TWM589816U - Touch pad structure - Google Patents

Abstract

A touch pad structure includes a first casing, a second casing, a touch pad and an adjusting mechanism. The first casing has an opening. The first casing is disposed on the second casing. The touch pad is disposed at the first casing and is located in the opening. The touch pad has a pivot portion pivoted to the first casing and a pressing portion opposite to the pivot portion. A trigger is disposed at a side of the pressing portion facing the second casing. The adjusting mechanism is disposed between the first casing and the second casing, and is configured to adjust a tactile sensation of pressing of the touch pad.

Description

Touchpad structure

This novel creation relates to a touch panel structure, and particularly to a touch panel structure applied to an electronic device.

A common electronic device, such as a notebook computer, has a keyboard and a touchpad on its host, which serve as a physical interface for users. On the other hand, keyboards and touchpads are also common in docking stations, where docking stations can be installed on tablets or smart phones, and users can choose to operate the tablet through the keyboard and touchpad Computer or smartphone.

Generally speaking, the touch feel or feedback force of the touchpad is fixed, but different users have different operating habits. The factory preset touch feel or feedback force of the touchpad is not suitable for all uses. By. Therefore, how to allow users to adjust the touch feel or feedback force of the touchpad according to their personal operating habits has become a research and development project actively invested by relevant manufacturers.

The novel creation provides a touch panel structure, and the user can adjust the pressing feel according to personal needs.

This novel creation proposes a touch panel structure, which includes a first chassis, a second chassis, a touch panel, and an adjustment mechanism. The first cabinet has an opening. The first cabinet is disposed on the second cabinet. The touchpad is disposed in the first casing and is located in the opening. The touchpad has opposite pivoting portions and pressing portions, and the pivoting portions pivotally connect to the first chassis. A trigger element is arranged on the side of the pressing part facing the second casing. The adjustment mechanism is disposed between the first casing and the second casing. The adjustment mechanism includes a bearing base, a contact element, two elastic members, and two adjustment elements, and the bearing base is installed on the first casing. The contact element passes through the second casing and the bearing seat and directly faces the trigger element. These elastic members are arranged on the bearing seat and symmetrically arranged on both sides of the contact element. These elastic members contact the side of the pressing portion facing the second cabinet. These adjustment elements pass through the second housing and are inserted into the carrier. The adjusting elements are arranged symmetrically on both sides of the contact element and respectively contact the elastic members.

Based on the above, in the newly created touch panel structure, the user can adjust the amount of compression of the elastic member according to personal operating habits, so as to obtain a specific operating feel when operating the touch panel structure.

In order to make the above-mentioned features and advantages of the creation of the new model more obvious and understandable, the embodiments are specifically described below and described in detail in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1A is a schematic diagram of a touch panel structure according to an embodiment of the novel creation. FIG. 1B is a schematic diagram of the adjustment mechanism of FIG. 1A. FIG. 1C is a schematic cross-sectional view of the touch panel structure of FIG. 1A. FIG. 1D is a schematic cross-sectional view of the touch panel structure of FIG. 1C after being adjusted to another state. In order to clearly show the internal structure of the adjustment mechanism 140, a part of the bearing base 141 in FIG. 1B is drawn with a broken line. Please refer to FIG. 1A to FIG. 1C. In this embodiment, the touchpad structure 100 can be applied to a notebook computer or docking station, and is integrated into the chassis or docking station of the host computer of the notebook computer. chassis. The touchpad structure 100 may include a first casing 110 and a second casing 120, wherein the first casing 110 and the second casing 120 may be part of the casing of the host computer of the notebook computer or the casing of the docking station Part of.

