CN101404222A - Press key and key board - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention discloses a keystroke and a keyboard; wherein, the keyboard comprises a plurality of keystrokes; each keystroke comprises a keycap and a cover body; the keycap is provided with a positioning structure; the cover body is provided with a clamping structure corresponding to the positioning structure; the cover body fastens the positioning structure by the clamping structure to cover the keycap. According to the keystroke and the keyboard, the assembly yield rate can be greatly improved so as to save the programming cost; furthermore, as the assembly speed is increased, the time cost is greatly reduced and the problem of non-exact positioning is solved.
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Technical field
The present invention particularly is provided with location structure about a kind of keycap relevant for a kind of button and keyboard, can accurately locate also and then button and the keyboard being convenient to assemble for the predetermined lid that will be covered on the keycap.
Background technology
Along with various product focuses on outward appearance and texture design, the silver color that meets modern sense is that the product of outward appearance and sense of touch is the favor that is subjected to ordinary consumer most.Therefore, no matter be the mobile communications device of staff one machine, or the household appliances of each family's indispensability, all as a swarm of bees towards the metal surface, outward appearance with silver lustre colour system is carried out extensively and in large quantities design with use.
Similarly, the computer that be unable to do without the modern with and ancillary equipment, also be like this.Each tame manufacturer exhausts brains invariably, and hope can augment popular silver color on product be metal appearance.But for the topmost peripheral keyboard of computer, make if want integral body all to change with metal material, not only weight is too heavy, and if every button all is made of metal, then can the time rub each other and produce electrically-conductive debris in running, and then cause problem such as keyboard damage because each assembly.
Moreover, each spare part of forming button now, for example scissor supporting member (scissor s-likesupporting member), rubber calotte (rubber dome) and keycap members such as (keycap), must be with another factor of plastic material making, be that button must provide user's hand due feel in the process of pushing, and its stroke must be controlled at suitable height.Particularly for digital key pad (ten-key), still need and take into account needed compact characteristic easy to carry, to make with metal material will be unpractical practice so keycap or scissor supporting member changed.
In addition, make if only keycap is changed with metal material, though stroke with and to push the suffered influence of feel less, but the part that the keycap internal face connects for scissor supporting member, also will can't successfully make, otherwise must spend great cost of manufacture and can reach because of metal material in integrated mode.
See also Fig. 1, Fig. 1 is the cross section view of the known button with metal cap body 102 10.As shown in Figure 1, in order to address the above problem, there is a solution to be suggested at present.It is a kind of button 10 that has metal appearance and can reach the metal sense of touch.Except promoting the keyboard overall aesthetics, more can not influence original keyboard stroke and push under the prerequisite of feel, set up metal cap body 102 in keycap 100 surfaces of keyboard in the mode of binding.By this, user's hand can be experienced the metal sense of touch that the metal cap body 102 on the button 10 is provided when contact or pressing keys.
Yet button that above-mentioned this kind is known and keyboard though can reach specific demand on aesthetic feeling and the sense of touch, still can suffer from a critical problem in the process of making.The cause of this problem is that promptly metal cap body on the button in being assembled in the process of keycap, usually can produce the situation that can't accurately locate.Especially, when carrying out the assembling of keycap and metal cap body in artificial mode, locating coarse situation can be more obvious.But,, also can't separate the coarse situation of decision bit effectively even if operate assembly program by the mounter of automation.This orientation problem tends to cause the declining to a great extent of assembling yield of button and keyboard to make the increase of manufacturing cost, and has directly prolonged the whole time of assembling process.
Summary of the invention
For addressing the above problem, the invention provides a kind of button and keyboard, the keycap of its button is provided with location structure, and the predetermined lid that will be covered on the keycap is provided with the snap-in structure of corresponding location structure.According to button of the present invention and keyboard,, more can reduce time cost significantly, and solve the coarse problem in above-mentioned location owing to increasing assembling speed except saving the processing procedure cost by promoting the assembling yield significantly.
One of the present invention purpose is to provide a kind of button.Button consists predominantly of keycap and lid.Has location structure on the keycap.Lid has the snap-in structure of corresponding location structure.And lid engages location structure to be covered on the keycap by snap-in structure.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a kind of keyboard.Keyboard consists predominantly of a plurality of buttons.Each button all includes keycap and lid.Has location structure on the keycap.Lid has the snap-in structure of corresponding location structure.Lid engages location structure to be covered on the keycap by snap-in structure.
According to above-mentioned keyboard, wherein location structure is first projection, and snap-in structure is depression, and this depression cooperates to hold this first projection.
According to above-mentioned keyboard, wherein this first projection is tight fit with depression.
According to above-mentioned keyboard, wherein further comprise a plurality of second projections, be arranged on this keycap.Wherein the height of this second projection is less than the height of this first projection, and when this lid holds this first projection when being covered on this keycap by this depression, these second projections are in order to keep the distance between this lid and this keycap.
According to above-mentioned keyboard, wherein this distance is more than or equal to the height of this second projection.
According to above-mentioned keyboard, wherein location structure is first stratum, and snap-in structure is second stratum, and this second stratum cooperates to engage mutually with this first stratum.
According to above-mentioned keyboard, wherein further comprise a plurality of second projections, be arranged on this keycap, when this lid engages this second stratum when being covered on this keycap by this first stratum, these second projections are in order to keep the gap between this lid and this keycap.
According to above-mentioned keyboard, wherein further comprise colloid, this colloid is filled in the space between this keycap and this lid, in order to closely to engage this keycap and this lid.
According to above-mentioned keyboard, wherein select one in the colony that the material of lid is made up of metal material, elastomeric material, carbon fibre material and composite material.
