TWM549439U - Press key module - Google Patents

Abstract

A press key module includes a bottom plate, a frame, a first electric switch, a second electric switch, a key cap and a first elastic member. The frame is disposed on the bottom plate and has an opening. The first electric switch is disposed on the bottom plate, exposed from the opening, and adapted to be triggered by being pressed along a first direction. The second electric switch is vertically disposed on the bottom plate, exposed from the opening, and adapted to be triggered by being pressed along a second direction, wherein the first direction is different from the second direction. The key cap covers the first and the second electric switches. The first elastic member is disposed between the first electric switch and the key cap.

Description

Button module

The novel creation relates to a button module, and in particular to a button module that can be triggered by different pressing directions.

Currently, for most esports gamers, during the game, the mouse is operated with one hand (for example, the right hand) and the other hand (for example, the left hand) to press the button on the keyboard. With the increasing number of instructions for e-sports games, the design of a function with a single button on the keyboard is currently insufficient. Therefore, at present, some e-sports keyboards will add new buttons as special function keys to make the player more convenient in operation. However, the range of convenient movements of the player's left hand is limited. If the added button is far from the left hand position, the player needs to leave the screen to see the keyboard to confirm the button position, which will affect the convenience of the game.

The novel creation provides a button module that can be pressed by different pressing directions to trigger different commands.

The key module of the present invention comprises a bottom plate, a frame, a first circuit switch, a second circuit switch, a keycap and a first elastic member. The frame is disposed on the bottom plate and includes an opening. The first circuit switch is disposed on the bottom plate and exposed to the opening, and is adapted to be triggered by pressing in a first direction. The second circuit switch is vertically disposed on the bottom plate and exposed to the opening, and is adapted to be triggered by a second direction of pressing, wherein the first direction is different from the second direction. The key cap covers the first circuit switch and the second circuit switch. The first elastic member is disposed between the first circuit switch and the keycap.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the key cap includes a rigid body and a flexible portion, and the rigid body includes a consistent hole on the side, the flexible portion is embedded in the through hole and corresponds to the second circuit switch, when the key The flexible portion of the cap is adapted to trigger the second circuit switch when pressed in the second direction.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the rigid body and the flexible portion of the keycap are two-shot injection molding.

In an embodiment of the novel creation, the flexible portion described above comprises rubber or silicone.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the button module further includes a sliding member fixed to the keycap, wherein the frame includes a sliding slot extending in the second direction, the sliding member extends into the sliding slot, and the keycap The second circuit switch is triggered to move in a second direction relative to the frame.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the button module further includes a second elastic member disposed between the bottom plate and the key cap, wherein the key cap is normally located at a first position and is adapted to move to a first The second position triggers the second circuit switch, and the second resilient member is adapted to return the keycap from the second position to the first position.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the second elastic member is a spring extending along the first direction, and the second elastic member is adapted to move in a direction parallel and perpendicular to the first direction.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the button module is a long double button module of a keyboard.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the first circuit switch is located at a central position below the keycap, and the second circuit switch is located at a non-central position under the keycap.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the long double key module is a blank key module.

In an embodiment of the novel creation, the first direction is perpendicular to the second direction.

Based on the above, the button module of the present invention can be configured by the first circuit switch and the second circuit switch that can be triggered by different pressing directions under a single key cap, so that the button module can be different by the user. Press the direction to trigger different commands. If you apply this button module to the keyboard, you can provide more convenient and convenient operation options without adding new buttons. For example, if the button module is replaced by the original blank button module, the button module is located within the left hand of the user, and the user can select the key cap of the blank button to be issued in different directions. Different instructions, so that the user does not need to move the left hand to other places during operation, and does not need to move the line of sight away from the screen, but can provide a good gaming experience for the user.

The above described features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent and understood from the following description.

