TWM578871U - Keycap - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a keycap structure including a first key body and a light transmissive body and a second key body. The first key body is formed with a bearing bevel on the side and a side opening. The light transmissive body is disposed on the inclined surface, and the second key system is disposed on the light transmissive body, and the first key body and the light transmissive body and the second key system are formed by foreign material injection molding. In this way, the key cap structure can present a color or transparent way to distinguish different materials, thereby achieving the effects of various material changes and lighting effects.

Description

Key cap structure

This creation is about a keycap, especially a keycap structure that produces a variety of material changes and lighting effects.

According to the continuous development and advancement of technology and information, the use of computer equipment and its peripheral devices has become quite common. Taking notebook computers as an example, keyboards have been widely used in the interface control of notebook computers and become dense. Inseparable hardware peripheral devices, while the conventional keyboard is mainly composed of a plurality of buttons, which respectively represent different letters and numbers, however, for the keyboard keys commonly used in the market, each button The pattern on the cap (such as text or symbols) is usually printed directly on the keycap, and is mainly based on the traditional square four-corner cap and the front side is made of plastic surface, so the key cap can only be monotonous. Color, such as black or other single color, even if the backlight device is placed under the keycap to emit light to the keycap, it can only produce a monochromatic illumination effect, often without design and variability. The competitiveness of products in the market can not be improved, therefore, how to provide different keyboard design to increase in multiple choices The consumer's attention and attraction, is one of the topics related to the industry of endeavor.

Therefore, how to improve the above-mentioned missing problems is the technical difficulty point that the creators of this case want to solve.

Therefore, in order to effectively solve the above problems, the main purpose of the present invention is to provide a keycap structure that can produce various material changes and lighting effects.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a keycap structure including a first key body and a light transmissive body and a second key body, wherein the first key body is formed with a key top and side edges formed with a plurality of a key skirt, and the first key body is formed with a receiving bevel on the side, the bearing bevel is formed at the joint of the key top and the key skirt, and the first key body is formed with a side opening, and the side opening is formed The light transmissive body is disposed on the mounting bevel, and the second key system is disposed on the light transmissive body, and the first key body and the light transmissive body are The second key system is a heterogeneous injection molding, whereby the key cap structure can present a color or transparent manner to distinguish different materials, thereby achieving the effects of various material changes and lighting effects.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the first key system is injection molded from a non-transparent thermoplastic polymer material.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the non-transparent thermoplastic polymer material is an ABS resin.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the light transmissive system is injection molded from a light transmissive thermoplastic polymer material, and the first key body and the light transmissive body are injection molded.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the second key system is injection molded from a non-transparent thermoplastic polymer material, and the second key body and the light transmissive body are injection molded or second. The key body is attached to the light transmitting body.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the non-transparent thermoplastic polymer material of the second key body is a thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer or a thermoplastic elastomer.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the light-transmitting body has at least one connecting arm and one shaft extending from one side of the side opening, and the light-transmitting body has at least one side of the supporting shaft opposite to the connecting arm. An extension arm, wherein one end of the connecting arm is connected to the support shaft, and the other end is connected to the inner side of the key skirt and the light transmitting body, and one end of the extending arm is connected to the support shaft, and the other end is connected to the inner side of the key skirt.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the key top is formed with a hollow portion, and the light transmitting body is formed with a marking portion at a position of the hollow portion, and the marking portion is formed between the extending arms and assembled. In the hollowing out.

1‧‧‧Keycap structure

2‧‧‧ first key body

21‧‧‧Key top

211‧‧‧镂空部

22‧‧‧Key skirt

23‧‧‧Insert bevel

24‧‧‧ side opening

3‧‧‧Translucent body

31‧‧‧Connecting arm

32‧‧‧ fulcrum

33‧‧‧Extension arm

34‧‧‧Marking Department

4‧‧‧Second key body

Figure 1 is a schematic perspective view of a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a perspective exploded view of the preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 3 is a schematic illustration of another perspective of the preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 4 is a first schematic diagram of the implementation of the preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 5 is a second schematic diagram of the implementation of the preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 , which are schematic diagrams of a three-dimensional combination and a schematic exploded view of another preferred embodiment of the present invention, and another angle diagram, which can be clearly seen from the figure, wherein the keys are The cap structure includes a first key body 2, a light transmissive body 3 and a second key body 4. The first key body 2 is formed with a key top 21 at a top position, and the key top 21 is formed with a hollow portion 211. And the first key body 2 is formed with a plurality of key skirts 22 at the side positions, and the first key body 2 is formed with a receiving inclined surface 23 at the side position, and the receiving inclined surface 23 is formed. At the intersection of the key top 21 and the key skirt 22, and the bearing slope 23 is extended downward from the key top 21 to the key skirt 22 in a slope manner, and the first key body 2 further has a The side opening 24, and the first key body 2 is injection molded from a non-transparent thermoplastic polymer material, and the non-transparent thermoplastic polymer material is an ABS resin.

