CN201188212Y

CN201188212Y - Computer input equipment structure with auxiliary key

Info

Publication number: CN201188212Y
Application number: CNU2008200050388U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王唯川
Original assignee: KYE Systems Corp
Current assignee: KYE Systems Corp
Priority date: 2008-03-28
Filing date: 2008-03-28
Publication date: 2009-01-28
Anticipated expiration: 2018-03-28

Abstract

The utility model provides an input device structure with an auxiliary keystroke of a computer. An electronic circuit device is arranged inside a housing, and the front end of the housing is provided with two parallel rows of main keystrokes. The lateral side of the main keystrokes is provided with one or more auxiliary keystrokes, wherein, one ends of the auxiliary keystrokes are pivoted inside the housing, the other ends of the auxiliary keystrokes extend to the lateral side of the main keystroke and are arranged in parallel so that a user can conveniently press each keystroke at the same time of operating the input device of the computer to accord with the requirement of the human engineering.

Description

Input device structure of computer with collateral key

Technical field

The utility model relates to a kind of computer peripheral apparatus, particularly a kind of input device structure of computer with collateral key.

Background technology

In today of information digitalization, computing machine has become the basic tool that most of people must use every day, and the computing machine user must utilize various peripheral devices to come control computer running, for example external input media of keyboard, mouse, joystick, Trackpad or the like.Mouse occupies considerable status in numerous computer peripheral apparatus, it not only has suitable shirtsleeve operation mode, and the project of can control computer carrying out is also quite a lot of, and then becomes computing machine and use and go up inseparable peripheral hardware unit.

Common mouse all has two topmost buttons, and these two buttons are commonly called left button and right button.Under general software set pattern, left button can be used to choose the function that cursor indicates, and right button can be used to call out out specific feature list.When the computing machine user operated mouse, the user held mouse to make things convenient for rolling mouse with palm usually, utilized simultaneously to stretch out one's hand forward to refer to push left button or right button.Therefore, for the computing machine user can be pushed easily, left button and right button can be arranged on the front end of mouse usually.In addition, various palpuses cooperate the assemblies of finger manipulation position etc., also all can be arranged on the front end of mouse, just are arranged between left button and the right button as common scroll bar control roller or displacement transducer.

Along with multimedia gradually under the trend of application, mouse also usually is used as audio-visual group and puts, plays and carry out and bulletin control or the like other purposes, no longer just is confined in the general computer operation.Under such multiple demands, in order to improve the operational convenience of user, the additional functionality key on the mouse except left-right key is also just more and more.Any press-key structure all can account for certain setting and start space in mouse, and the front end of mouse just is provided with left-right key, roller or displacement transducer or the like assembly originally, the front end that the additional functionality key is arranged on mouse makes the front end of mouse other position complexity that structurally compares, so if certainly will cause the spare part exploitation and the difficulty of spatial configuration to improve.Therefore, conflict in order to allow the additional functionality key not produce with original left-right key or other assembly, the additional functionality key of common on the market many buttons mouse all can be given up the front end of mouse, and changes side or the left-right key rear that is located at mouse.

As novel patent M298743 of TaiWan, China and M304720 patent case, two cases have disclosed the mouse with additional functionality key respectively, and the additional functionality key just is arranged on the side or the left-right key rear of mouse in these two application cases.But the additional functionality key is not arranged on the mouse front end under this configuration mode, so the user can't successfully be pressed into the additional functionality key when the gripping mouse moves.For example adopt the mode that the additional functionality key is disposed at the left-right key rear in the M298743 case, but these additional functionality keys can be covered by user's palm all, so at all can't be when using the gripping mouse to move with finger presses, only when not using, just can push mouse, and quite inconvenient in the use.And for example in the M304720 case additional functionality key is arranged on the mode of mouse side, the user can only push with thumb or little finger of toe at rolling mouse, could operate mouse but thumb or little finger of toe must be used for gripping mouse itself again, use to produce conflict and bad operation.

