CN220963111U - Keyboard key and keyboard - Google Patents
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The utility model provides a keyboard key and a keyboard. The keyboard key comprises a key cap and a connecting column, wherein the key cap comprises a top wall and a peripheral wall connected to the peripheral edge of the top wall, the peripheral wall surrounds the periphery of the connecting column, and at least one part of the key cap adopts a double-layer material structure; the double-layer material structure comprises an inner material layer and an outer material layer which are sequentially connected in the thickness direction, and the outer material layer is positioned on the outer surface of the key cap; the combination surface of the inner material layer and the outer material layer is provided with a concave-convex matching structure, the outer material layer is formed by adopting a light-transmitting material, and the concave-convex matching structure is displayed on the outer surface of the key cap through the outer material layer. The keyboard comprises the keyboard keys. The utility model is improved based on a secondary injection molding process, can solve the problems of flat visual effect and single boring of the existing key, and improves the aesthetic feeling of appearance.
Description
Technical Field
The utility model relates to the technical field of keyboards, in particular to a keyboard key and a keyboard for improving aesthetic feeling of appearance.
Background
The key cap of the mechanical keyboard is provided with a plurality of forming processes for different appearance requirements, wherein most of the existing key caps are provided with a secondary injection molding process for meeting the requirements that the colors of the key cap surface and the characters or grain patterns on the key cap surface are different, the key cap comprises an inner material layer with a first color and an outer material layer with a second color, which is secondarily injected on the inner material layer, and the characters or grain patterns are formed and projected on the inner material layer, so that the characters or grain patterns with the first color are displayed on the key cap surface with the second color after the outer material layer is injected.
The secondary injection molding process of the existing key cap mainly aims at considering the knocking hand feeling of the knocking keys, and the top wall and the peripheral wall of the key cap are lighter and thinner in the mode, so that the knocking hand feeling is heavy, and poor feedback touch caused by rebound hysteresis of a key shaft is avoided. However, the pattern colors of the keys are flatly presented on the surface of the key cap, and the visual effect is single and tedious.
In fact, some key-presses with relatively low frequency such as Fn key-presses and Esc key-presses on the keyboard, and some special function keys of the keyboard, which mainly realize special functions such as one-key switch and one-key switch for users, so that the low-frequency key-presses and special function keys have low frequency, the special function keys even do not use key-axis switches as triggers, and the influence of the touch of the key-presses on the low-frequency keys is small.
Therefore, for keyboard keys, particularly low frequency key strokes and special function keys, it is desirable to solve the problem that the key visual effect is too flat and single.
Disclosure of utility model
The first object of the present utility model is to provide a keyboard key improved based on a secondary injection molding process, which can solve the problems of flat visual effect and single boring of the existing key, and improve the aesthetic feeling of the appearance.
The second objective of the present utility model is to provide a keyboard using the above keyboard keys, which solves the problems of flat visual effect and single and tedious visual effect of the existing keys, and improves the aesthetic feeling of the appearance.
The first object of the utility model provides a keyboard key comprising a key cap and a connecting column, wherein the key cap comprises a top wall and a peripheral wall connected to the peripheral edge of the top wall, the peripheral wall surrounds the periphery of the connecting column, and at least one part of the key cap adopts a double-layer material structure; the double-layer material structure comprises an inner material layer and an outer material layer which are sequentially connected in the thickness direction, and the outer material layer is positioned on the outer surface of the key cap; the combination surface of the inner material layer and the outer material layer is provided with a concave-convex matching structure, the outer material layer is formed by adopting a light-transmitting material, and the concave-convex matching structure is displayed on the outer surface of the key cap through the outer material layer.
According to the scheme, when the double-layer material structure of the key cap is observed, the transparent or semi-transparent surface layer material and the opaque inner layer material can be actually seen, so that a double-layer three-dimensional effect is generated. In addition, unexpectedly, the concave-convex matching structure is matched between the inner material layer and the outer material layer, so that the three-dimensional visual effect of the patterns Fu Wen is achieved, the combination area between the inner material layer and the outer material layer is effectively increased, and the two material layers are combined more firmly.
The concave-convex matching structure comprises a plurality of first linear structures arranged on the inner material layer at intervals and a plurality of second linear structures arranged on the outer material layer at intervals, wherein the second linear structures are matched with the first linear structures, one of the first linear structures and the second linear structures is a protrusion, and the other of the first linear structures and the second linear structures is a groove.
