WO2022016718A1

WO2022016718A1 - Keycap protective sleeve structure, keycap protective sleeve, keycap kit, and keyboard

Info

Publication number: WO2022016718A1
Application number: PCT/CN2020/123737
Authority: WO
Inventors: 徐孝海; 陈刚
Original assignee: 深圳市赛盟特科技有限公司
Priority date: 2020-07-21
Filing date: 2020-10-26
Publication date: 2022-01-27
Also published as: CN212648105U

Abstract

Disclosed in the present application is a keyboard protective sleeve structure, comprising: a housing (10), the housing (10) being provided with a first surface (11) and a second surface (12) connected to the circumference of the first surface (11); the first surface (11) and the second surface (12) surround to form an accommodation area (122), and the first surface (11) and/or the second surface (12) protrudes into the accommodation area (122) for use as a positioning part (20) for assembling with a keycap. The keycap protective sleeve structure and the keycap are accurately positioned and assembled by using the positioning part (20), thus the degree of fitting between the keycap and a keycap protective sleeve is improved, and the dislocation, deviation and so on of the keycap protective sleeve do not occur.

Description

Keycap protective cover structure, keycap protective cover, keycap kit and keyboard

This application claims the priority of the Chinese patent application with the application number of 202021450118.1 and the invention title of "Keycap Protective Cover Structure, Keycap Protective Cover, Keycap Kit and Keyboard", filed with the China Patent Office on July 21, 2020 , the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.

technical field

The present application belongs to the technical field of input devices, and more particularly, relates to a keycap protective cover structure, a keycap protective cover, a keycap kit and a keyboard.

Background technique

Keyboards are widely used as an instruction and data input device for the operation of electronic devices. In order to protect the keys of the keyboard, a protective cover is usually placed on the keys. However, when the protective cover is installed, the protective cover and the keys are often not well fitted, and the protective cover is prone to misalignment and other phenomena, thus giving the operator Operation is inconvenient.

technical problem

The purpose of the embodiments of the present application is to provide a keycap protective cover structure, a keycap protective cover, a keycap kit and a keyboard, so as to solve the problem that the keyboard protective cover is prone to misalignment and the like when assembling the keys and the keyboard protective cover in the prior art. technical problem.

technical solutions

In order to solve the above-mentioned technical problems, the technical solutions adopted in the embodiments of the present application are:

In a first aspect, a keyboard protective cover structure is provided, comprising: a casing, the casing has a first surface and a second surface connected around the first surface, the first surface and the second surface A receiving area is formed around the surface, and a positioning portion for assembling with the keycap is protruded from the first surface and/or the second surface toward the receiving area.

Optionally, the positioning portion has a column protruding from the first surface toward the accommodating area; and/or

The positioning portion has a clamping unit protruding from the second surface toward the accommodating area.

Optionally, the number of the cylinders is several, and the outer contours of at least two cylinders are different.

Optionally, the clamping unit includes a clamping piece, a fixed end of the clamping piece is fixed on the second surface, and a free end of the clamping piece is protruded with a protruding piece or a through hole is formed.

Optionally, the housing and the positioning portion are an integrated structure; or

The positioning portion is formed by a partial area of the first surface and/or the second surface that protrudes toward the receiving area.

Optionally, the second surface is away from the boundary of the first surface and protrudes into the accommodating area to form a buckling surface.

Optionally, keyboard characters are provided on the first surface.

In a second aspect, a keycap protective cover is provided, which includes a plurality of the above-mentioned keycap protective cover structures respectively adapted to the keycaps.

In a third aspect, a keycap kit is provided, comprising a plurality of the above-mentioned keycap protective cover structures or the above-mentioned keycap protective covers, and a plurality of keycap protective cover structures assembled on the keycap protective cover structures or the keys keycaps on the cap protector.

In a fourth aspect, a keyboard is provided, comprising: a keyboard body and the above-mentioned key cap set mounted on a key position of the keyboard body.

beneficial effect

The beneficial effect of the keyboard protection handle provided by the embodiment of the present application is that compared with the prior art, the embodiment of the present application is protruding from the first surface and/or the second surface toward the receiving area for connecting with the key The positioning part of the cap assembly can accurately position and assemble the keycap protective cover structure and the keycap through the positioning part, so as to improve the fit of the keycap and the keycap protective cover, and the keycap protective cover will not be dislocated or offset.