The situation of aforementioned operation inconvenience occurs under the operator scheme that must push left-right key and additional functionality key simultaneously especially easily, push left-right key and additional functionality key with usually just needing continuous transformation when for example playing and can carry out some default functions, will quite not be difficult to operation if the additional functionality key is located at the mouse front end with mouse.Therefore, how to design the mouse that not only meets ergonomics but also can not conflict, become the problem that the anxious desire of relevant industry solves with original part generation.

Summary of the invention

Because many buttons mouse does not meet ergonomics and causes operating inconvenient problem in the prior art, fundamental purpose of the present utility model is to provide a kind of input device structure of computer with collateral key, and all buttons of mouse can both be operated more easily.

For realizing aforesaid purpose, the utility model provides a kind of input device structure of computer with collateral key, and it includes a housing, a main keypad and at least one collateral key.The inside of housing is equipped with an electronic-circuit device.Main keypad is arranged on the housing, and main keypad front end has two side by side main buttons.One end of collateral key is hubbed in this housing, and the other end of collateral key extends to the front end side of main keypad and is set up in parallel with main button.

In preferred embodiment of the present utility model, input device structure of computer can be a computer mouse, and housing is established by a drain pan and a main casing group and formed.Electronic-circuit device includes a circuit board and several in fact and electrically is arranged at microswitch on the circuit board.Circuit board is arranged at drain pan inside, and main casing has a leading section and at least one groove.Collateral key one end is hubbed in the groove, and collateral key can press corresponding microswitch with respect to the main casing displacement.Main keypad is arranged on the main casing and covers groove, and main button presses corresponding microswitch in the main casing top offset.The collateral key other end extends to the side of leading section and is provided with a protruding button, and protruding button and main button also are listed on the leading section of main casing.In addition, two collateral keies that also can be pivoted side by side in the groove, and make the protruding button and the main button of each collateral key and be listed on the leading section of main casing.

Effect of the present utility model is, collateral key is arranged at the front end (being the front end of mouse) of housing, and be provided with side by side with the main button of mouse, allow the user grip mouse displacement can be easily directly to push the finger presses collateral key of main button, allow the user in the operation mouse, can make the design of the collateral key of mouse can meet ergonomics easily with all buttons of finger presses with configuration.

Below in conjunction with the drawings and specific embodiments the utility model is described in detail, but not as to qualification of the present utility model.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is the three-dimensional exploded view of drain pan, main casing and collateral key among the utility model first embodiment;

Fig. 2 is the three-dimensional exploded view of the utility model first embodiment cover plate and main casing;

Fig. 3 is the schematic perspective view of main casing among the utility model first embodiment;

Fig. 4 is the schematic perspective view of main casing among the utility model first embodiment;

Fig. 5 is the schematic perspective view of main casing among the utility model first embodiment;

Fig. 6 is the schematic perspective view of collateral key among the utility model first embodiment;

Fig. 7 is the schematic perspective view of collateral key among the utility model first embodiment;

Fig. 8 is the combination synoptic diagram of two collateral keies among the utility model first embodiment;

Fig. 9 is the schematic perspective view of main casing and cover plate and collateral key among the utility model first embodiment;

Figure 10 is the schematic perspective view of the utility model computer input unit first embodiment;

Figure 11 presses the synoptic diagram of microswitch for collateral key among the utility model first embodiment;

Figure 12 presses the synoptic diagram of microswitch for collateral key among the utility model first embodiment;

Figure 13 is the three-dimensional exploded view of drain pan, main casing, collateral key and cover plate among the utility model second embodiment;

Figure 14 is the schematic perspective view of the utility model computer input unit second embodiment.

Wherein, Reference numeral

10 drain pans

11 circuit boards

12 microswitches

13 microswitches

20 main casings

Island in 21

22 leading sections

23 grooves

231 axis holes

232 perforation

24 perforation

30 collateral keies

31 base portions

311 protruding axles

32 cantilever portion

321 wing plates

33 protruding buttons

34 projections

50 main keypads

51 main buttons

52 projections

53 breach

Embodiment

For making the purpose of this utility model, structure, feature and function thereof there is further understanding, now cooperate embodiment to be described in detail as follows, and the input device structure of computer with collateral key of the present utility model will be that example describes with a computer mouse, be not utilization category or interest field in order to restriction this case.

