CN201435329Y

CN201435329Y - Keys and keyboard

Info

Publication number: CN201435329Y
Application number: CN2009201549716U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王逸尘
Original assignee: Darfon Electronics Suzhou Co Ltd; Darfon Electronics Corp
Current assignee: Darfon Electronics Suzhou Co Ltd; Darfon Electronics Corp
Priority date: 2009-05-07
Filing date: 2009-05-07
Publication date: 2010-03-31
Anticipated expiration: 2019-05-07

Abstract

The utility model discloses keys and a keyboard. The keyboard comprises keys which include base boards, limit members, balancing bars and keycaps; the limit member is arranged on the base board and provided with a clamping part and a limit part; the balancing bar is provided with an embedded part for matching so as to be embedded into the limit part; the keycap is provided with a pivoting structure used for being pivoted with the balancing bar, wherein when the balancing bar is assembled facing the limit member, the embedded part pushes and extrudes the clamping part to leave the initial position for being embedded to the limit part; and when restoring to the initial position, the clamping part limits the embedded part at the limit part.

Description

Button and keyboard

[technical field]

The utility model is about a kind of button, but particularly is filled to press-key structure on the substrate about its balancing pole orthogonal sets.

[background technology]

Along with informationalized growth, information equipment is also and then universal day by day, with regard to the computer of normal contact, various label and pattern are not only being arranged on the market, its feeler more extends to places such as family, factory, company, office and school, its use aspect even be popularized for each stratum has almost become the daily essential product of people.Known computer comprises desktop PC and mobile computer, needs the collocation keyboard mostly, carries out operations such as character input for the user.

With regard to the employed keyboard of present desktop PC, all have keycap and substrate, and be provided with the key post between keycap and the substrate.When the user struck down button, the key post will support the vertical moving of keycap work with respect to substrate.By this, when keycap was subjected to pushing, the switch on the substrate can be triggered, and transmitted reference signal and give processor, in order to drive the suitable output signal of processor output.The outward appearance of the at present common button that keyboard comprised mostly is square (as: function keys such as A, F1, ESC...) greatly, the structure of these buttons and make flowing mode all as mentioned above.

In addition, the long or more special multiple button (as: function keys such as SPACE, SHIFT, ENTER...) of shape of some length is arranged also in the keyboard, these buttons may have more special outward appearance because of factor such as frequency of utilization or collocation keyboard configuration.

For instance, the user uses the SPACE key often carrying out English Typing, and in order to allow the user can knock the SPACE key easily, the SPACE key on the keyboard is designed to have long outward appearance usually, and the thumb that allows the user can see through arbitrary hand by this knocks the SPACE key.

Yet because the SPACE key is longer, the user may knock in the both sides of button but not middle position, thereby it is unstable to cause button to tilt, and maybe can't trigger the switch of this button relatively, even cause the damage of button.Therefore, present multiple button is equiped with balancing pole usually, is articulated on keycap bottom and the substrate.Balancing pole can prevent the multiple button unstable phenomenon that produces, and user's the strength of pushing can be dispersed in each place on the button fifty-fifty.Even user's application of force is in the button corner, and the corner is from very remote of trigger switch, and the strength that applies also can be dispersed on the whole button by the balancing pole average mark, makes button sensitive and comfortable handy more.

But balancing pole must fully use the mode of manpower to assemble when assembling.Utilize the method for manpower assembling may balancing pole not to be assembled in correct position because personnel are careless.Moreover the mode of utilizing manpower to assemble can cause deterioration of efficiency because personnel are overworked, moreover the cost of manpower is also higher, and it all is quite unfavorable that these shortcomings are made a profit for enterprise.

Therefore, the utility model provides a kind of button and keyboard, and the assembling mode of its balancing pole is a method of utilizing vertical assembling.Utilizing the method for vertical assembling is to utilize machine to carry out the assembling of balancing pole, its advantage except the cost of saving manpower, avoid the mistake of human factor, more can raise the efficiency and then increase enterprise and make a profit.