The light-transmitting body 3 is disposed on the receiving inclined surface 23, and the light-transmitting body 3 has at least one connecting arm 31 and a shaft 32 extending from one side of the side opening 24, and the light-transmitting body 3 is The support shaft 32 has at least one extension arm 33 opposite to the other side of the connecting arm 31. The other end of the connecting arm 31 is connected to the support shaft 32, and the other end is connected to the inner side of the key skirt 22 and the light transmitting body 3, and the extension arm 33 One end of the support shaft 32 is connected to the other end, and the other end is connected to the inner side of the key skirt 22, and the light-transmitting body 3 is formed with a marking portion 34 at a position of the hollow portion 211. The indicator portion 34 is formed between the extending arm 33 and The light-transmissive body 3 is formed by injection molding from the light-transmissive thermoplastic polymer material, and the first key body 2 and the light-transmitting body 3 are injection-molded.

The second key body 4 is disposed on the light transmissive body 3, and the second key body 4 is injection molded from a non-transparent thermoplastic polymer material, and the second key body 4 is non-transparent thermoplastic. The type of polymer material is a thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer or a thermoplastic elastomer, and the second key body 4 and the light-transmitting body 3 can be injection molded by a foreign material, wherein the first key body 2 and the light-transmitting body 3 are The second key body 4 is formed by injection molding of a foreign material, or the second key body 4 can be attached to the light-transmitting body 3 by means of adhesive bonding.

Please refer to the foregoing drawings and FIGS. 4 and 5, which are schematic diagrams of the implementation of the preferred embodiment of the present invention and a schematic diagram 2 of the implementation, which can be clearly seen from the figure, wherein the key cap structure 1 The first key body 2, the light transmitting body 3 and the second key body 4 can be separated by using the foreign material Forming a color or a transparent way to distinguish the different materials, or the key cap structure 1 can be injection molded by the first key body 2 and the light transmitting body 3, and the second key body 4 is injection molded and The light-applying method is attached to the light-transmitting body 3 to distinguish the different materials in a color or transparent manner, and at the same time, when the light-emitting member under the key cap structure 1 generates a light source, the light source passes through the first key body 2 and the second The bottom of the key body 4 is emitted by the light-transmitting body 3 and the indicator portion 34, and the first key body 2 and the second key body 4 effectively shield the light source, so that the key cap structure 1 has various material changes and lighting effects. In effect, the keycap structure 1 can perform the foreign material injection molding or pasting molding of the first key body 2 and the light transmitting body 3 and the second key body 4 by the characteristics of three planes or more forming a plane. The key cap structure 1 may have an appearance shape such as a triangle or a polygon, and in the embodiment, a triangle is used as an embodiment, but is not limited thereto.

It should be noted that the above is only the preferred embodiment of the present case and is not intended to limit the creation. If the changes made in accordance with the concept of the creation are within the scope of the spirit of the creation, for example, for the configuration or arrangement The type is transformed, and the equivalent effect of various changes, modifications and applications shall be included in the scope of the case and shall be combined with Chen Ming.

Claims (8)

A key cap structure includes: a first key body having a key top and a plurality of key skirts, and the first key body forming a bearing bevel at the joint of the key top and the key skirt, Further, the first key body is formed with a side opening between the receiving bevels; a light transmitting body, the light transmitting system is disposed on the receiving inclined surface; and a second key body, the second key system is disposed on the through hole On the light body. The keycap structure of claim 1, wherein the first bond system is injection molded from a non-transparent thermoplastic polymer material. The keycap structure according to claim 2, wherein the non-transparent thermoplastic polymer material is an ABS resin. The keycap structure of claim 2, wherein the light transmissive system is injection molded from a light transmissive thermoplastic polymer material, and the first key body and the light transmissive body are injection molded. The keycap structure of claim 4, wherein the second key system is injection molded from a non-transparent thermoplastic polymer material, and the second key body and the light transmissive body are shaped by injection. Or the second key body is attached to the light transmissive body. The keycap structure of claim 5, wherein the non-transparent thermoplastic polymer material of the second key body is a thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer or a thermoplastic elastomer. The keycap structure of claim 1, wherein the light-transmitting body has at least one connecting arm and one shaft extending from one side of the side opening, and the light-transmitting body is opposite to the connecting arm of the supporting shaft. The side has at least one extension arm, wherein one end of the connecting arm is connected to the support shaft, the other end is connected to the inner side of the key skirt and the light transmitting body, and one end of the extending arm is connected to the support shaft, and the other end is connected to the inner side of the key skirt . The keycap structure of claim 7, wherein the key top is formed with a hollow portion, and the light transmitting body is formed with a marking portion at a position of the hollow portion, and the marking portion is formed between the extending arms. And the group is set in the hollow part.