See also Fig. 1 to shown in Figure 12, be first embodiment of the input device structure of computer that the utlity model has collateral key.In the present embodiment, the input device structure of computer with collateral key includes a housing, several collateral keies 30 and a main keypad 50.Housing includes a drain pan 10 and a main casing 20, and is equipped with an electronic-circuit device in the housing.

See also Fig. 1, Fig. 2, Fig. 3, Fig. 4 and shown in Figure 5.The inside of drain pan 10 is provided with a circuit board 11, electrically is provided with several microswitches 12 and several microswitches 13 on the circuit board 11, and wherein aforesaid electronic-circuit device just is meant circuit board 11, the microswitch 12 and microswitch 13 of drain pan 10 inside.Microswitch 12 is respectively general press-type switch module with microswitch 13, produces corresponding signal in order to be pressed.

Main casing 20 is mounted on the drain pan 10, and wherein main casing 20 has island 21 in, a leading section 22, two grooves 23 and two perforation 24.In island 21 extend to the front end of main casing 20 by the central part of main casing 20, be used for being provided with the position of roller (scroll bar controller) or displacement transducer on the just general computer mouse.Each bores a hole 24 corresponding to each microswitch 12 setting on the circuit board 11.Leading section 22 is positioned at the front end of main casing 20 near edge, and the some on middle island 21 is positioned at leading section 22 central authorities.Each groove 23 is separately positioned on the both sides on middle island 21, and is extended to the side of leading section 22 and main casing 20 haply respectively by the central part of main casing 20.Have two axis holes 231 respectively on two opposing sidewalls of the groove 23 of middle island 21 1 sides, and have two perforation 232 on the diapire of this groove 23.Have an axis hole 231 respectively on one sidewall of the groove 23 of middle island 21 opposite sides, and have a perforation 232 on the diapire of this groove 23.Each 232 microswitch 13 that correspond respectively on the circuit board 11 of boring a hole is provided with.

Main keypad 50 is arranged on the main casing 20, just is arranged on the housing.Main keypad 50 is installed in main casing 20 tops, and covers groove 23 and perforation 24.Main keypad 50 front ends have two side by side main buttons 51, and main button 51 extends to leading section 22 edges of main casing 20.Each main button 51 can press corresponding microswitch 12 in main casing 20 top offsets.The edge of each main button 51 has a breach 53, and the bottom side of each main button 51 has a projection 52.When main keypad 50 was installed on the main casing 20, projection 52 passed main casing 20 by the perforation 24 of correspondence.Main button 51 has suitable gap with main casing 20, makes main button 51 be equivalent to a cantilever design and can be in main casing 20 upper and lower displacements.When the user pushed main button 51, main button 51 pressed microswitch 13 corresponding on the circuit board 11 towards circuit board 11 displacements to make projection 52.

See also Fig. 1, Fig. 2, Fig. 6, Fig. 7, Fig. 8 and shown in Figure 9.Each collateral key 30 has a base portion 31 and a cantilever portion 32 that is connected.Base portion 31 1 sides have a protruding axle 311, and protruding axle 311 is inserted in axis hole 231 corresponding in the groove 23.The diameter of protruding axle 311 is slightly less than the aperture of axis hole 231, can pivot on main casing 20 after making collateral key 30 be installed on groove 23.One end of each collateral key 30 is hubbed in the housing, just is hubbed in the groove 23.Each collateral key 30 other end extends to the front end side of main keypad 50, and is set up in parallel with main button 51.

The top side of cantilever portion 32 has a protruding button 33, and the bottom side of cantilever portion 32 has a projection 34, and wherein the microswitch 13 on the circuit board 11 is provided with corresponding to projection 34.Cantilever portion 32 has a wing plate 321, and wing plate 321 extends towards the side of main casing 20, and protruding button 33 is arranged at the ora terminalis of wing plate 321.When each collateral key 30 is packed groove 23 into, base portion 31 is placed in the groove 23 with cantilever portion 32, and each collateral key 30 other end extends to the side of leading section 22, be that cantilever portion 32 is extended setting towards leading section 22, on the other hand, projection 34 passes housing and towards electronic-circuit device, and promptly projection 34 passes main casing 20 by perforation 232 corresponding in the groove 23 and towards the microswitch 13 of circuit board 11.When main keypad 50 was installed in main casing 20, the protruding button 33 of collateral key 30 was set up in parallel on leading section 22 with the main button 51 of main keypad 50, and protruding button 33 is placed in the breach of main button 51 and expose main keypad 50.