[utility model content]

The utility model provides a kind of button, and it comprises substrate, spacing member, balancing pole and keycap.Spacing member is arranged on the substrate, and has clamping part and limiting section.Balancing pole has cooperation to be embedded in the fitting portion of limiting section.

Clamping part has first jig arm and second jig arm.Form opening between first jig arm and second jig arm, and the size of opening is the size less than fitting portion.In addition, limiting section has height, and height is greater than the size of fitting portion.When balancing pole and keycap interlock, fitting portion moves up and down in limiting section.

Keycap has pin-jointed structure, in order to articulate balancing pole.Wherein when balancing pole during towards the assembling of spacing member, fitting portion pushes that clamping part leaves initial position and chimeric to limiting section, and when clamping part answer initial position, clamping part is limited to limiting section with fitting portion.

In addition, button of the present utility model also comprises cut, is formed on the substrate and contiguous spacing member.When fitting portion moved up and down in limiting section, partly fitting portion passed cut.

The utility model also provides a kind of keyboard, and it comprises substrate and a plurality of button.A plurality of buttons are arranged on this substrate, and wherein each button comprises spacing member, balancing pole and keycap.Balancing pole has cooperation to be embedded in the fitting portion of limiting section.Keycap has pin-jointed structure, in order to articulate balancing pole.Wherein when balancing pole during towards the assembling of spacing member, fitting portion pushes that clamping part leaves initial position and chimeric to limiting section, and when clamping part answer initial position, clamping part is limited to limiting section with fitting portion.

Compared to known techniques, button of the present utility model and keyboard, the assembling mode of its balancing pole are to utilize the mode of vertical assembling to assemble, and then balancing pole is chimeric and be limited in the spacing member.Thus, balancing pole and do not need to utilize the slowly assembling one by one of artificial mode, but utilize instrument and equipment to come one time one whole row or one whole installation, except saving human cost, avoid outside the mistake of human factor.More can raise the efficiency and then increase enterprise makes a profit.

Can be about advantage of the present utility model and spirit by following detailed description and appended graphic being further understood.

[description of drawings]

Figure 1A illustrates the exploded view according to the button of specific embodiment of the utility model.

Fig. 2 B is illustrated in the enlarged diagram of the spacing member among Figure 1A.

Fig. 1 C is illustrated in the substrate among Figure 1A and the schematic diagram of spacing member.

Fig. 1 D illustrates the schematic diagram of balancing pole and spacing member.

Fig. 1 E illustrates the end view that balancing pole is arranged at spacing member.

Fig. 2 A illustrates the schematic diagram of another specific embodiment of spacing member.

[embodiment]

See also Figure 1A, Figure 1A illustrates the exploded view according to the button 3 of specific embodiment of the utility model.Shown in Figure 1A, button 3 of the present utility model comprises substrate 31, spacing member 32, film circuit board 33, supporting module 35, balancing pole 36 and keycap 37.

Please consult Figure 1B and Fig. 1 C more in the lump.Figure 1B is illustrated in the enlarged diagram of the spacing member 32 among Figure 1A.Fig. 1 C is illustrated in the schematic diagram of the spacing member 32 among Figure 1A.Shown in Figure 1A, Figure 1B and Fig. 1 C, spacing member 32 is arranged on the substrate 31.Wherein spacing member 32 has clamping part 321 and limiting section 322.Especially, substrate 31 can be one-body molded with spacing member 32, but not as limit.In addition, spacing member 32 can be by plastic material or made by the material with elastic force, but also not as limit.

Supporting module 35 comprises elastomer 351 and supporting member 352, and all is arranged between substrate 31 and the keycap 37, moves both vertically in order to support keycap 37 relative substrates 31.Especially, the outward appearance of supporting member 352, pattern do not exceed with this diagram of implementing especially.

Film circuit board 33 is arranged between elastomer 351 and the substrate 31, in order to produce press signal.When producing press signal, promptly representing this button 3 to be pressed by pressure.