Specifically, the first casing 110 is disposed on the second casing 120, and the touchpad structure 100 further includes a touchpad 130 and an adjustment mechanism 140. The first casing 110 has an opening 111, wherein the touchpad 130 is disposed in the first casing 110 and is located in the opening 111. The touchpad 130 has opposite pivoting portions 131 and pressing portions 132, wherein the pivoting portions 131 pivotally connect the first housing 110, so that the pressing portion 132 can use the pivoting portion 131 as a rotation fulcrum relative to the first housing 110 rotation. According to different operating states, if the user applies force to the pressing portion 132, the pressing portion 132 can rotate close to the second casing 120 with the pivot portion 131 as a rotation fulcrum. On the contrary, if the force exerted on the pressing portion 132 is removed, the pressing portion 132 can rotate away from the second cabinet 120 using the pivot portion 131 as a rotation fulcrum.

In this embodiment, the pressing portion 132 of the touch panel 130 is provided with a trigger element 133 on the side facing the second casing 120, wherein the trigger element 133 may adopt a metal dome switch or a rubber dome ) Switches, other types of contact switches or non-contact switches, and the trigger element 133 roughly falls on the end of the pressing portion 132. On the other hand, at least part of the adjustment mechanism 140 falls within the orthographic projection range of the opening 111, wherein the adjustment mechanism 140 is disposed between the first cabinet 110 and the second cabinet 120, and some components of the adjustment mechanism 140 are exposed to the first The bottom of the second casing 120 is convenient for the user to operate.

The adjusting mechanism 140 includes a supporting base 141, a contact element 142, two elastic members 143 and two adjusting elements 144, wherein the supporting base 141 is installed on the first casing 110, and the supporting base 141 is used to carry the elastic members 143 and position the contact element 142与 These adjustment elements 144. In detail, the contact element 142 passes through the second casing 120 and the carrier 141 and faces the trigger element 133. Before the pressing portion 132 is pressed, the trigger element 133 and the top of the contact element 142 are kept at a distance. On the other hand, the bottom of the contact element 142 is exposed from the bottom of the second casing 120, wherein the contact element 142 is a screw, and the carrier 141 has a first through hole 141a. The first through hole 141a faces the trigger element 133 for the contact element 142 to pass through. The contact element 142 is screwed to the internal thread of the first through hole 141a through its external thread. By rotating the bottom of the contact element 142, the contact element 142 moves relative to the carrier 141, so that the top of the contact element 142 moves closer to or away from the trigger element 133, Accordingly, the distance between the top of the contact element 142 and the trigger element 133 is adjusted.

The distance between the top of the contact element 142 shown in FIG. 1D and the trigger element 133 is smaller than the distance between the top of the contact element 142 shown in FIG. 1C and the trigger element 133, that is to say, the user can according to personal operating habits To adjust the distance between the top of the contact element 142 and the trigger element 133 to obtain a specific pressing stroke when operating the touch panel structure 100.

The elastic members 143 are disposed on the carrier 141 and symmetrically disposed on both sides of the contact element 142. The elastic members 143 contact the side of the pressing portion 132 facing the second cabinet 120. Based on the symmetrical arrangement relationship of the elastic members 143, the stability of the movement of the pressing portion 132 when sinking due to force can be improved. On the other hand, these adjustment elements 144 pass through the second casing 120 and are inserted into the carrier 141, wherein each adjustment element 144 is disposed corresponding to one elastic member 143, and the top of each adjustment element 144 contacts the corresponding elastic member 143. As shown in FIG. 1C, each elastic member 143 is located between the touch panel 130 and the corresponding adjustment element 144, and these adjustment elements 144 are symmetrically disposed on both sides of the contact element 142. For example, the length of the contact element 142 is greater than the length of each adjustment element 144.

The bottom of each adjusting element 144 is exposed from the bottom of the second casing 120, wherein each adjusting element 144 is a screw, and the supporting base 141 further has two second through holes 141b for these adjusting elements 144 to pass through. In other words, the second through holes 141b are symmetrically disposed on both sides of the first through hole 141a. Each adjusting element 144 is screwed to the internal thread of the corresponding second through hole 141b through its external thread, and by rotating the bottom of each adjusting element 144, each adjusting element 144 moves relative to the carrier 141 so that each adjusting element 144 The length of the insertion carrier 141 increases or decreases.