From the above, can realize the line pattern effect of grid under this setting to protruding and recess cooperation can the increase the area of combining between two material layers by a greater extent, and have the fashioned advantage of being convenient for.
Still further, the arrangement direction among the plurality of first linear structures is inclined to the width direction of the key cap.
From the above, the diagonal pattern effect can be realized by the arrangement, and all the first linear structures and the linear protrusions have longer total length, so that the bonding area between the two material layers is increased.
Further, the concave-convex matching structure forms a pattern, an identification symbol or a font.
From the above, the lines of the concave-convex matching structure can be designed to form line patterns, identification symbols related to functions, fonts such as numbers and English letters.
In a still further scheme, at least one part of the top wall adopts a double-layer material structure, and the concave-convex matching structure is displayed on the upper surface of the top wall through the outer material layer; and/or at least one part of the peripheral wall adopts a double-layer material structure, and the concave-convex matching structure is displayed on the peripheral surface of the peripheral wall through the outer material layer.
Further, the key cap is covered by the double-layer material structure.
From the above, according to the actual demand of design, the double-layer material structure can be only arranged on the top wall, or only arranged on the peripheral wall, and of course, the whole key cap can be covered by the double-layer material structure.
The other further scheme is that the whole top wall adopts a double-layer material structure; the joint surface of the inner material layer and the outer material layer is provided with a surrounding matching structure, the surrounding matching structure is positioned on the outer edge of the top wall, the surrounding matching structure comprises a first surrounding structure positioned on the inner material layer and a second surrounding structure positioned on the outer material layer, one of the first surrounding structure and the second surrounding structure is a bulge, and the other of the first surrounding structure and the second surrounding structure is a groove.
From the above, the arrangement around the mating structure not only brings a visual effect to the frame for the key, but also can uniformly and spreadably strengthen the bonding degree between the two material layers in the circumferential direction.
Still further, the top wall has an upper surface defining a peripheral groove disposed therearound, and an inner surface Zhou Tutai defined within an inner periphery of the peripheral groove.
Therefore, under the arrangement, the concave-convex three-dimensional design features are presented on the surface of the key, the three-dimensional effect of the product is enhanced, and the aesthetic feeling of the appearance is improved.
In another further scheme, the side part of the connecting column is provided with an elastic arm buckle.
From the above, the arrangement of the spring arm buckle is convenient for completing the installation in a buckling mode when the key is used as a key with a special function.
The keyboard provided by the second object of the utility model comprises the keyboard keys.
According to the scheme, when a user uses the keyboard, when the double-layer material structure of the key cap is observed, the transparent or semi-transparent surface layer material and the opaque inner layer material can be actually seen, so that a double-layer three-dimensional effect is generated.
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Fig. 1 is a block diagram of a first embodiment of a keyboard key according to the present utility model.
Fig. 2 is a diagram showing an outer material layer in perspective according to a first embodiment of the keyboard key of the present utility model.
Fig. 3 is an exploded view of a first embodiment of a keyboard key according to the present utility model.
Fig. 4 is a side cross-sectional view of a first embodiment of a keyboard key of the present utility model.
Fig. 5 is a diagram showing the effect of a real object at a first view angle according to a first embodiment of the key of the keyboard of the present utility model.
Fig. 6 is a diagram showing the effect of a real object under a second view angle of the key of the keyboard according to the first embodiment of the present utility model.
Fig. 7 is a side cross-sectional view of a second embodiment of a keyboard key of the present utility model.
Fig. 8 is a side cross-sectional view of a third embodiment of a keyboard key of the present utility model.
Fig. 9 is a side cross-sectional view of a fourth embodiment of a keyboard key of the present utility model.
Detailed Description
First embodiment of keyboard keys
The keyboard keys of the embodiment are used for the mechanical keyboard and serve as special function keys on the mechanical keyboard.
Referring to fig. 1 to 4, the key comprises a key cap 1 and a connecting column 39, and the key cap 1 is integrally of a double-layer material structure according to the utility model. Referring to fig. 3, in practice, the two layers of materials of the key are tightly combined and not decomposed, so that the structure is more convenient to describe, and in fig. 3, the two layers of materials are decomposed.
