch 152 and bearing 151, connecting portion 133 and is bonded in elastic body 131 on the connecting portion 133.Wherein be connected by connecting portion 133 between elastic body 131 and the sheet noumenon 130, elastic body 131 is in order to compressing circuit film 14, makes its conductive junction point conducting.
Guide plate 16 is can the mode of moving horizontally being located at the top of elastic thin layer 13, has two L shaped grabs 161 on it, and one allows the center through hole 163 that elastic body 131, bearing 151 and crotch 152 pass through.
Supporting construction 12 includes first bracing frame 121 and second bracing frame 122, and wherein second bracing frame 122 is to be articulated mutually with first bracing frame 121, forms so-called scissor supporting construction.In 121 each binding of two sides of first bracing frame own axostylus axostyle 1212,1213 is arranged; Similarly, second bracing frame 122 also links in its two side axostylus axostyle 1222.In addition, first bracing frame, 121 both sides support arms are optionally to contact with grab.
See also Figure 1B, Figure 1B is the backplan of keycap.Be provided with pothook 111 and clamping part 112 in the keycap 11.
Fig. 1 C removes stereographic map behind the keycap for the liftable button.See also the 1A~1C figure, during assemblying keyboard, circuit film 14 and elastic thin layer 13 repeatedly are placed on the base plate 15, make the bearing 151 of base plate 15 and grab 152 pass through hole 141, the through hole 132 on the elastic thin layer 13 and the center through hole 163 on the guide plate 16 on the circuit film 14 in regular turn.Supporting construction 12 is used for keycap 11 is installed in base plate 15, and wherein the axostylus axostyle 1212 of first bracing frame 121 is inserted in the bearing 151 of base plate 15, and the bracing frame 121 of winning can be rotated with respect to base plate 15 by axostylus axostyle 1212.And the crotch 152 of base plate 15 hooks the small diameter part 1223 of second bracing frame 122, makes second bracing frame 122 to rotate slip for axle with respect to base plate 15 by small diameter part 1223.And grab 161 is the both sides support arms of optionally oppressing first bracing frame 121 respectively.In addition, make the clamping part 112 of keycap 11 clamp the axostylus axostyle 1223 of second bracing frame 122 again, make the pothook 111 of keycap 11 hook the axostylus axostyle 1212 of first bracing frame 121 simultaneously.
During operation keyboard, the user pushes keycap 11, and keycap 11 sinks and is urged to elastic body 131, and elastic body 131 distortion press down the conductive junction point that is urged to circuit film 14 then, make circuit film 14 send corresponding signal in this conducting, this does not repeat them here for conventional art.
See also 2A and 2B figure, Fig. 2 A and Fig. 2 B are the button sectional view when this guide plate is positioned at first located lateral and second located lateral among Figure 1A.When guide plate 16 is positioned at first located lateral, an arm contact of the grab 161 and first bracing frame 121, at this moment, button is in normal typewriting height.When guide plate 16 by first located lateral when second located lateral moves horizontally, shown in Fig. 2 B, grab 161 can be oppressed the support arm of first bracing frame 121, makes scissor supporting construction 12 close to substrate 15, therefore keycap 11 descends with respect to base plate 15, is fixed in lower location.When the situation of moving by Fig. 2 B to Fig. 2 A, grab 161 is the support arms that discharge this first support bar 121, this moment, scissor supporting construction 12 no longer was subjected to a downforce effect, so the elastic force that 11 of keycaps are made progress by elastic body 131 (this figure does not show) vertical direction makes keycap 11 rise with respect to base plate 15.
Summary of the invention
Liftable key structure and principle of operation that the above is proposed for the last application case of the present invention.But because nearly 100 at least of number of keys on the keyboard be controlled about 100 buttons of lifting keyboard if want single with above-mentioned single guide plate 16, it needs sizable horizontal applied force, has relatively also limited the minimum thickness of guide plate 16.In view of this, purpose of the present invention just is to provide a kind of keyboard of sectional lifting key, make by a plurality of guide plates that move horizontally and button VTOL (vertical take off and landing) in regular turn on each guide plate, to reduce the requirement of each guide plate thickness and rigidity simultaneously so that the required horizontal applied force that provides of each guide plate to be provided.