1 is a schematic diagram of a button module applied to a keyboard according to an embodiment of the present invention. 2 is a perspective schematic view of the button module of FIG. 1 slightly moved up. 3 is a schematic view of the keycap of the button module of FIG. 1 removed. 4 is a schematic exploded view of the button module of FIG. 1. It should be noted that, in FIG. 1 , the button module 100 of the present embodiment is applied to the keyboard 10 , particularly the long double key module on the keyboard 10 , such as a blank key module. However, in other embodiments, the electronic device having the button may be applied to the electronic device. Alternatively, the button module 100 may exist independently. The applied object is not limited thereto. In addition, in FIG. 2, in order to clearly show the inside of the key module 100, the keycap 150 is intentionally slightly moved up and indicated by a broken line. In addition, in the exploded view of FIG. 4, the bottom plate 110 and the frame 120 of the entire keyboard 10 are schematically illustrated to facilitate understanding of the corresponding positions of the internal structure of the key module 100 on the frame 120.

Referring to FIG. 1 to FIG. 4 , the button module 100 of the present embodiment includes a bottom plate 110 ( FIG. 4 ) , a frame 120 , a first circuit switch 130 , at least one second circuit switch 140 , a key cap 150 , and a first The first elastic member 160 and a balance structure 190. The frame 120 is disposed on the bottom plate 110 and includes an opening 122. The first elastic member 160 is disposed between the first circuit switch 130 and the keycap 150 to provide a pressing restoring force. The balance structure 190 is used to make the entire keycap 150 smoothly downward when both sides of the keycap 150 having a larger length are pressed, and can be smoothly upward after being pressed.

The first circuit switch 130 is disposed on the bottom plate 110 and exposed to the opening 122, so that the first circuit switch 130 is adapted to be triggered by a pressing of a first direction D1 (shown in FIG. 2). The second circuit switch 140 is vertically disposed on the bottom plate 110 and exposed to the opening 122, and the second circuit switch 140 is adapted to be triggered by a pressing of a second direction D2 (shown in FIG. 2). In the present embodiment, the first direction D1 is the pressing direction, the second direction D2 is the front of the user, and the first direction D1 is perpendicular to the second direction D2, but in other embodiments, as long as the first direction D1 is different The second direction D2 can be.

The first circuit switch 130 and the second circuit switch 140 can be disposed on different circuit boards (not shown) to transmit the received trigger signal to a central processing unit (not shown) such as a computer. The circuit board configuring the first circuit switch 130 and the second circuit switch 140 may be a flexible circuit board or a general circuit board, and the type of the circuit board is not limited thereto. In addition, if the circuit board on which the second circuit switch 140 is disposed is a flexible circuit board, it can be erected on the bottom plate 110 through the bracket to facilitate receiving the pressing in the second direction D2.

In the embodiment, the key cap 150 covers the first circuit switch 130 and the second circuit switch 140. Since the key module 100 of the embodiment takes the blank key module as an example, the length of the key cap 150 is large. In this embodiment, the first circuit switch 130 is designed at a central position under the key cap 150, and second. The circuit switch 140 is located at a non-central position below the keycap 150. For example, the two second circuit switches 140 are located at positions where the keycap 150 is closer to the left and right sides in the length direction. The position of the two second circuit switches 140 generally corresponds to the position of the thumb when the user's hand is placed on the keyboard 10 to facilitate the user to push the second circuit switch 140 forward with the thumb. Of course, the positions of the first circuit switch 130 and the second circuit switch 140 are not limited thereto.

The keycap 150 includes a rigid body 152 and at least one flexible portion 156. The rigid body 152 includes at least a consistent aperture 154 on the side, the flexible portion 156 being embedded within the through bore 154 and corresponding to the second circuit switch 140. When the flexible portion 156 of the keycap 150 is pressed in the second direction D2, the flexible portion 156 deforms to trigger the second circuit switch 140. In the present embodiment, the number of flexible portions 156 may correspond to the number of second circuit switches 140. In other embodiments, the number of the flexible portions 156 of the button module 100 may be less than or greater than the number of the second circuit switches 140, as long as the button module 100 is provided with a scratch at a portion corresponding to the second circuit switch 140. The portion 156 is adapted to allow the user to press the flexible circuit portion 156 to the second circuit switch 140.