The key cap 1 has an outer contour of a substantially quadrangular frustum shape, and the key cap 1 includes a top wall 11 at the top and a peripheral wall 12 connected to the peripheral edge of the top wall 11. The double-layer material structure comprises an inner material layer 3 and an outer material layer 2 formed by secondary injection molding on the inner material layer 3, and in the embodiment, the inner material layer 3 is formed by non-light-transmitting materials, and the outer material layer 2 is formed by semi-light-transmitting materials.
Because the key cap 1 integrally adopts the double-layer material structure of the utility model, the double-layer material structure covers the top wall 11 and the peripheral wall 12. The inner material layer 3 includes an inner top wall portion 31 located inside the top wall 11 and an inner peripheral wall portion 32 located inside the peripheral wall 12, and the outer material layer 2 includes an outer peripheral wall portion 21 located outside the top wall 11 and an outer peripheral wall portion 22 located outside the peripheral wall 12.
Referring to fig. 3 and 4, the joint surface of the inner material layer 3 and the outer material layer 2 is provided with a concave-convex matching structure, the outer material layer 2 is formed by adopting a light-transmitting material, and the concave-convex matching structure is displayed on the outer surface of the key cap 1 through the outer material layer 2. In this embodiment, the concave-convex matching structure includes a plurality of first linear structures 310 arranged on the inner material layer 3 at intervals and a plurality of second linear structures 210 arranged on the outer material layer 2 at intervals, where the second linear structures 210 are matched with the first linear structures 310.
In this embodiment, the first linear structures 310 are grooves recessed downward on the top surface of the inner top wall 31 and extending along a straight line, the second linear structures 210 are protrusions protruding downward on the bottom surface of the outer peripheral wall 21 and extending along a straight line, as shown in fig. 3, the plurality of first linear structures 310 are arranged at intervals along a straight line, the plurality of second linear structures 210 are arranged at intervals along a straight line, and the extending directions of the second linear structures 210 and the first linear structures 310, the arrangement directions of the plurality of first linear structures 310, and the arrangement directions of the plurality of second linear structures 210 are all inclined to the width direction of the key cap 1. Thus, the twill pattern effect can be displayed on the surface of the key.
With continued reference to fig. 3 and 4, in this embodiment, a surrounding structure is further disposed at the junction surface of the inner material layer 3 and the outer material layer 2, where the surrounding structure is located at the outer edge of the top wall 11, and the surrounding structure includes a first surrounding structure 33 located on the inner material layer 3 and a second surrounding structure 23 located on the outer material layer 2, where the first surrounding structure 33 is a square groove recessed downward from the top surface of the inner top wall 31, and the second surrounding structure 23 is a square protrusion protruding downward from the bottom surface of the outer peripheral wall 21. The arrangement around the mating structure not only brings a visual effect of the frame to the key, but also can uniformly and spreadably strengthen the degree of bonding between the two material layers in the circumferential direction.
Further, referring to fig. 3, the upper surface of the top wall 11, that is, the upper surface of the outer peripheral wall portion 21 is formed with a downwardly recessed outer peripheral groove 24 provided in a square surrounding manner, and the top wall 11 is also formed with an inner Zhou Tutai at the inner periphery of the outer peripheral groove 24. Under this setting, the unsmooth three-dimensional design characteristic appears on the surface of button, strengthens the product third dimension, promotes outward appearance aesthetic feeling.
And in combination with fig. 5 and 6, as shown in the effect diagram of fig. 5, when the real object of the keyboard key is observed, the semi-transparent surface layer material and the opaque inner layer material can be seen, namely, the outline of the non-transparent inner material layer 3 can be seen through the semi-transparent outer material layer 2, so that the keyboard has a double-layer three-dimensional effect. Further, as shown in the physical effect diagram of fig. 6, the twill pattern formed by the second linear structure 210 and the first linear structure 310 is shown on the upper surface of the top wall 11 of the key cap 1 through the semi-permeable outer material layer 2, not only the twill pattern is a three-dimensional structure, but also the twill pattern is not on the upper surface of the top wall 11, and is penetrated from the inside of the key cap 1 to the surface, and different visual effects are shown when observed at different angles, so that the utility model is well improved based on the secondary injection molding process, the problems of flat and single tedious visual effect of the existing key can be solved, and the appearance aesthetic feeling is improved.
In addition, unexpectedly, the inner material layer 3 and the outer material layer 2 are matched through the concave-convex matching structure, so that the three-dimensional visual effect of the patterns Fu Wen is achieved, the combination area between the inner material layer 3 and the outer material layer 2 is effectively increased, and the two material layers are combined more firmly.
