CN212659465U

CN212659465U - Keyboard and electronic equipment

Info

Publication number: CN212659465U
Application number: CN202021326512.4U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 李亚飞; 肖海兵
Original assignee: OFilm Microelectronics Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Jiangxi OMS Microelectronics Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-07-08
Filing date: 2020-07-08
Publication date: 2021-03-05
Anticipated expiration: 2030-07-08

Abstract

A keyboard, comprising: the bearing piece is provided with a plurality of key units; the pressing part is located it has to hold carrier one side of key unit, the pressing part includes integrative main part and a plurality of splenium of setting, every press splenium and one the key unit corresponds the setting and separates each other, every press splenium movably connect in the main part, and adjacent press between the splenium and/or press splenium and adjacent be equipped with the clearance between the main part, through integrative main part that sets up with press the splenium to the realization is pressed the splenium and is pressed and contact and hold carrier, thereby has reduced the encapsulation degree of difficulty of keyboard, has simplified the structure of keyboard and has reduced the thickness of keyboard simultaneously, provides an electronic equipment simultaneously in this application.

Description

Keyboard and electronic equipment

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a keyboard field especially relates to a keyboard and electronic equipment.

Background

The keyboard is the most common input device, and english letters, numbers, punctuations and the like can be input into the electronic device through the keyboard, so that commands, data input and the like can be further transmitted to the electronic device.

Most of the conventional keyboards include a keycap, a pillar and an upper cover, however, in the process of implementing the present application, the inventor finds that at least the following problems exist in the prior art: the keyboard packaging difficulty is higher, the keyboard knocking sound is larger, the keyboard thickness is larger, and the requirement of electronic equipment lightness and thinness is not met.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

Accordingly, there is a need for a keyboard and an electronic device to solve the above problems.

An embodiment of the present application provides a keyboard, including:

the bearing piece is provided with a plurality of key units;

the pressing part is arranged on one side of the bearing part provided with the key unit and comprises a main body part and a pressing part which are integrally arranged, each pressing part and one key unit are correspondingly arranged and are mutually spaced, each pressing part is movably connected with the main body part, and gaps are formed between the adjacent pressing parts and/or between the adjacent pressing parts and the adjacent main body part.

Above-mentioned keyboard includes the main part of an organic whole setting and presses the splenium, because press splenium movably connect in the main part, and adjacent press between the splenium and/or press splenium and adjacent be equipped with the clearance between the main part, realized that a plurality of splenium pass through the clearance and separate, every presses the splenium and can independently for the main part activity according to, in order to realize pressing the splenium and pressed down and contact and hold the carrier, the splenium after loosening restores to initial position simultaneously, thereby simplify the structure of keyboard, reduce the encapsulation degree of difficulty of keyboard, reduce the thickness of keyboard, compare in traditional entity button simultaneously, the sound of pressing of the splenium of integrative setting is less, both realized pressing the sound feedback of keyboard, avoid the button sound too big again.

In some embodiments, each of the key units is provided with a first boss;

every press the splenium to be close to one side of carrier is equipped with the second bellying, the second bellying with first bellying corresponds the setting.

Therefore, the first protruding part is contacted with the second protruding part to generate crisp key sound, so that the feedback of the keyboard on the pressing sound of a user is realized, and meanwhile, the sound is emitted by the contact of the two protruding points, so that the overlarge key sound can be avoided.

In some embodiments, a side of each pressing portion, which is away from the carrier, is provided with a recessed portion, and the recessed portion is disposed corresponding to the second protruding portion.

Therefore, the user finger presses the pressing part and contacts the concave part to realize the contact feedback of the keyboard to the user so as to remind the user finger to touch the key.

In some embodiments, the pressing portion has a square shape, at least a portion of one side of the pressing portion is integrally connected to the main body portion, and a gap is formed between three adjacent sides of the pressing portion and the main body portion or the adjacent pressing portion.