Description of drawings

In order to illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application more clearly, the following briefly introduces the accompanying drawings that are used in the description of the embodiments or exemplary technologies. Obviously, the drawings in the following description are only for the present application. In some embodiments, for those of ordinary skill in the art, other drawings can also be obtained according to these drawings without any creative effort.

1 is one of the structural schematic diagrams of a keycap protective cover structure provided by an embodiment of the application;

2 is a second structural schematic diagram of a keycap protective cover structure provided by an embodiment of the application;

Fig. 3 is the A-A sectional schematic diagram of Fig. 2;

4 is a third structural schematic diagram of a keycap protective cover structure provided by an embodiment of the application;

5 is one of the schematic structural diagrams of the keycap protective cover structure provided by another embodiment of the present application;

6 is a second structural schematic diagram of a keycap protective cover structure provided by another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 7 is one of the schematic structural diagrams of a keycap protective cover structure provided by another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 8 is a second structural schematic diagram of a keycap protective cover structure provided by another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 9 is one of the structural schematic diagrams of the keycap protective cover structure provided by another embodiment of the present application;

10 is one of the structural schematic diagrams of a keycap protective cover structure provided by another embodiment of the application;

11 is the second structural schematic diagram of a keycap protective cover structure provided by another embodiment of the application;

12 is one of the structural schematic diagrams of a keycap protective cover provided by another embodiment of the application;

FIG. 13 is a second schematic structural diagram of a keycap protective cover provided by another embodiment of the present application.

Among them, each reference sign in the figure:

10 - shell;

11 - the first surface;

12-second surface; 121-buckling surface; 122-accommodating area; 123-keyboard characters; 124-empty area;

20-Positioning Department

21 - cylinder;

22-clamping unit; 221-clamping piece; 222-protruding piece; 223-through hole.

Embodiments of the present invention

In order to make the purpose, technical solutions and advantages of the present application more clearly understood, the present application will be described in further detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are only used to explain the present invention, but not to limit the present application.

It should be noted that when a component is referred to as being "fixed to" or "disposed on" another component, it can be directly on the other component or indirectly on the other component. When an element is referred to as being "connected to" another element, it can be directly or indirectly connected to the other element. The orientation or positional relationship indicated by the terms "upper", "lower", "left", "right", etc. is based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and is only for the convenience of description, rather than indicating or implying the referred device Or the elements must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore should not be construed as a limitation on the present application, and those of ordinary skill in the art can understand the specific meanings of the above terms according to specific situations. The terms "first" and "second" are only used for the purpose of description, and should not be understood as indicating or implying relative importance or implying indicating the number of technical features. "Plurality" means two or more, unless expressly specifically limited otherwise.

In order to illustrate the technical solutions described in the present application, a detailed description is given below with reference to the specific drawings and embodiments.

In one aspect, the embodiments of the present application provide a keycap protective cover structure.

Please refer to FIGS. 1 to 4 together, which respectively show a schematic structural diagram of a keycap protective cover structure. The keycap protective cover structure includes: a casing 10, the casing 10 has a first surface 11 and a The second surface 12 connected with the first surface 11 around, the first surface 11 and the second surface 12 are surrounded to form a receiving area 122, the first surface 11 and/or the second surface 12 A positioning portion 20 for assembling with the keycap is protruded into the accommodating area 122 .

In this embodiment of the present application, a positioning portion 20 for assembling with the keycap is protruded from the first surface 11 and/or the second surface 12 into the accommodating area 122 . The cap is accurately positioned and assembled to improve the fit between the keycap and the keycap protective cover, and the keycap protective cover will not be dislocated or offset.

In the embodiment of the present application, the number of the positioning parts 20 can be set to at least one, so as to improve the accuracy of positioning and assembly; at least one of the positioning parts 20 can be uniformly distributed around the center of the first surface 11 , and of course can also be non-uniformly distributed , which is not specifically limited here.

Preferably, the outer contours of at least two of the positioning portions 20 are different, and the positioning portions 20 with different outer contours can form a foolproof structure with the positioning holes provided on the keycap to prevent the misalignment of the keycap protective cover structure.