In other words, in this embodiment, as a special function key on the mechanical keyboard, the center of the connecting post 39 is provided with an abutting portion 391 for pressing, and the connecting post 39 is provided with spring arm buckles 392 on the side portions of the left and right side portions of the abutting portion 391.
Second embodiment of keyboard keys
Referring to fig. 7, in the present embodiment, on the keyboard keys, only the top wall 401 is of a double-layer material structure, and the peripheral wall is of a single-layer material structure.
In addition, in the present embodiment, at the junction of the inner material layer 41 and the outer material layer 42, the concave-convex matching structure includes a protrusion protruding from the upper surface of the inner material layer 41 and a groove recessed upward from the lower surface of the outer material layer 42.
Third embodiment of keyboard keys
Referring to fig. 8, in this embodiment, only one side of the top wall 501 and one side of the peripheral wall 502 adopt a double-layer material structure, and the stereoscopic effect of the inner material layer 51 and the outer material layer 52 is mainly exhibited on one side of the key.
Fourth embodiment of keyboard keys
In this embodiment, on the keyboard key, only the peripheral wall 602 is integrally formed with a double-layer material structure, and the top wall 601 is formed with a single-layer material structure.
In other embodiments, the lines of the concave-convex matching structure can be designed, and fonts such as identification symbols, numbers or English letters and the like related to functions can be designed.
In other embodiments, the keyboard key is used as a knocking key, and the connecting column is provided with a cross hole for being inserted and assembled with a cross shaft on the key shaft switch.
Finally, it should be emphasized that the foregoing description is merely illustrative of the preferred embodiments of the utility model, and that various changes and modifications can be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and principles of the utility model, and any such modifications, equivalents, improvements, etc. are intended to be included within the scope of the utility model.
Claims (10)
1. The keyboard key comprises a key cap and a connecting column, wherein the key cap comprises a top wall and a peripheral wall connected to the peripheral edge of the top wall, the peripheral wall surrounds the periphery of the connecting column, and at least one part of the key cap adopts a double-layer material structure;
The method is characterized in that:
the double-layer material structure comprises an inner material layer and an outer material layer which are sequentially connected along the thickness direction of the keycap, and the outer material layer is positioned on the outer surface of the keycap;
The combination surface of the inner material layer and the outer material layer is provided with a concave-convex matching structure, the outer material layer is formed by adopting a light-transmitting material, and the concave-convex matching structure is displayed on the outer surface of the key cap through the outer material layer.
2. The keyboard key of claim 1 wherein:
The concave-convex matching structure comprises a plurality of first linear structures which are arranged at intervals on the inner material layer and a plurality of second linear structures which are arranged at intervals on the outer material layer, and the second linear structures are matched with the first linear structures;
one of the first linear structure and the second linear structure is a protrusion, and the other of the first linear structure and the second linear structure is a groove.
3. The keyboard key of claim 2 wherein:
the arrangement direction among the plurality of first linear structures is inclined to the width direction of the keycap.
4. The keyboard key of claim 1 wherein:
The concave-convex matching structure forms a pattern, an identification symbol or a font.
5. The keyboard key according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein:
At least one part of the top wall adopts the double-layer material structure, and the concave-convex matching structure is displayed on the upper surface of the top wall through the outer material layer;
And/or at least one part of the peripheral wall adopts the double-layer material structure, and the concave-convex matching structure is displayed on the peripheral surface of the peripheral wall through the outer material layer.
6. The keyboard key of claim 5 wherein:
the double-layer material structure covers the keycaps.
7. The keyboard key of claim 5 wherein:
The whole top wall adopts the double-layer material structure;
The combination surface of the inner material layer and the outer material layer is provided with a surrounding matching structure, the surrounding matching structure is positioned at the outer edge of the top wall, and the surrounding matching structure comprises a first surrounding structure positioned on the inner material layer and a second surrounding structure positioned on the outer material layer;
one of the first surrounding structure and the second surrounding structure is a protrusion, and the other of the first surrounding structure and the second surrounding structure is a groove.
8. The keyboard key of claim 7 wherein:
The upper surface of the top wall forms a peripheral groove disposed around it, and the top wall also forms an inner Zhou Tutai at the inner periphery of the peripheral groove.
9. The keyboard key according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein:
The lateral part of spliced pole is equipped with the bullet arm buckle.
10. A keyboard comprising a keyboard key as claimed in any one of the preceding claims 1 to 9.
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