CN216213016U - Key structure and electronic device - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model belongs to the technical field of electronic equipment, and relates to a key structure and an electronic device, wherein the key structure comprises a switch component, a pressing component and a telescopic piece, wherein the pressing component comprises a keycap and a cantilever, the cantilever is connected to the keycap, and the keycap is used for pressing the switch component; the extensible member is arranged between the keycap and the switch component, and the extensible member can extend to enable the keycap to reset. This button structure is provided with the switch subassembly to press the switch subassembly through the key cap of pressing the subassembly, set up the extensible member between key cap and switch subassembly, receive the effort and when removing the press switch subassembly when the key cap, the extensible member shrink, and after removing the effort, the extensible member extends and resumes, thereby drives the key cap and kick-backs and resets, avoids the key cap to sink and can't resume. Even this button structure sinks after the key cap presses the switch subassembly, the extensible member also can make the key cap reset through self extension, ensures the normal use of button structure to avoid button structure malfunctioning, improve user's use and experience.

Description

Key structure and electronic device

Technical Field

The present invention relates to the field of key technologies, and in particular, to a key structure and an electronic device.

Background

Various keys are often used in the electronic device, and the operation and setting of different functions of the electronic device are realized by pressing the keys, for example, the electronic device is turned on or off by pressing a power key.

In the prior art, the single cantilever key is a commonly used key structure, however, the situation that the keycap sinks and cannot be reset easily occurs in the use process of the single cantilever key, so that the key cannot be normally used.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The embodiment of the utility model aims to solve the technical problem that the existing single-cantilever key cannot be reset after sinking.

In order to solve the above technical problem, an embodiment of the present invention provides a key structure, which adopts the following technical solutions:

this button structure includes:

a switch assembly;

the pressing assembly comprises a keycap and a cantilever, the cantilever is arranged on the keycap, and the keycap is used for pressing the switch assembly;

a telescoping member disposed between the keycap and the switch assembly;

wherein the extensible member is extendable to reposition the keycap.

Further, in a preferred version of some embodiments, the switch assembly includes a faceplate and a switch member disposed on the faceplate and abutting the keycap; the extensible member is arranged between the keycap and the panel.

Further, in a preferable mode of some embodiments, one end of the telescopic member is disposed on the keycap, and the other end of the telescopic member abuts against the panel.

Further, in a preferred version of some embodiments, one end of the telescopic member is disposed at a portion of the outer periphery of the keycap.

Further, in a preferred version of some embodiments, the cantilever end of the cantilever is disposed at a periphery of the key cap, and the telescopic element is disposed at a position facing away from the cantilever at the periphery of the key cap.

Further, in a preferred version of some embodiments, the telescopic member is an elastic member.

Further, in a preferable scheme of some embodiments, on a side facing the switch member, the keycap is provided with a pressing portion, and the pressing portion abuts against the switch member.

Further, in a preferable aspect of some embodiments, the pressing part extends to an outer circumference of the switch piece.

In order to solve the above technical problem, an embodiment of the present invention further provides an electronic device, which adopts the following technical solutions: the electronic device comprises the key structure and a shell, wherein the key structure is arranged in the shell, and the keycap is exposed out of the shell.

Further, in a preferable scheme of some embodiments, the housing is provided with a connecting column, and one end of the cantilever is sleeved on the connecting column.

Compared with the prior art, the key structure and the electronic device provided by the embodiment of the utility model have the following main beneficial effects:

the key structure is provided with a switch component, the switch component is pressed through a key cap of the pressing component, a telescopic piece is arranged between the key cap and the switch component, when the key cap is acted by an acting force, the key cap can move towards the direction close to the switch component under the driving of a cantilever, so that the switch component is pressed, and meanwhile, the telescopic piece is contracted; and after removing the effort, the key cap can move toward the direction of keeping away from the switch module under the drive of cantilever, and resumes initial condition's in-process at the key cap, and the extensible member also extends the recovery to give a resilience force of key cap, thereby ensure that the key cap has sufficient resilience force and kick-backs and reset, avoid the key cap to sink and can't resume. Obviously, by implementing the utility model, the extensible part can be arranged between the key cap and the switch component, and even if the key cap sinks after pressing the switch component, the extensible part can also reset the key cap by self extension, thereby ensuring the normal use of the key structure, avoiding the malfunction of the key structure and improving the use experience of users.