The specific structural form of the positioning part 20 is as follows:

For the first structural form, please refer to FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 together, the positioning portion 20 has a cylinder 21 protruding from the first surface 11 into the accommodating area 122; 21 The matching positioning port is used to assemble the keycap and the cylinder 21;

Specifically, the number of the cylinders 21 is several, and at least two cylinders 21 of the several cylinders 21 have different external contours. First, the several cylinders 21 can improve the installation of the keycap and the keycap protective sleeve structure. Accuracy, secondly, the external contours of at least two cylinders 21 are different, that is, at least two cylinders 21 have different shape structures. Dummy structure, with anti-dumb function, to prevent the dislocation of the keycap protective cover structure installation and other phenomena. As a specific embodiment, referring to FIG. 4 , the cylinder 21 includes two first cylinders and two second cylinders, which have different outer contours.

For the second structural form, please refer to FIG. 5 to FIG. 9 together. The positioning portion 20 has a latching unit 22 protruding from the second surface 12 into the accommodating area 122 . In this case, the keycap may have a positioning opening adapted to the latching unit 22 . The number of the snap-on units 22 can be set to several, for example, four snap-on units 22 are provided, and one snap-on unit 22 is respectively arranged around the second surface 12; Several snap-on units 22 are respectively provided.

Specifically, the clamping unit 22 includes a clamping piece 221 , and the fixing end of the clamping piece 221 is fixed on the second surface 12 ; referring to FIG. 9 , the fixing end of the clamping piece 221 can be fixed on the second surface 12 . On the boundary of the second surface 12, referring to FIG. 8, the fixed end of the clip 221 can also be fixed inside the second surface 12; of course, two clips can also be provided, which are respectively fixed on the second surface 12. The boundary of the two surfaces 12 and the inside of the second surface 12 , or two kinds of clips are respectively fixed at different positions inside the second surface 12 .

As a specific embodiment, please refer to FIG. 6 and FIG. 8 together, a protruding piece 222 can be protruded from the free end of the clip 221 , and the top surfaces of the clip 221 and the protruding piece 222 can be connected to the first surface 11 .

As another specific embodiment, when a long keycap such as a space bar is covered, referring to FIG. 9 , a latching member 221 is formed extending inward from the periphery of the second surface 12 , and the free end of the latching member 221 can be opened Through hole 223 . In this case, the keycap can be provided with a latching member corresponding to the through hole 223 .

For the third structural form, please refer to FIG. 9 , the positioning portion 20 may have a column 21 protruding from the first surface 11 into the accommodating area 122 , and a column 21 protruding from the second surface 12 to the accommodating area 122 . The snap-on unit 22 protruding inside 122. The structural form of the column body 21 is such as the column body 21 in the first structural form of the positioning portion 20, which will not be repeated here; This is no longer repeated.

Referring to FIG. 3 , in order to lock the keycap more tightly, the boundary of the second surface 12 away from the first surface 11 may protrude into the accommodating area 122 to form a buckling surface 121 .

Referring to FIG. 11 , in order to facilitate the assembly of the keycap and the shaft body, a void area 124 may be provided on the second surface 12 for making room for the shaft body and avoiding the dryness of the keyboard shaft body.

Please refer to FIG. 7 , in order to facilitate the operation of the operator, keyboard characters 123 can also be arranged on the first surface 11 , and the keyboard characters 123 can be printed and arranged on the first surface 11 , or can be arranged on the first surface 11 according to the outside of the keyboard characters. The outline is set with holes, and the part of the first surface 11 can also be lifted to form the keyboard characters 123 , and the specific arrangement form of the keyboard characters 123 is not limited here.

The specific structural form of the housing 10 in the embodiment of the present application is as follows:

The first surface 11 can be a plane; the first surface 11 can also be an arc surface, the two ends of the arc surface can be symmetrically arranged, and the middle is concave; the first surface 11 can be an arc surface with an inclined angle, the first One end of the surface 11 may be higher than the other end to form an inclination angle, and the two ends of the arc-shaped surface may be symmetrically arranged, and the middle is concave.

The second surface 12 can also be configured as an arc-shaped surface formed around the center of the first surface 11; referring to FIG. 1 and FIG. 7, the second surface 12 can also be formed by connecting four arc-shaped surfaces; referring to FIG. 5, the second surface 12 The bottom portion may extend outward to form a bottom surface.