Another object of the present invention is providing a kind of sectional lifting key board unit, make the press-key structure VTOL (vertical take off and landing) by a plurality of guide plates that move horizontally, the different keyboard height that have a user mode and a collecting state with the key board unit of reaching a kind of notebook computer are beneficial to the needs of notebook computer reduction thickness.
For reaching above-mentioned purpose, the invention provides a kind of keyboard of liftable button, it includes: a substrate, many key groups, a plurality of guide plate, a slide block and a moving part.Key groups respectively comprises a plurality of keycaps and a plurality of supporting construction, and the two ends of supporting construction are to be connected between substrate and the keycap, make keycap relatively substrate move up and down; Has the slide rail that a plurality of grabs and are parallel to first direction on these guide plates, guide plate is being arranged in the mode that second direction moves on the substrate, wherein each slide rail has a transversal displacement on second direction, and the fixed range of arbitrary adjacent slide rail is one first spacing, and when guide plate when second direction moves, grab can be oppressed each supporting construction respectively, makes keycap descend with respect to substrate; Have a plurality of salient points on the slide block, being arranged at along the mode that first direction moves on the substrate, salient point can slide and drive the guide plate generation and move to second direction in the slide rail of guide plate, wherein the spacing of each salient point is second spacing, and second spacing is less than first spacing.
The present invention provides a kind of keyboard of liftable button in addition, and this keyboard rises button when notebook computer is opened, and falls button when notebook computer covers, and it includes: a substrate, many key groups, a plurality of guide plate, a slide block and a moving part.Key groups respectively comprises a plurality of keycaps and a plurality of supporting construction, and the two ends of supporting construction are to be connected between substrate and the keycap, make keycap relatively substrate move up and down; Has the slide rail that a plurality of grabs and are parallel to first direction on these guide plates, guide plate is being arranged in the mode that second direction moves on the substrate, wherein each slide rail has a transversal displacement on second direction, and the fixed range of arbitrary adjacent slide rail is one first spacing, and when guide plate when second direction moves, grab can be oppressed each supporting construction respectively, makes keycap descend with respect to substrate; Have a plurality of salient points on the slide block, being arranged at along the mode that first direction moves on the substrate, salient point can slide and drive the guide plate generation and move to second direction in the slide rail of guide plate, wherein the spacing of each salient point is second spacing, and second spacing is less than first spacing; And at least one moving part, this moving part is to be connected between screen section and the slide block, when body portion and screen section closure, this slide block is moved to first direction.
Description of drawings
For above and other objects of the present invention, feature and advantage can be become apparent, a preferred embodiment cited below particularly, and conjunction with figs. are described in detail below:
Figure 1A is the constitutional diagram of the keyboard of liftable button in the conventional art.
Figure 1B is the backplan of keycap in the conventional art.
Fig. 1 C is that the liftable button removes stereographic map behind the keycap in the conventional art.
Fig. 2 A is the button sectional view when guide plate is positioned at first location among Figure 1A.
Fig. 2 B is the button sectional view when guide plate is positioned at second location among Figure 1A.
Fig. 3 is the constitutional diagram of the keyboard of sectional lifting key of the present invention.
Fig. 4 A is the keyboard of sectional lifting key among Fig. 3, and its slide block is in the front elevation of primary importance.
Fig. 4 B is the keyboard of sectional lifting key among Fig. 3, and its slide block is in the side view of primary importance
Fig. 4 C is the keyboard of sectional lifting key among Fig. 3, and its slide block is in the front elevation of the second place.