Drawings

In order to illustrate the solution of the utility model more clearly, the drawings that are needed in the description of the embodiments will be briefly described below, it being obvious that the drawings in the following description are some embodiments of the utility model, and that other drawings may be derived from these drawings by a person skilled in the art without inventive effort. Wherein:

fig. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a key structure provided in an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a front view of the key structure of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an exploded schematic view of the key structure of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a schematic perspective view of a pressing assembly of the key structure of FIG. 1;

fig. 5 is a schematic perspective view of an electronic device provided in an embodiment of the utility model.

The reference numbers in the drawings are as follows:

100. a key structure;

1. a switch assembly; 11. a panel; 12. a switch member;

2. a pressing assembly; 21. a keycap; 211. a pressing part; 22. a cantilever;

3. a telescoping member;

200. an electronic device; 201. a housing.

Detailed Description

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 presented herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the utility model, e.g., the terms "length," "width," "upper," "lower," "left," "right," "front," "rear," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," etc., refer to an orientation or position based on that shown in the drawings, are for convenience of description only and are not to be construed as limiting of the present disclosure.

The terms "including" and "having," and any variations thereof, in the description and claims of this invention and the description of the above figures are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusions; the terms "first," "second," and the like in the description and in the claims, or in the drawings, are used for distinguishing between different objects and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential order. The meaning of "plurality" is two or more unless specifically limited otherwise.

In the description and claims of the present invention and in the description of the above figures, when an element is referred to as being "fixed" or "mounted" or "disposed" or "connected" to another element, it may be directly or indirectly located on the other element. For example, when an element is referred to as being "connected to" another element, it can be directly or indirectly connected to the other element.

Furthermore, reference herein to "an embodiment" means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment can be included in at least one embodiment of the utility model. The appearances of the phrase in various places in the specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment, nor are separate or alternative embodiments mutually exclusive of other embodiments. It is explicitly and implicitly understood by one skilled in the art that the embodiments described herein can be combined with other embodiments.

An embodiment of the present invention provides a key structure 100, as shown in fig. 1, the key structure 100 includes a switch assembly 1, a pressing assembly 2 and a telescopic member 3, where the pressing assembly 2 includes a keycap 21 and a cantilever 22, the cantilever 22 is connected to the keycap 21, and the keycap 21 is used for pressing the switch assembly 1; the extensible member 3 is disposed between the key cap 21 and the switch assembly 1, and the extensible member 3 can be extended to reset the key cap 21.

It will be appreciated that the key structure 100 operates substantially as follows: the key structure 100 is provided with a switch component 1, the switch component 1 is pressed by pressing a keycap 21 of a component 2, a telescopic part 3 is arranged between the keycap 21 and the switch component 1, when the keycap 21 is acted by an acting force, the keycap 21 can move (specifically can move downwards) towards the direction close to the switch component 1 under the driving of a cantilever 22, so that the switch component 1 is pressed, and meanwhile, the telescopic part 3 contracts; after removing the effort, key cap 21 can move (specifically can be for shifting up) towards the direction of keeping away from switch module 1 under the drive of cantilever 22, and at the in-process that key cap 21 recovered initial condition, extensible member 3 also extends the recovery to give key cap 21 resilience force, thereby ensure that key cap 21 has sufficient resilience force and kick-backs and reset, avoid key cap 21 to sink and can't resume.

In summary, compared with the prior art, the key structure 100 has at least the following advantages: this key structure 100 can set up extensible member 3 between key cap 21 and switch module 1, even the key cap 21 sinks after pressing switch module 1, extensible member 3 also can make key cap 21 reset through self extension, ensures the normal use of key structure 100 to avoid key structure 100 malfunctioning, improve user's use and experience.