In the above embodiments, the housing 10 and the positioning portion 20 may be an integrated structure; the positioning portion 20 may also be directed toward the A bulge is formed in the accommodating area 122 . The material of the housing 10 and the positioning portion 20 can be selected from silicone material, which has a noise reduction function and elasticity, and can better fit the keycap; of course, it can also be selected from metal material, PC material, ABS The materials of the housing 10 and the positioning portion 20 are not specifically limited here.

Please refer to FIG. 12 and FIG. 13 , another aspect of the present application provides a keycap protection cover, which includes a plurality of the above-mentioned keycap protection cover structures, and several of the keycap protection cover structures are respectively suitable for the keycaps The keycaps can be arranged according to general keyboard arrangement rules, such as QWERTY keyboard key arrangement rules, and several of the keycap protective cover structures can be arranged in sequence according to the keycap arrangement rules. Several keycap protective cover structures can be of the same structural form or of different structural forms. Each keycap protective cover structure can be connected by a connecting piece to form an integrated structure; it can also be arranged independently, with separate covers. on the keycap.

Yet another aspect of the present application provides a keycap kit, comprising a plurality of the above-mentioned keycap protective cover structures or the above-mentioned keycap protective cover, and a plurality of the above-mentioned keycap protective cover structures or the above-mentioned keycap protective cover assembled to the keycap protective cover structure or the keycap The keycap on the protective cover; the above-mentioned keycap protective cover can be set on the keycap.

Another aspect of the present application provides a keyboard, comprising: a keyboard body and the above-mentioned keycap or keycap set mounted on a key position of the keyboard body. In yet another aspect of the present application, an electronic device is provided, which includes a device body and a keyboard installed in the device body. The electronic device may be a notebook computer, a desktop computer, a super mobile computer, or a handheld electronic device, etc. The specific form of the electronic device is not limited here, and the operating instructions or data can be input through the keyboard; The electronic device has a high degree of fit between the keycap protective cover structure and the keycap in the keyboard, and the assembly accuracy is good, which reduces the offset and dislocation of the keycap protective cover structure, and can improve the operator's operation efficiency.

The above are only optional embodiments of the present application, and are not intended to limit the present application. Various modifications and variations of this application are possible for those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement, etc. made within the spirit and principle of this application shall be included within the scope of the claims of this application.

Claims

A keycap protective cover structure, characterized in that it comprises: a casing, the casing has a first surface and a second surface connected with the first surface, the first surface and the second surface An accommodating area is formed around, and a positioning portion for assembling with the keycap is protruded from the first surface and/or the second surface toward the accommodating area.
The keycap protective cover structure according to claim 1, wherein the positioning portion has a column protruding from the first surface toward the accommodating area; and/or

The positioning portion has a clamping unit protruding from the second surface toward the accommodating area.
The keycap protective cover structure according to claim 2, wherein the number of the cylinders is several, and the outer contours of at least two cylinders are different.
3. The keycap protective cover structure according to claim 2, wherein the clipping unit comprises a clipping piece, the fixed end of the clipping piece is fixed on the second surface, and the clipping piece The free end is protruded with a protruding piece or a through hole is opened.
The keycap protective cover structure of claim 1, wherein the housing and the positioning portion are an integrated structure; or

The positioning portion is formed by a partial area of the first surface and/or the second surface that protrudes toward the receiving area.
The keycap protective cover structure according to claim 1, wherein the second surface is away from the boundary of the first surface and protrudes toward the receiving area to form a buckling surface.
The keycap protective cover structure according to claim 1, wherein keyboard characters are arranged on the first surface.
A keycap protective cover, characterized in that it includes a plurality of keycap protective cover structures according to any one of claims 1 to 7 that are respectively adapted to the keycaps.
A keycap kit, characterized in that it includes a plurality of keycap protective cover structures described in any one of claims 1 to 7 or the keycap protective cover described in claim 8, and a keycap protective cover assembled on the keycap protective cover. The structure or the keycap on the keycap protector.
A keyboard is characterized by comprising: a keyboard body and the keycap kit of claim 9 mounted on the key positions of the keyboard body.