Fig. 4 D is the keyboard of sectional lifting key among Fig. 3, and its slide block is in the side view of the second place
Fig. 4 E is the keyboard of sectional lifting key among Fig. 3, and its slide block is in the front elevation of the 3rd position.
Fig. 4 F is the keyboard of sectional lifting key among Fig. 3, and its slide block is in the side view of the 3rd position.
Fig. 5 A is the notebook computer synoptic diagram with sectional lifting key keyboard.
Fig. 5 B is the enlarged drawing of slide block among Fig. 5 A.Label declaration:
11~keycap
111~pothook
112,113~clamping part
12~supporting construction
121~the first bracing frames
122~the second bracing frames
1211~circular hole
1212,1213,1222~axostylus axostyle
1214~support arm
1221~axial region
1223~small diameter part
13~elastic thin layer
131~elastic body
132~through hole
133,211~connecting portion
14~circuit film
15~base plate
151~bearing
152~crotch
16,20a, 20b, 20c, 531~guide plate
161,21~grab
163,23~center through hole
212~loam cake
24a, 24b, 24c, 5311~slide rail
241a, 241b, 241c~leading portion track
242a, 242b, 242c~back segment track
243a, 243b, 243c~stage casing track
30,540~slide block
31a, 31b, 31c~salient point
500~notebook computer
510~screen section
520~body portion
521~pivot
522~moving part
523~spring
524~point of fixity
530~keyboard
541~salient point
P~displacement
D~second spacing
D~first spacing
Embodiment
See also Fig. 3, Fig. 3 is the constitutional diagram of the keyboard of sectional lifting key of the present invention, and is to narrate with a 3x3 keyboard of simplifying and single push-button structure for convenience of description.The keyboard of sectional lifting key of the present invention comprises: a substrate, a slide block 30, a plurality of guide plate 20a, and 20b, 20c and be installed on each guide plate 20a, 20b, a plurality of key groups of 20c, each part division is as follows:
As shown in Figure 3, aforesaid substrate is coincided in regular turn and is formed by the base plate in the conventional art 15, circuit film 14, elastic thin layer 13, and its assembling mode is to be conventional art, does not repeat them here.In addition, supporting construction 12 includes first bracing frame 121 and second bracing frame 122, sees through moving of guide plate 20a, but allows grab 21 optionally oppress two support arms in first bracing frame, 121 outsides and make the button oscilaltion.
See also Fig. 3, in a preferred embodiment of the invention, in order to reduce the thickness of keyboard, and single guide plate friction when operation is descended, the present invention changes the guide metal 20a that adopts the multi-disc strip, 20b, 20c, and be set in parallel in the top of elastic thin layer 13, and each guide plate 20a, 20b, the spacing of 20c center line is one first spacing d, just the spacing of each key groups is this first spacing d.With guide plate 20a is example, has 3 groups of L shaped grabs 21, center through hole 23 and a Z-shaped slide rail 24a on guide plate 20a.Center through hole 23 can make the elastic body 131 that is bonded on the elastic thin layer 13 and the crotch 152 on the base plate 15 and bearing 151 pass, grab 21 be for be provided with the loam cake 211 that parallels with guide plate 20a and with the L shaped structure of falling of the perpendicular a junction that is connected 212 of guide plate 20a; Grab 21 on same guide plate 20a can move along with moving of guide plate 20a, when guide plate 20a does a tangential movement on substrate, the loam cake 211 that parallels with guide plate 20a in the grab 21 is the support arms 1214 that contact first bracing frame 121 with tangential movement gradually, because this loam cake 211 is horizontal applied forces that transmit this tangential movement fully, so promptly oppress this support arm 1214 behind the loam cake 211 contact support arms 1214, and then whole button is descended, reduce the thickness of keyboard.Z-shaped slide rail 24a has leading portion track 241a vertical with the long axis direction of guide plate 20a and back segment track 242a, but leading portion track 241a and back segment track 242a be not online always together, but connect with a stage casing track 243a who tilts, form one and be similar to Z-shaped slide rail 24a.Wherein leading portion track 241a and back segment track 242a are p in the displacement of the long axis direction of guide plate 20a.