In the present embodiment, be pivoted with two collateral keies 30 in the groove 23 of middle island 21 1 sides, and be pivoted with a collateral key 30 in the groove 23 of middle island 21 opposite sides.In the groove 23 of installing with two collateral keies 30, an end of each collateral key 30 is arranged at side by side and is hubbed at groove 23, and wherein stagger side by side in base portion 31 front and back of each collateral key 30, and the cantilever portion 32 phase closings of each collateral key 30.So, the projection 34 of two collateral keies 30 is positioned at online always, two microswitches 13 that add circuit board 11 are positioned at perforation 232 online and groove 23 always and are positioned at online always, each projection 34 is positioned on the same reference field with each microswitch 13, and each protruding button 33 is placed in breach 53 abreast and expose main keypad 50.Under this configuration mode, can improve the space availability ratio in the housing.

See also Fig. 1, Figure 10, Figure 11 and shown in Figure 12.When collateral key 30 was packed groove 23 into, 20 of the cantilever portion 32 of each collateral key 30 and main casings had suitable gap, and each collateral key 30 can be pivoted and displacement with respect to main casing 20 in groove 23.When the user pressed belling button 33, protruding button 33 was pressed and drives front side collateral key 30 towards circuit board 11 displacements, pressed microswitch 13 corresponding on the circuit board 11 to make projection 34.So, each collateral key 30, can reduce the resistance of pushing and increase the sensitivity of pushing at main casing 20 top offsets with the protruding axle 311 of base portion 31.

See also Figure 13 and shown in Figure 14, be second embodiment of the input device structure of computer that the utlity model has collateral key.The embodiment of second embodiment and aforementioned first embodiment are roughly the same, and so both difference is, only dispose a collateral key 30 among second embodiment.Therefore, only a groove 23 need be set on the main casing 20, an axis hole 231 and a perforation 232 only need be set in the groove 23, and only a microswitch 13 need be set on the circuit board 11.

This novel effect is, collateral key is arranged at the front end (being the front end of mouse) of housing, and be provided with side by side with the main button of mouse, allow the user grip mouse displacement can be easily directly to push the finger presses collateral key of main button, allow the user in the operation mouse, can make the design of the collateral key of mouse can meet ergonomics easily with all buttons of finger presses with configuration.

Certainly; the utility model also can have other various embodiments; under the situation that does not deviate from the utility model spirit and essence thereof; those of ordinary skill in the art work as can make various corresponding changes and distortion according to the utility model, but these corresponding changes and distortion all should belong to the protection domain of the appended claim of the utility model.

Claims

1, a kind of input device structure of computer with collateral key is characterized in that, includes:

One housing, its inside is equipped with an electronic-circuit device;

One main keypad is arranged on this housing; And

At least one collateral key;

Wherein, an end of this collateral key is hubbed in this housing and is positioned at the bottom side of this main keypad, and the other end of this collateral key extends to the side of this main keypad and expose to this main keypad.

2, the input device structure of computer with collateral key according to claim 1, it is characterized in that this main keypad front end has two main buttons arranged side by side, this collateral key has a cantilever portion, the top side of this cantilever portion has a protruding button, and this protruding button also is listed in this main button side.

3, the input device structure of computer with collateral key according to claim 2 is characterized in that, this cantilever portion bottom side has a projection, and this projection passes this housing and towards this electronic-circuit device.

4, input device structure of computer according to claim 3 is characterized in that, this electronic-circuit device includes a circuit board and at least one microswitch that electrically is arranged on this circuit board, and this microswitch is provided with corresponding to this projection.