So, the splenium of pressing of square setting accords with most users' use custom, presses three adjacent sides of splenium through the fretwork simultaneously to one of them limit that the realization pressed the splenium is at least partly with main part body coupling.

In some embodiments, the keyboard further comprises:

a support member located between the bearing member and the pressing member, the support member being configured to support the pressing member such that the first protrusion portion and the second protrusion portion are separated from each other in a non-pressing state.

In this way, the supporting piece supports the pressing piece, the first protruding part and the second protruding part are prevented from being contacted when the pressing piece is in a non-pressing state, and further the supporting piece has a buffering effect.

In some embodiments, the support member is provided with a spacing hole, and the first protruding portion and the second protruding portion are respectively located at two ends of the spacing hole.

In this way, in the pressed state, the first protruding portion and the second protruding portion are in contact with each other through the spacing hole.

In some embodiments, the keyboard further comprises:

a cover covering the pressing piece.

As such, the cover serves to protect the press.

In some embodiments, a side of the covering part away from the pressing part is provided with a plurality of key identifiers, and the plurality of key identifiers correspond to the plurality of pressing parts respectively.

Therefore, the identifier corresponding to each pressing part is identified through the key identifier, and a user can find the corresponding key position conveniently.

In some embodiments, the keyboard further comprises:

the key identification circuit layer is arranged on one side, far away from the pressing piece, of the bearing piece and comprises a plurality of key identification circuit blocks, and each key identification circuit block corresponds to one key unit.

Thus, each key identification circuit block is arranged corresponding to one key unit. When the power is on, when a user applies pressure to the pressing part, the pressing part is close to and contacts the corresponding key unit, and the key identification circuit layer acquires the pressing position of the user according to the key unit so as to realize the input of information.

Embodiments of the present application also provide an electronic device, including: a keyboard as described in the previous embodiments.

The keyboard of the electronic equipment is characterized in that gaps are arranged between adjacent pressing parts and/or between the pressing parts and the adjacent main body parts to realize that pressure is applied to the pressing parts, so that the pressing parts are close to and contact with corresponding key units of the bearing parts, the structure of the keyboard is simplified, the packaging difficulty of the keyboard is reduced, the thickness of the keyboard is reduced, the requirement of lightening and thinning of the electronic equipment is met, meanwhile, compared with the traditional solid keys, the pressing sound of the pressing parts is small, namely, the pressing sound feedback of the keyboard is realized, and the phenomenon that the key sound is too large is avoided.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a keyboard according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a side view of the keyboard of fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a side view of a keyboard according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 4 is a schematic plan view of a support member in the keyboard shown in fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a cover in the keyboard shown in fig. 3.

Fig. 6 is a schematic perspective view of an electronic device according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

Description of the main elements

Keyboard 100

Carrier 10

Key unit 11

First boss 12

Pressing member 20

Main body part 22

Pressing part 24

Second boss 241

Concave part 242

Gap 26

Support 30

Spacing holes 32

Covering member 40

Key identifier 42

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present invention, not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by a person skilled in the art without creative work belong to the protection scope of the present invention.

It will be understood that when an element is referred to as being "connected" to another element, it can be directly connected to the other element or intervening elements may also be present. When an element is referred to as being "on" another element, it can be directly on the other element or intervening elements may also be present.

Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. The terminology used in the description of the invention herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention.

Referring to fig. 1, a keyboard 100 according to a first embodiment of the present application includes a supporting member 10 and a pressing member 20.

Specifically, referring to fig. 1 and fig. 2, the supporting member 10 has a plurality of key units 11, the pressing member 20 is disposed on one side of the supporting member 10 having the key units 11, the pressing member 20 includes a main body 22 and a plurality of pressing portions 24, the pressing portions 24 are disposed corresponding to and spaced apart from one key unit 11, the pressing portions 24 are movably connected to the main body 22, and a gap 26 is disposed between the pressing portions 24 and/or between the pressing portions and the adjacent main body, and the gap 26 is used for separating the pressing portions 24.