Balancing pole 36 has the fitting portion 361 of cooperation to be embedded in limiting section 322.And the fitting portion 361 of balancing pole 36 has the size of width D.

Keycap 37 has pin-jointed structure 371, in order to articulate balancing pole 36.Therefore, when keycap 37 moved both vertically with respect to substrate 31, keycap 37 can be pivoted to balancing pole 36 by pin-jointed structure 371, and then drove balancing pole 36 vertical starts.

In this embodiment, the clamping part 321 of spacing member 32 has first jig arm 3211 and second jig arm 3212.Wherein first jig arm 3211 and second jig arm 3212 stably are positioned at initial position 39a and initial position 39b respectively under the influence of no external force.Especially, the shape of first jig arm 3211 and second jig arm 3212, size all can not exceeded with this embodiment especially by designer's hobby oneself definition.

In addition, form opening 3213 between first jig arm 3211 and second jig arm 3212.Moreover limiting section 322 has the size of width A, and opening 3213 has the size of width B.Wherein, the width B of opening 3213 is less than the width A of limiting section 322.And the size of opening 3213 its width B is less than the size of the width D of the fitting portion 361 of balancing pole 36.Moreover limiting section 322 has height C, and height C is greater than the size of the width D of fitting portion 361.When balancing pole 36 and keycap 37 interlocks, the fitting portion 361 of balancing pole 36 can move up and down in limiting section 322.

In this embodiment, button 3 of the present utility model also comprises cut 38.Cut 38 is formed on the substrate 31 and contiguous spacing member 32.When fitting portion 361 moved up and down in limiting section 322, partly fitting portion 361 passed cut 38.

Above-mentionedly the spare part of button 3 of the present utility model and the annexation of each spare part are described in detail.And following will be especially at actual being described in detail between the balancing pole 36 of button 3 of the present utility model and the spacing member 32 as flowing mode.

See also Figure 1A, Figure 1B, Fig. 1 C and consult Fig. 1 D more in the lump.Fig. 1 D illustrates the schematic diagram of balancing pole 36 and spacing member 32.Shown in Figure 1A, Figure 1B, Fig. 1 C and Fig. 1 D, when the fitting portion 361 of balancing pole 36 with respect to substrate 31 during vertically towards spacing member 32 assemblings, the fitting portion 361 of balancing pole 36 is pushed first jig arm 3211 and second jig arm 3212 of clamping part 321 and is left

initial position

39a and 39b originally respectively.

In other words, because the width D of the fitting portion 361 of balancing pole 36 is greater than the size of the width B of first jig arm 3211 of clamping part 321 and second jig arm, 3212 formed openings 3213, and first jig arm 3211 and second jig arm 3212 of clamping part 321 have elastic force, and then make first jig arm 3211 of clamping part 321 and the fitting portion 361 that second jig arm, 3212 formed openings 3213 are balanced bar 36 push and strut to the left and right sides.

In this embodiment, the fitting portion 361 that is balanced bar 36 when first jig arm 3211 and second jig arm, the 3212 formed openings 3213 of clamping part 321 is pushed and after strutting to the left and right sides, and the fitting portion 361 of its balancing pole 36 promptly can be by opening 3213 and chimeric to limiting section 322.

Moreover, because first jig arm 3211 and second jig arm 3212 of clamping part 321 have elastic force.Therefore, when the fitting portion 361 of balancing pole 36 by opening 3213 and chimeric to the limiting section 322 after, first jig arm 3211 and second jig arm 3212 of clamping part 321 return back to initial position 39a and initial position 39b immediately respectively.After first jig arm 3211 of clamping part 321 and second jig arm 3212 returned back to initial position 39a and initial position 39b respectively, first jig arm 3211 and second jig arm 3212 of clamping part 321 were limited to fitting portion 361 in the limiting section 322.