The length of each adjustment element 144 shown in FIG. 1D inserted into the carrier 141 is greater than the length of each adjustment element 144 shown in FIG. 1C inserted into the carrier 141. As the length of these adjustment elements 144 inserted into the carrier 141 increases, these elasticities The amount of compression of the piece 143 also increases. By increasing the amount of compression of these elastic members 143, the user feels more firm when pressing on the pressing portion 132. That is to say, the user can adjust the amount of compression of these elastic members 143 according to their personal operating habits, so as to obtain a specific operating feel when operating the touch panel structure 100.

Please refer to FIGS. 1B, 1C, and 1D. In this embodiment, the carrier 141 further has two grooves 141c, wherein the grooves 141c are symmetrically disposed on both sides of the first through hole 141a, and each second The through hole 141b communicates with a groove 141c. Each groove 141c is used to accommodate one elastic member 143, and each adjusting element 144 is inserted into the corresponding groove 141c through the corresponding second through hole 141b to contact the corresponding elastic member 143. As the length of the adjustment elements 144 inserted into the grooves 141c increases, the elastic members 143 are pushed by the adjustment elements 144 to move toward the touch panel 130, so that the amount of compression of the elastic members 143 increases.

Specifically, the elastic members 143 may be “>” shaped or “>” shaped shrapnels, wherein each elastic member 143 includes a bottom 143a and an elastic contact portion 143b, and the bottom 143a of each elastic member 143 is slidably arranged in correspondence The recess 141c contacts the corresponding adjustment element 144, and the elastic contact portion 143b of each elastic member 143 contacts the side of the pressing portion 132 facing the second cabinet 120. As the length of the adjusting elements 144 inserted into the grooves 141c increases, the bottoms 143a of the elastic members 143 are pushed by the adjusting elements 144 to slide in the grooves 141c, and the bottoms 143a of each elastic member 143 are elastic The angle between the contact portions 143b is reduced, that is, the compression amount of these elastic members 143 is increased.

In this embodiment, the adjustment mechanism 140 further includes two carrier plates 145, which are slidably disposed in the grooves 141c. The bottom 143a of each elastic member 143 is mounted on a carrier board 145, and the bottom 143a of each elastic member 143 can be embedded, inserted or snapped into the corresponding carrier board 145 to avoid the bottom 143a of each elastic member 143 from easily The corresponding carrier board 145 is disengaged. Therefore, the adjusting elements 144 can indirectly contact the bottoms 143 a of the elastic members 143 through the carrier plates 145. On the other hand, the grooves 141c have openings toward the touchpad 130, and the sizes of the carrier plates 145 are larger than the openings of the grooves 141c, so as to avoid the elastic members 143 and the carrier plates 145 from the grooves 141c Break away.

To ensure the sliding direction and stability of the carrier plates 145 and the elastic members 143 in the grooves 141c, each carrier plate 145 has a first guide portion 145a, and each groove 141c has a second guide portion 141d . In detail, the first guiding portion 145a of each carrier 145 is connected to the second guiding portion 141d in the corresponding groove 141c, and each of the first guiding portion 145a and the corresponding second guiding portion 141d can be It is a combination of the guide concave portion and the guide convex portion. For example, the guide concave portion may be a guide groove, and the guide convex portion may be a guide post, a guide rib, or a guide block.

In summary, in the newly created touchpad structure, the user can adjust the amount of compression of the elastic member according to personal operating habits, so as to obtain a specific operating feel when operating the touchpad structure. On the other hand, the user can also adjust the distance between the trigger element and the contact element according to personal operating habits, so as to obtain a specific pressing stroke when operating the touch panel structure.

Although the new creation has been disclosed as above with examples, it is not intended to limit the creation of the new creation. Anyone with ordinary knowledge in the technical field of the subject can make some changes and without departing from the spirit and scope of the creation of the new creation. Retouching, so the scope of protection of this new creation shall be subject to the scope defined in the appended patent application.