In use, the pressing portion 24 may be pressed to contact the key unit 11 of the carrier 10. Through the main part 22 and the pressing part 24 that set up integratively to simplify the structure of keyboard 100, reduce the encapsulation degree of difficulty of keyboard 100, and then reduce the thickness of keyboard 100, compare simultaneously in traditional entity button, press the sound less of pressing part 24, realize the feedback of the sound of pressing of keyboard 100 promptly, avoid the button sound too big again.

In one embodiment, the key units 11 are arranged in an array, and it is understood that in other embodiments, the arrangement of the key units 11 may be adjusted according to the usage scenario, such as a linear arrangement, a square arrangement, and the like.

In one embodiment, the key units 11 and the pressing members 20 form a switch circuit or a switch key, and when a force is applied to the pressing members 20, the pressing portions 24 of the pressing members 20 are close to and contact with the corresponding key units 11, so as to change the switch state of the switch circuit or the switch key, thereby implementing key control. It is understood that in other embodiments, each key unit 11 is provided with a switch circuit or a switch button, and when a force is applied to the pressing member 20, the switch circuit or the switch button of the corresponding key unit 11 is changed.

In the present embodiment, the pressing portions 24 are square, at least a portion of one side of each pressing portion 24 is connected to the main body portion 22, and the other three sides of each pressing portion 24 are separated from the adjacent pressing portion 24 or main body portion 22 by the gap 26.

In another embodiment, the pressing portion 24 may be circular, triangular, etc. in shape, as long as the pressing portion 24 is integrally connected with the main body portion 22, and the rest of the pressing portion 24 is separated from the adjacent pressing portion 24 or main body portion 2 by the gap 26.

In an embodiment, the carrier element 10 or the press element 20 is provided with support blocks for ensuring that the carrier element 10 and the press element 20 are in a non-contact state when not pressed.

Referring to fig. 2, in an embodiment, a first protrusion 12 is disposed on one side of the supporting member 10 having the key unit 11; the pressing portion 24 is provided with second protrusions 241 on a side thereof close to the carrier 10, and each second protrusion 241 is disposed corresponding to one first protrusion 12.

In this way, pressure is applied to the pressing portion 24, so that the first protruding portion 12 approaches and contacts the second protruding portion 241, and at the same time, the contacting process of the first protruding portion 12 and the second protruding portion 241 makes a slight sound, so as to realize the pressing sound feedback of the keyboard 100 to the user. Meanwhile, the sound is emitted by the contact of the two convex points, the key sound can be controlled through the shape and the material of the convex part, so that the key sound can form pressing feedback for a user, and meanwhile, the sound is controlled within a specific range so as to avoid the noise generated by the sound.

Referring to fig. 1 again, in an embodiment, a concave portion 242 is disposed on a side of each pressing portion 24 away from the carrier 10, and the concave portion 242 corresponds to the second protruding portion 241. As such, contact feedback of the keyboard 100 to the user is achieved through the recess 242 to remind the user that a finger touches a key.

Referring to fig. 3, the keyboard 100 of the second embodiment is similar to the keyboard 100 of the first embodiment, except that the keyboard 100 further includes a supporting member 30, and the supporting member 30 is located between the supporting member 10 and the pressing member 20 and used for supporting the pressing member 20 to separate the first protruding portion 12 from the second protruding portion 241. In this way, when the pressing member 20 is in the non-pressing state, the support member 30 separates the first projection portion 12 and the second projection portion 241, and when the user presses the pressing member 20, the second projection portion 241 contacts the first projection portion 12 via the support member 30.

In one embodiment, the supporting member 30 is foam or silicone.

In another embodiment, the supporting member 30 is a spring, and two ends of the spring respectively support the carrier 10 and the pressing member 20.

In one embodiment, the supporting member 30 is provided with a spacing hole 32, and the first and

second protrusions

12 and 241 are respectively located at both ends of the spacing hole 32. The pressing part 24 is pressed so that the second boss part 241 passes through the spacing hole 32 and contacts the first boss part 12.