In this embodiment, the flexible portion 156 includes rubber or silicone, the hard body 152 is made of plastic, and the rigid body 152 and the flexible portion 156 of the key cap 150 can be fabricated by two-shot molding, but in other embodiments Alternatively, the flexible portion 156 may be assembled to the rigid body 152 by other means such as adhesion.

The button module 100 of the present embodiment enables the button module 100 to be used by using the first circuit switch 130 and the second circuit switch 140 that can be triggered in different pressing directions under a single key cap 150. Different pressing directions trigger different commands. More specifically, the user can press the keycap 150 to trigger the first circuit switch 130 by conventional pressing, and can also push the flexible portion 156 of the keycap 150 forward to make the flexible portion 156 correspondingly Deformation, triggering the second circuit switch 140 in a manner that is pressed to the second circuit switch 140. In this way, the single button module 100 can issue different commands by different pressing directions instead of the two button modules 100.

It is worth mentioning that in this embodiment, the designer can also design different gestures for the same first circuit switch 130 or second circuit switch 140, so that the processor recognizes different instructions. For example, long pressing the first circuit switch 130 and clicking the first circuit switch 130 multiple times may be representative of different instructions. In this way, the number of commands that can be issued by a single button module 100 can be increased.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a button module according to another embodiment of the present invention. 6 is a top plan view of the button module of FIG. 5 in a first position. 7 is a top plan view of the button module of FIG. 5 in a second position. It should be noted that in the present embodiment, the same or similar elements as those of the previous embodiment are denoted by the same or similar symbols, and will not be described again. Only the main differences will be described below.

Referring to FIG. 5 to FIG. 7 , the main difference between the button module 100 a of the present embodiment and the button module 100 of the previous embodiment is that, in the previous embodiment, the key cap 150 has a scratch that can be deformed after being pressed. Sexual portion 156, when the user wants to trigger the second circuit switch 140, the hard body 152 of the key cap 150 does not move relative to the frame 120 in the second direction D2 (front), only the flexible portion 156 is pushed forward Pressing to the second circuit switch 140.

In this embodiment, the frame 120a includes at least one sliding slot 124a extending in the second direction D2 (in the embodiment, the two sliding slots 124a are taken as an example), and the button module 100a further includes at least one sliding member 170a (in the case of In this embodiment, the two sliders 170a are taken as an example, and are fixed to the keycap 150a. The slider 170a may be integrally formed on the keycap 150a or may be fixed to the keycap 150a by other means such as locking, bonding, welding, or the like. In the present embodiment, the slider 170a will extend into the chute 124a and be movable within the chute 124a to cause the keycap 150a to be adapted to move relative to the frame 120 in the second direction D2 to trigger the second circuit switch 140. That is to say, in the present embodiment, the entire key cap 150a is pushed forward by the user to move in the second direction D2 to trigger to the second circuit switch 140.

In addition, in the embodiment, the button module 100a further includes at least one second elastic member 180a (in the embodiment, the two second elastic members 180a are taken as an example), and is disposed between the bottom plate 110 and the key cap 150a. In this embodiment, the second elastic member 180a is a spring extending along the first direction D1, but the type of the second elastic member 180a is not limited thereto, and the second elastic member 180a is adapted to be parallel and perpendicular to the first direction. Direction of movement of D1. As shown in FIG. 6, the key cap 150a is normally located at a first position P1. When the user wants to trigger the second circuit switch 140, as long as the keycap 150a is pushed forward, the keycap 150a is adapted to move to a second position P2 to trigger the second circuit switch 140, and the second elastic member 180a is adapted to make the keycap 150a Returning from the second position P2 to the first position P1.