Please consult Fig. 1 E more in the lump, Fig. 1 E illustrates the end view that balancing pole 36 is arranged at spacing member 32.Shown in Fig. 1 E, balancing pole 36 is limited to the limiting section 322 of spacing member 32, after keycap 37 articulates balancing pole 36 (not being illustrated among Fig. 1 E), and when keycap 37 is driving by the balancing pole 36 that articulated with respect to the vertical up and down start of substrate 31, the tail end of its balancing pole 36 then can be in cut 38 places by X to Y direction, or Y is to directions X ground move left and right.

See also Fig. 2 A.Fig. 2 A illustrates the schematic diagram of another specific embodiment of spacing member.Especially, in this embodiment, spacing member 42 has only the different of shape with spacing member 32, and the principle of the assembling mode of balancing pole also has method all same as described above, so do not give unnecessary details again at this.Therefore, in Fig. 2 A, only do the label of emphasis formula, and following the different place at spacing member 42 and spacing member 32 describes.

Shown in Fig. 2 A, spacing member 42 has clamping part 421 and limiting section 422.Clamping part 421 comprises first jig arm 4211 and second jig arm 4212.Then, Fig. 2 A and Fig. 1 C compare, and can learn easily, and first jig arm 4211 of spacing member 42 and the thickness L of second jig arm 4212 are thick compared to spacing member 32.

Therefore, when the fitting portion 361 of balancing pole 36 was embedded in the limiting section 422 of spacing member 42, the intensity of the fitting portion 361 of its limiting balance bar 36 will be greater than the limiting section 322 of spacing member 32.In other words and since the more spacing member 32 of area of the fitting portion 361 that spacing member 42 can chimeric balancing pole 36 many, so its intensity of fitting portion 361 that limits balancing pole 36 is also just relative stronger.

In another specific embodiment, the utility model also provides a kind of keyboard, and this keyboard comprises a plurality of buttons, and wherein at least one button has foregoing structure.Because the feature of this keyboard and accessible effect are as hereinbefore, therefore here repeat no more.

Compared to known techniques, button of the present utility model and keyboard, the assembling mode of its balancing pole are to utilize the mode of vertical assembling to assemble, and then balancing pole is chimeric and be limited in the spacing member.Thus, balancing pole and do not need to utilize the slowly assembling one by one of artificial mode, but can utilize instrument and equipment to come one time one whole row or one whole installation, except saving human cost, avoid outside the mistake of human factor.More can raise the efficiency and then increase enterprise makes a profit.

Claims

1. button is characterized in that this button comprises:

Substrate;

Spacing member is arranged on this substrate, and this spacing member has clamping part and limiting section;

Balancing pole has cooperation to be embedded in the fitting portion of this limiting section; And

Keycap has pin-jointed structure, in order to articulate this balancing pole;

Wherein when this balancing pole during towards this spacing member assembling, this fitting portion pushes that this clamping part leaves initial position and chimeric to this limiting section, and when this clamping part was replied this initial position, this clamping part was limited to this limiting section with this fitting portion.

2. button as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that this clamping part has first jig arm and second jig arm, form opening between this first jig arm and this second jig arm, and the size of this opening is less than the size of this fitting portion.

3. button as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that this limiting section has height, and this height is greater than the size of this fitting portion; When this balancing pole and this keycap interlock, this fitting portion moves up and down in this limiting section.

4. button as claimed in claim 3 is characterized in that also comprising cut, is formed on this substrate and contiguous this spacing member, and when this fitting portion moved up and down in this limiting section, partly this fitting portion passed this cut.

5. button as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that this substrate and this spacing member are formed in one.

6. button as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that also comprising supporting module, and this supporting module comprises elastomer and supporting member, is arranged between this substrate and this keycap, moves both vertically in order to support relative this substrate of this keycap.

7. button as claimed in claim 6 is characterized in that also comprising film circuit board, is arranged between this elastomer and this substrate, in order to produce press signal.

8. button as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that this spacing member is made by plastic material.

9. button as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that this spacing member is made by the material with elastic force.

10. keyboard is characterized in that this keyboard comprises:

Substrate; And

A plurality of as any described button of claim 1-9, be arranged on this substrate.