100‧‧‧Touchpad structure 110‧‧‧The first case 111‧‧‧ opening 120‧‧‧Second case 130‧‧‧Touchpad 131‧‧‧Pivot Department 132‧‧‧Pressing part 133‧‧‧trigger element 140‧‧‧Adjustment mechanism 141‧‧‧ bearing seat 141a‧‧‧First punch 141b‧‧‧Second Perforation 141c‧‧‧groove 141d‧‧‧Second Guidance Department 142‧‧‧Contact element 143‧‧‧Elastic parts 143a‧‧‧Bottom 143b‧‧‧Elastic contact 144‧‧‧Adjustment components 145‧‧‧ carrier board 145a‧‧‧First Guidance Department

FIG. 1A is a schematic diagram of a touch panel structure according to an embodiment of the novel creation. FIG. 1B is a schematic diagram of the adjustment mechanism of FIG. 1A. FIG. 1C is a schematic cross-sectional view of the touch panel structure of FIG. 1A. FIG. 1D is a schematic cross-sectional view of the touch panel structure of FIG. 1C after being adjusted to another state.

100‧‧‧Touchpad structure

110‧‧‧The first case

111‧‧‧ opening

120‧‧‧Second case

130‧‧‧Touchpad

131‧‧‧Pivot Department

132‧‧‧Pressing part

140‧‧‧Adjustment mechanism

Claims (10)

A touch panel structure, including: The first casing has an opening; A second casing, the first casing is disposed on the second casing; The touchpad is disposed in the first casing and is located in the opening, wherein the touchpad has opposite pivoting portions and pressing portions, and the pivoting portions pivotally connect to the first casing, and the pressing portions face A trigger element is provided on one side of the second casing; and An adjustment mechanism is provided between the first casing and the second casing, wherein the adjustment mechanism includes a bearing seat, a contact element, two elastic members and two adjustment elements, and the bearing seat is installed on the first machine Housing, the contact element passes through the second housing and the bearing seat and faces the trigger element, the two elastic members are arranged on the bearing seat and are symmetrically arranged on both sides of the contact element, the two elastic The piece contacts the side of the pressing portion facing the second casing, the two adjustment elements pass through the second casing and are inserted into the bearing seat, the two adjustment elements are symmetrically arranged on both sides of the contact element and respectively Contact the two elastic pieces. The touch panel structure as described in item 1 of the patent application range, wherein the trigger element comprises a metal dome switch or a rubber dome switch. The touchpad structure as described in item 1 of the patent application scope, wherein the contact element is a screw. The touch panel structure as described in item 1 of the patent application scope, wherein each of the adjustment elements is a screw. The touchpad structure as described in item 1 of the patent application range, wherein the length of the contact element is greater than the length of each adjustment element. The touchpad structure as described in item 1 of the patent application range, wherein the carrier has a first through hole, two second through holes, and two grooves, the first through hole faces the trigger element, and the contact element passes through After the first perforation, the two second perforations respectively communicate with the two grooves, wherein the two second perforations are symmetrically disposed on both sides of the first perforation, and the two grooves are symmetrically disposed in the On both sides of the first perforation, the two elastic members are respectively disposed in the two grooves, and the two adjusting elements are inserted into the two grooves through the two second perforations to contact the two elastic members. The touchpad structure as described in item 6 of the patent application scope, wherein each of the elastic members includes a bottom and an elastic contact portion, the bottom of each elastic member is slidably disposed in the corresponding groove and contacts the corresponding adjustment element , And the elastic contact portion of each elastic member contacts the side of the pressing portion facing the second cabinet. The touch panel structure as described in item 7 of the patent application scope, wherein the adjustment mechanism further includes two carrier plates, which are respectively slidably disposed in the two grooves, and the two bottoms of the two elastic members are respectively installed in The two carrier boards. The touchpad structure as described in item 8 of the patent application scope, wherein each of the carrier plates has a first guide portion, and each of the grooves is provided with a second guide portion, and the first guide of each carrier plate The guide portion is connected to the second guide portion in the corresponding groove. The touch panel structure as described in item 9 of the patent application range, wherein each of the first guide portion and the corresponding second guide portion is a combination of a guide concave portion and a guide convex portion.

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