In summary, the button module of the present invention enables the button module to be used by using a first circuit switch and a second circuit switch that can be triggered by different pressing directions under a single key cap. Different pressing directions trigger different commands. If you apply this button module to the keyboard, you can provide more convenient and convenient operation options without adding new buttons. For example, if the button module is replaced by the original blank button module, the button module is located within the left hand of the user, and the user can select the key cap of the blank button to be issued in different directions. Different instructions, so that the user does not need to move the left hand to other places during operation, and does not need to move the line of sight away from the screen, but can provide a good gaming experience for the user.

Although the present invention has been disclosed in the above embodiments, it is not intended to limit the novel creation, and any person skilled in the art can make some changes without departing from the spirit and scope of the novel creation. Retouching, the scope of protection of this new creation is subject to the definition of the scope of the patent application attached.

D1‧‧‧ first direction
D2‧‧‧ second direction
P1‧‧‧ first position
P2‧‧‧ second position
10‧‧‧ keyboard
100, 100a‧‧‧ button module
110‧‧‧floor
120, 120a‧‧‧ framework
122‧‧‧Opening
124a‧‧‧Chute
130‧‧‧First circuit switch
140‧‧‧Second circuit switch
150, 150a‧‧‧ key cap
152‧‧‧hard body
154‧‧‧through holes
156‧‧‧Flexible part
160‧‧‧First elastic parts
170a‧‧‧Sliding parts
180a‧‧‧Second elastic parts
190‧‧‧ Balanced structure

1 is a schematic diagram of a button module applied to a keyboard according to an embodiment of the present invention. 2 is a perspective schematic view of the keycap of the button module of FIG. 1 slightly moved up. 3 is a schematic view of the keycap of the button module of FIG. 1 removed. 4 is a schematic exploded view of the button module of FIG. 1. FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a button module according to another embodiment of the present invention. 6 is a top plan view of the button module of FIG. 5 in a first position. 7 is a top plan view of the button module of FIG. 5 in a second position.

D1‧‧‧ first direction

D2‧‧‧ second direction

100‧‧‧Key Module

110‧‧‧floor

130‧‧‧First circuit switch

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190‧‧‧ Balanced structure

Claims (11)

A button module includes: a bottom plate; a frame disposed on the bottom plate and including an opening; a first circuit switch disposed on the bottom plate and exposed to the opening, adapted to receive a first direction a second circuit switch is vertically disposed on the bottom plate and exposed to the opening, adapted to be triggered by a second direction of pressing, wherein the first direction is different from the second direction a keycap covering the first circuit switch and the second circuit switch; and a first elastic member disposed between the first circuit switch and the keycap. The key module of claim 1, wherein the key cap comprises a rigid body and a flexible portion, the rigid body comprising a consistent hole on the side, the flexible portion being embedded in the through hole and corresponding to The second circuit switch is adapted to trigger the second circuit switch when the flexible portion of the keycap is pressed in the second direction. The button module of claim 2, wherein the rigid body of the keycap and the flexible portion are two-shot injection molding. The button module of claim 2, wherein the flexible portion comprises rubber or silicone. The button module of claim 1, further comprising: a sliding member fixed to the keycap, wherein the frame comprises a sliding slot extending in the second direction, the sliding member extending into the sliding slot And causing the keycap to be adapted to move in the second direction relative to the frame to trigger the second circuit switch. The button module of claim 5, further comprising: a second elastic member disposed between the bottom plate and the key cap, wherein the key cap is normally located in a first position and is adapted to move The second circuit switch is triggered to a second position, the second resilient member being adapted to return the keycap from the second position to the first position. The button module of claim 6, wherein the second elastic member is a spring extending along the first direction, the second elastic member being adapted to move in a direction parallel to and perpendicular to the first direction . The button module of claim 1, wherein the button module is a long double button module of a keyboard. The button module of claim 8, wherein the first circuit switch is located at a central position under the keycap, and the second circuit switch is located at a non-central position under the keycap. The button module of claim 8, wherein the long key module is a blank key module. The button module of claim 1, wherein the first direction is perpendicular to the second direction.