In order to make the technical solution of the present invention better understood by those skilled in the art, the technical solution in the embodiment of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to fig. 1 to 4.

Further, as a specific implementation manner in some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, the switch assembly 1 includes a panel 11 and a switch member 12, the switch member 12 is fixedly connected to the panel 11 and abuts against the key cap 21; the extensible member 3 is provided between the key top 21 and the panel 11.

It is understood that the panel 11 mainly supports the switch member 12, and the switch member 12 abuts against the key cap 21 and also supports the key cap 21; the extensible member 3 is provided between the key top 21 and the panel 11, and needs to avoid the position of the switch 12, so that the normal contact between the key top 21 and the switch 12 is ensured without hindering the key top 21 from pressing the switch 12.

Further, as a specific implementation manner in some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1 and fig. 2, one end of the extensible member 3 is connected to the key cap 21, and the other end abuts against the panel 11, when a force is applied to the key cap 21, the key cap moves toward the panel 11, so that the switch member 12 is pressed, and the extensible member 3 is compressed; after the acting force is removed, the extension piece 3 extends and recovers, and the keycap 21 is pushed to be away from the panel 11, so that the keycap 21 is reset. Of course, one end of the extensible member 3 may be connected to the panel 11, and the other end of the extensible member 3 abuts against the key cap 21, so that the extensible member 3 can also drive the key cap 21 to reset when being extended.

Further, as a specific implementation manner in some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, one end of the extensible member 3 is connected to a part of the outer circumference of the key cap 21. The extensible part 3 is contacted with a part of the periphery of the keycap 21, and does not need to surround the whole periphery of the keycap 21, so that the size of the extensible part 3 is reduced, a plurality of spaces can be reserved in the electronic device 200, and other structures can be conveniently installed; in addition, the material consumption of the telescopic piece 3 is also saved.

Further, as a specific implementation manner in some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 2, the cantilever end of the cantilever 22 is disposed on the outer periphery of the key cap 21, and the extensible member 3 is disposed on the outer periphery of the key cap 21 at a position facing away from the cantilever 22, in other words, the cantilever 22 and the extensible member 3 are respectively disposed on two opposite sides of the outer periphery of the key cap 21. In this embodiment, cantilever 22 itself plays certain supporting role to key cap 21, can assist key cap 21 to kick back and reset, and extensible member 3 is connected in key cap 21 periphery position in cantilever 22 dorsad, after key cap 21 subsides, extensible member 3 and cantilever 22 can drive key cap 21 with the both sides of key cap 21 jointly and reset, make on cantilever 22 the basis that the resilience of key cap 21 resets, extension through extensible member 3, can reset further the enhancement to the resilience of key cap 21, thereby ensure that the reset effect of key cap is better, finally can resume the normal position steadily.

Further, as a specific implementation manner of some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1 to 3, the telescopic member 3 is an elastic member. The elastic piece can be preferably a block-shaped EVA pad, and the reset of the keycap 21 is driven by the elastic force of the EVA pad rebounding after being pressed. The elastic member may be an elastic member such as a spring that is elastically deformable.

Further, as a specific implementation manner in some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 4, on a side facing the switch 12, the key cap 21 is provided with a pressing portion 211, and the pressing portion 211 abuts against the switch 12. The pressing part 211 is arranged in the middle of the keycap 21, the extensible member 3 is connected to the periphery of the keycap 21, and the pressing part 211 and the extensible member 3 are arranged in a staggered mode to avoid interference influence.

Further, as a specific implementation manner in some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 2, the pressing portion 211 extends to the outer periphery of the switch 12, that is, the maximum diameter or the maximum length of the pressing portion 211 exceeds the diameter of the switch 12, for example, the pressing portion 211 is formed by two protruding strips intersecting each other and is in a cross shape, and the length of the protruding strip is greater than the diameter of the switch 12, so that the pressing portion 211 can be ensured to always abut against the switch 12, and the switch 12 cannot be pressed due to misalignment can be avoided.