5, a kind of input device structure of computer with collateral key is characterized in that, includes:

One drain pan, its inside is provided with a circuit board, electrically is provided with several microswitches on this circuit board;

One main casing is mounted on this drain pan, and this main casing has a leading section and at least one groove;

At least one collateral key, one end are hubbed in this groove, and this collateral key presses this corresponding microswitch with respect to this main casing displacement; And

One main keypad is arranged on this main casing and covers this groove, and this main keypad front end has the two main buttons that extend to this front-end edge, and respectively this main button presses this corresponding microswitch in this main casing top offset;

Wherein, this collateral key other end extends to the side of this leading section and is provided with a protruding button, and this protruding button and this main button also are listed on this leading section.

6, the input device structure of computer with collateral key according to claim 5, it is characterized in that this collateral key has a base portion that is placed in this groove, this base portion has a protruding axle, have an axis hole on one sidewall of this groove, this protruding axle is inserted in this axis hole.

7, the input device structure of computer with collateral key according to claim 6, it is characterized in that, this collateral key has the cantilever portion of this base portion of connection, this cantilever portion is extended setting and is had a wing plate that extends towards this main casing side towards this leading section, and this protruding button is arranged at the ora terminalis of wing plate and is positioned at the top side of this cantilever portion.

8, the input device structure of computer with collateral key according to claim 7, it is characterized in that having a perforation on the diapire of this groove, this perforation is provided with corresponding to this microswitch, the projection that the bottom side of this cantilever portion has, this projection passes this main casing by this perforation.

9, the input device structure of computer with collateral key according to claim 8 is characterized in that, this protruding button is pressed and drives this collateral key towards this circuit board displacement, presses this corresponding microswitch to make this projection.

10, the input device structure of computer with collateral key according to claim 5 is characterized in that, the edge of this main button has a breach, and this protruding button is placed in this breach and exposes this main keypad.

11, the input device structure of computer with collateral key according to claim 5, it is characterized in that, this main casing has two perforation corresponding to this microswitch setting, respectively this main button bottom side has a projection, this projection passes this main casing by this perforation, this main button is pressed and towards this circuit board displacement, presses this corresponding microswitch to make this projection.

12, a kind of input device structure of computer with collateral key is characterized in that, includes:

One main casing is mounted on this drain pan, and this main casing has a leading section and a groove;

Two collateral keies, respectively this collateral key one end is hubbed in this groove side by side, and respectively this collateral key presses this corresponding microswitch respectively with respect to this main casing displacement; And

Wherein, respectively this collateral key other end extends to the side of this leading section respectively and is provided with a protruding button, respectively this protruding button and this main button and be listed on this leading section.

13, the input device structure of computer with collateral key according to claim 12, it is characterized in that, respectively this collateral key has a base portion that is placed in this groove respectively, this base portion has a protruding axle, have an axis hole on the sidewall that the two-phase of this groove is faced respectively, respectively this protruding axle is inserted in corresponding respectively this axis hole.

14, the input device structure of computer with collateral key according to claim 13, it is characterized in that, respectively this collateral key has a cantilever portion that is connected in this base portion respectively, respectively this cantilever portion phase closing of this collateral key and be placed in this groove, respectively this cantilever portion is extended setting and is had a wing plate towards this leading section respectively, and this protruding button is arranged at the ora terminalis of wing plate and is positioned at the top side of this cantilever portion.

15, the input device structure of computer with collateral key according to claim 14, it is characterized in that, have two perforation on one diapire of this groove, respectively this perforation corresponds respectively to this microswitch setting, respectively this cantilever portion bottom side has a projection respectively, and respectively this projection passes this main casing by respectively this perforation of correspondence.

16, the input device structure of computer with collateral key according to claim 15 is characterized in that, this protruding button is pressed and drives this collateral key towards this circuit board displacement, presses this corresponding microswitch to make this projection.

17, the input device structure of computer with collateral key according to claim 12 is characterized in that, the edge of this main button has a breach, and this protruding button is placed in this breach abreast and exposes this main keypad.

18, the input device structure of computer with collateral key according to claim 12, it is characterized in that, this main casing has two perforation corresponding to this microswitch setting, respectively this main button bottom side has a projection, this projection passes this main casing by this perforation, this main button is pressed and towards this circuit board displacement, presses this corresponding microswitch to make this projection.