Referring to fig. 3 and 5, in an embodiment, the keyboard 100 further includes a cover 40, and the cover 40 covers the pressing member 20.

In one embodiment, the cover member 40 is a polyethylene terephthalate film for protecting the pressing member 20.

In an embodiment, a side of the covering member 40 away from the pressing member 20 is provided with a key identifier 42, and the key identifier 42 corresponds to the pressing portion 24, so that a user can find a corresponding key position conveniently.

In an embodiment, the keyboard 100 further includes a key identification circuit layer (not shown) disposed on a side of the supporting member 10 away from the pressing member 20, and the key identification circuit layer includes a plurality of key identification circuit blocks, each of which corresponds to a key unit 11. Thus, each key identification circuit block is provided corresponding to one of the key units 11. When the power is turned on, when the user applies pressure to the pressing portion 24, the pressing portion 24 is close to and contacts the corresponding key unit 11, and the key identification circuit layer obtains the pressing position of the user according to the key unit 11, so as to input information.

In one embodiment, the keyboard 100 further includes a light source (not shown) disposed on a side of the supporting member 10 adjacent to the pressing member 20.

In one embodiment, the light source is a light emitting diode.

Referring to fig. 6, a third embodiment of the present application provides an electronic device 200, where the electronic device 200 includes the keyboard 100 according to the above-mentioned embodiment.

In this embodiment, the electronic device 200 is a notebook computer, and it can be understood that the electronic device may also be an intelligent terminal, a wearable device (e.g., augmented reality glasses), and a household device (e.g., a refrigerator, a washing machine, an air conditioner, etc.).

The electronic device 200 reduces the packaging difficulty of the keyboard 100 and simplifies the structure of the keyboard 100 by the integrally arranged main body part 22 and the pressing part 24, so as to reduce the thickness of the keyboard 100, and meanwhile, compared with the traditional solid keys, the pressing sound of the pressing part 24 is smaller, so that the pressing sound feedback of the keyboard 100 is realized, and the excessive key sound is avoided.

In addition, those skilled in the art should recognize that the above embodiments are illustrative only, and not limiting, and that suitable modifications and variations to the above embodiments are within the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

Claims

1. A keyboard, comprising:

the bearing piece is provided with a plurality of key units;

the pressing part is arranged on one side of the bearing part provided with the key unit and comprises a main body part and a plurality of pressing parts which are integrally arranged, each pressing part and one key unit are correspondingly arranged and are mutually spaced, each pressing part is movably connected with the main body part, and gaps are formed between the adjacent pressing parts and/or between the pressing parts and the adjacent main body part.

2. The keyboard of claim 1,

each key unit is provided with a first bulge;

and one side of each pressing part, which is close to the bearing part, is provided with a second boss, and each second boss corresponds to one first boss.

3. The keyboard as claimed in claim 2, wherein each of the pressing portions has a recessed portion on a side thereof away from the carrier, and the recessed portion is disposed corresponding to the second protruding portion.

4. The keyboard according to claim 1 or 3, wherein the pressing portion is square, at least part of one side of the pressing portion is integrally connected with the main body portion, and gaps are provided between the other three sides of the pressing portion and the main body portion or adjacent pressing portions.

5. The keyboard of claim 2, wherein the keyboard further comprises:

a support member between the bearing member and the pressing member, the support member supporting the pressing member to separate the first and second convex portions from each other in a non-pressing state.

6. The keyboard as claimed in claim 5, wherein the supporting member is provided with a spacing hole, and the first and second protrusions are respectively located at both ends of the spacing hole.

7. The keyboard of claim 1, wherein the keyboard further comprises:

a cover covering the pressing piece.

8. A keyboard according to claim 7, wherein a side of the cover remote from the pressing member is provided with a plurality of key identifiers corresponding to the plurality of pressing portions, respectively.

9. The keyboard of claim 1, wherein the keyboard further comprises:

10. An electronic device, comprising:

a keyboard as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 9.