Slide block 30 is a plate, has 3 salient point 31a on slide block 30,31b, and 31c, each salient point 31a, 31b, the spacing of 31c is one second space D, and this second space D is than guide plate 20a, 20b, the first spacing d of 20c is little.This slide block 30 is arranged on the base plate 15 in the mode that can move along the long axis direction perpendicular to guide plate 20a, salient point 31a, 31b and 31c can be respectively at guide plate 20a, the slide rail 24a of 20b and 20c, slide in 24b and the 24c, therefore when slide block 30 moves perpendicular to the long axis direction of guide plate 20a on the edge, can drive guide plate 20a, 20b, 20c produces the mobile of displacement p, each guide plate 20a, 20b along its long axis direction, the L shaped grab 21 that falls on the 20c can compressing or discharge support arm 1214 on first bracing frame 121, makes keycap 11 with respect to base plate 15 oscilaltions.
Below each step when just the present invention's " sectional lifting keyboard " button descends be described as follows in regular turn:
See also Fig. 4 A and Fig. 4 B, Fig. 4 A is the keyboard of sectional lifting key among Fig. 3, and slide block 30 is in the front elevation of primary importance, and Fig. 4 B is its side view (not comprising elastic body 131).Originally, because each salient point 31a on the slide block 30,31b, second space D of 31c is less than each guide plate 20a, 20b, the first spacing d of 20c, so when salient point 31c the top at the leading portion track 241c of slide rail 24c, salient point 31b is in the centre of the leading portion track 241b of slide rail 24b, and salient point 31a is positioned at slide rail 24a leading portion track 241a than the position near stage casing track 243a with respect to salient point 31b and salient point 31c, this moment, the supporting construction 12 of each key groups all was not compressed, so have higher keyboard thickness.
See also Fig. 4 C and Fig. 4 D, Fig. 4 C is the keyboard of sectional lifting key among Fig. 3, and slide block 30 is in the front elevation of the second place, and Fig. 4 D is its side view (not comprising elastic body 131).Because salient point 31a on the slide block 30,31b, second space D of 31c is less than guide plate 20a, 20b, the first spacing d of 20c, and slide block 30 can only be perpendicular to guide plate 20a, 20b, the long axis direction of 20c moves horizontally, so when slide block 30 slowly moves down, after salient point 31a enters stage casing track 243a, can drive guide plate 20a and move horizontally one to the left apart from p, this moment, salient point 31a can arrive the stage casing track 243a of slide rail 24a and the intersection of back segment track 242a, and the grab 21a of guide plate 20a can be urged to each supporting construction 12a of first key groups that guide plate 20a controlled, made first key groups be positioned at lower position.
Shown in Fig. 4 C and Fig. 4 D, when first key groups is compressed fully, salient point 31b has also entered the stage casing track 243b of slide rail 24b, beginning to drive guide plate 20b moves horizontally to the left, the grab 21b of guide plate 20b begins to oppress each supporting construction 12b of second key groups that guide plate 20b controlled, makes second key groups begin to drop to the centre position.But the salient point 31c of this moment also in the leading portion track 241c of slide rail 24c, does not begin to drive guide plate 20c as yet and moves horizontally to the left, so the height of the 3rd key groups does not change as yet.
See also Fig. 4 E and Fig. 4 F, Fig. 4 E is the keyboard of sectional lifting key among Fig. 3, and slide block 30 is in the front elevation of the 3rd position, and Fig. 4 F is its side view (not comprising elastic body 131).When slide block 30 continues to move down again, salient point 31b, 31c can drive guide plate 20b, and 20c moves horizontally one to the left apart from p, at this moment guide plate 20b, the grab 21b of 20c, 21c can be urged to guide plate 20b, each supporting construction 12b of second, third key groups that 20c controlled, 12c, make all buttons all drop to lower position, finish the program that all buttons descend.