Based on the key structure 100, an embodiment of the utility model further provides an electronic device 200, as shown in fig. 5, wherein the electronic device 200 includes the key structure 100 and a housing 201, the key structure 100 is disposed in the housing 201, and the key cap 21 is exposed out of the housing 201, so that a user can apply a force to the key cap 21 to press the switch assembly 1.

Compared with the prior art, the electronic device 200 has at least the following beneficial effects: the key structure 100 of the electronic device 200 is provided with a switch component 1, the switch component 1 is pressed by pressing a key cap 21 of the component 2, a telescopic part 3 is arranged between the key cap 21 and the switch component 1, when the key cap 21 is acted by an acting force, the key cap 21 can move (specifically can move downwards) towards the direction close to the switch component 1 under the driving of a cantilever 22, so that the switch component 1 is pressed, and meanwhile, the telescopic part 3 contracts; after removing the effort, key cap 21 can move (specifically can be for shifting up) towards the direction of keeping away from switch module 1 under the drive of cantilever 22, and at the in-process that key cap 21 recovered initial condition, extensible member 3 also extends the recovery to give key cap 21 resilience force, thereby ensure that key cap 21 has sufficient resilience force and kick-backs and reset, avoid key cap 21 to sink and can't resume. Obviously, by implementing the utility model, the extensible member 3 can be arranged between the key cap 21 and the switch component 1, and even if the key cap 21 sinks after pressing the switch component 1, the extensible member 3 can also reset the key cap 21 by extending itself, so as to ensure the normal use of the key structure 100, thereby avoiding the malfunction of the key structure 100 and improving the use experience of users.

Further, as a specific implementation manner in some embodiments of the present invention, the housing 201 is provided with a connection column (not shown), and one end of the cantilever 22 is sleeved on the connection column. Preferred interference fit between cantilever 22's one end and the spliced pole, the spliced pole plays the effect of spacing support to cantilever 22, and when the user applyed the effort to key cap 21, key cap 21 removed towards switch module 1, and cantilever 22 produces certain deformation to after removing the effort to key cap 21, cantilever 22 resumeed the shape, thereby plays the help that resets of certain degree to key cap 21.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the present invention. Various modifications and alterations to this invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the scope of the claims of the present invention.

Claims (10)

1. A key structure, comprising:

a switch assembly;

the pressing assembly comprises a keycap and a cantilever, the cantilever is arranged on the keycap, and the keycap is used for pressing the switch assembly;

a telescoping member disposed between the keycap and the switch assembly;

wherein the extensible member is extendable to reposition the keycap.

2. The key structure of claim 1, wherein the switch assembly comprises a faceplate and a switch member disposed on the faceplate and abutting the keycap; the extensible member is arranged between the keycap and the panel.

3. The key structure of claim 2, wherein one end of the telescopic member is disposed on the key cap, and the other end of the telescopic member abuts against the panel.

4. A key structure according to claim 3, wherein one end of the telescopic member is provided to a part of the periphery of the key cap.

5. The key structure of claim 4, wherein the cantilever end of the cantilever is disposed at the outer periphery of the key cap, and the expansion member is disposed at the outer periphery of the key cap at a position facing away from the cantilever.

6. The key structure of claim 1, wherein the telescoping member is an elastic member.

7. A key structure according to any one of claims 2-6, characterized in that the key cap is provided with a pressing portion on the side facing the switch member, which pressing portion abuts against the switch member.

8. The key structure according to claim 7, wherein the pressing portion extends to an outer periphery of the switch member.

9. An electronic device, comprising the key structure of any one of claims 1-8, and further comprising a housing, wherein the key structure is disposed in the housing, and the keycap is exposed from the housing.

10. The electronic device of claim 9, wherein the housing is provided with a connecting post, and one end of the cantilever is sleeved on the connecting post.

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