When the present invention's " keyboard of sectional lifting " when button rises, then be according to above-mentioned reverse order, slide block 30 is moved upward to primary importance by the 3rd position, each key groups that guide plate is controlled rises in regular turn.Shown in Fig. 4 E and Fig. 4 F, originally, each key groups with respect to base plate 13 in lower position.When slide block 30 moves up, shown in Fig. 4 C and Fig. 4 D, guide plate 20c can move right earlier, the supporting construction 12c of grab 21c slow release the 3rd key groups on the guide plate 20c, the keycap 11c of the 3rd key groups is risen with respect to base plate 13, then the keycap 11b of second key groups rises, and rises fully until the keycap 11a of first key groups, makes whole keyboard be in the state that rises fully as among Fig. 4 A and Fig. 4 B.
In above stated specification of the present invention, the guide plate 20a that sectional lifting keyboard of the present invention is provided with, 20b, 20c is arranged on the elastic thin layer 13, but also can be with guide plate 20a, 20b when implementing, 20c is arranged between elastic thin layer 13 and the circuit film 14, or between circuit film 14 and the base plate 15.And aforementioned be to be explanation less than the first spacing d with second space D, so also can design second space D for greater than the first spacing d, this moment, first, second and third key groups was to descend in proper order or rise with the lifting in contrast to above-mentioned explanation.
By above simplified embodiment as can be known, the present invention's " keyboard of sectional lifting key " can further be applied on the notebook computer, please refer to Fig. 5 A, Fig. 5 A is the notebook computer synoptic diagram with sectional lifting key keyboard, and Fig. 5 B is the enlarged drawing of slide block among Fig. 5 A.In Fig. 5 A and Fig. 5 B, notebook computer 500 has a screen section 510 and a body portion 520, this screen section 510 is connected with a pivot 521 (Hinge) with this body portion 520, and the keyboard 530 of sectional lifting key of the present invention is arranged in the body portion 520, the keyboard 530 of this sectional lifting key has a plurality of guide plates 531, the two ends of guide plate 531 are provided with slide rail 5311, and a slide block 540 respectively is set at the two ends, the left and right sides of body portion 520, a plurality of salient points 541 respectively are set on the slide block 540, can in the slide rail 5311 of each guide plate 531, slide, drive guide plate 531 move left and right.In addition, an end of slide block 540 is connected with pivot 521 with a moving part 522, and the other end is connected with a point of fixity 524 in the body portion with a spring 523, moves forward and backward to drive slide block 540.
Please refer to Fig. 5 A and Fig. 5 B, when the screen section 510 of notebook computer 500 and body portion 520 are closed, moving part 522 can make slide block 540 move to screen section 510 directions, therefore guide plate 531 can move to body portion 520 left sides in regular turn, makes the button of keyboard 530 each key groups reduce to lower position in regular turn.When the screen section 510 of notebook computer 500 is opened, spring 523 shrinks, and with slide block 540 to promoting away from the direction of screen section 510, so guide plate 531 can move to body portion 520 right sides in regular turn, makes the button of keyboard 530 each key groups rise to the normal position in regular turn.
As seen from the above embodiment, see through on " keyboard of sectional lifting key " of the present invention, the required horizontal applied force that provides of lifting keyboard of single guide plate can effectively be provided, reduce the requirement of each guide plate thickness and rigidity simultaneously, and has the notebook computer of lifting key sectionally keyboard, then can adjust the needs that different keyboard height is beneficial to notebook computer reduction thickness according to the difference of user mode and collecting state.
Though the present invention discloses as above with preferred embodiment; right its is not in order to qualification the present invention, any insider, without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention; when can doing a little change and retouching, so protection scope of the present invention should be looked the accompanying Claim book person of defining and is as the criterion.