Therefore, according to button of the present invention and keyboard, can solve the problem of setting accuracy effectively lid being assembled in the processing procedure of keycap.In other words, according to button of the present invention and keyboard,, more can reduce time cost significantly, and solve the coarse problem in above-mentioned location owing to increasing assembling speed except saving the processing procedure cost by promoting the assembling yield significantly.
Advantage about the present invention can be by following embodiment and appended graphic being further understood with spirit.
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Fig. 1 is the cross section view of the known button with metal cap body.
Fig. 2 is the schematic diagram of the keyboard of specific embodiment one of according to the present invention.
Fig. 3 is the cross section view of the button of first specific embodiment according to the present invention.
Fig. 4 is the schematic diagram of one of button preferred embodiment among Fig. 3, and wherein lid is a cross section view.
Fig. 5 is the cross section view of the button of second specific embodiment according to the present invention.
Fig. 6 is the schematic diagram of one of button preferred embodiment among Fig. 5, and wherein this lid is a cross section view.
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The invention provides a kind of button and keyboard.And more particularly, its keycap is provided with location structure, can accurately locate also and then be convenient to for the predetermined lid that will be covered on the keycap and assemble.Below in detail specific embodiments of the invention will be described in detail, the simplicity of using abundant explanation feature of the present invention, spirit, advantage and implementing.
See also Fig. 2, Fig. 2 is the schematic diagram of the keyboard 2 of specific embodiment one of according to the present invention.As shown in Figure 2, keyboard 2 according to the present invention consists predominantly of a plurality of buttons 20.Below will make more deep introduction and more detailed description, and comprise structure and its function at each position in it and make flowing mode at the button 20 of this specific embodiment of the present invention.
See also Fig. 3, Fig. 3 is the cross section view of the button 20 of first specific embodiment according to the present invention.As shown in Figure 3, button 20 consists predominantly of base plate (substrate) 200, scissor supporting member (scissors-like supporting member) 202, keycap (keycap) 204 and lid 206.Scissor supporting member 202 is arranged on the base plate 200 in the mode that articulates.Similarly, keycap 204 also is arranged on the scissor supporting member 202 in the mode that articulates.Has location structure 2040 on the keycap 204.Lid 206 has the snap-in structure 2060 of the location structure 2040 on the corresponding keycap 204.And lid 206 closely engages mutually to be covered on the keycap 204 with location structure 2040 by snap-in structure 2060.
As shown in Figure 3, in this specific embodiment of the present invention, the location structure 2040 that is arranged on the keycap 204 can be the form of projection, and the snap-in structure 2060 that is arranged on the lid 206 can be the form of depression, and snap-in structure 2060 can cooperate to hold location structure 2040.In addition, in order to improve the assembling accurate positioning degree between keycap 204 and the lid 206, the above-mentioned location structure 2040 that is arranged on the keycap 204 can form tight fit with the snap-in structure 2060 that is arranged on the lid 206.Yet, be noted that in actual applications the quantity that is arranged at the quantity of the location structure 2040 on the keycap 204 and is arranged at the snap-in structure 2060 on the lid 206 at this, can be according to design requirement freely arrange, be not limited to that this specific embodiment shows.
Certainly, in another specific embodiment, the above-mentioned location structure 2040 that is arranged on the keycap 204 can be the form of depression on the contrary also.Relatively, the snap-in structure 2060 that is arranged on the lid 206 also can be the form of projection, and with location structure 2040 interlock mutually, can also reach the purpose of the location assembling that the present invention wishes to reach.
See also Fig. 4, Fig. 4 is the schematic diagram of a preferred embodiment of button 20 among Fig. 3, and wherein lid 306 is a cross section view.As shown in Figure 4, can very clearly learn, also can further include a plurality of second projections 3042 according to button 20 of the present invention.A plurality of second projections 3042 are arranged on the keycap 304.What pay special attention to is that the height of second projection 3042 is less than the height of first projection 3040.By this, when lid 306 holds first projection 3040 that is arranged on the keycap 304 when being covered on the keycap 304 by depression 3060, be arranged at these second projections 3042 on the keycap 304 and promptly can be used for keeping distance between lid 306 and the keycap 304.And the distance between lid 306 and the keycap 304 can be more than or equal to the height of second projection 3042.
Similarly, in another specific embodiment, above-mentioned script is arranged at these second projections 3042 on the keycap 304, also can change into being arranged on the lid 306.By this, when lid 306 holds first projection 3040 that is arranged on the keycap 304 when being covered on the keycap 304 by depression 3060, be arranged at 3042 of these second projections on the lid 306 and promptly can be used for keeping distance between lid 306 and the keycap 304.
After being assembled on the keycap 304 at lid 306, the situation that can avoid lid 306 to come off from keycap 304 takes place, and can further comprise colloid 305 according to the button 20 of this preferred embodiment.Colloid 305 can be filled in the space between keycap 304 and the lid 306.By this, after colloid 305 solidifies, promptly can be used to closely engage keycap 304 and lid 306, and can prevent under various environments for use that lid 306 breaks away from keycap 304.
See also Fig. 5, Fig. 5 is the cross section view according to the button 40 of second specific embodiment of the present invention.As shown in Figure 5, button 40 includes base plate 400, scissor supporting member 402, keycap 404 and lid 406 equally.Scissor supporting member 402 is arranged on the base plate 400 in the mode that articulates.Similarly, keycap 404 also is arranged on the scissor supporting member 402 in the mode that articulates.Has location structure 4040 on the keycap 404.Lid 406 has the snap-in structure 4060 of the location structure 4040 on the corresponding keycap 404.And lid 406 closely engages mutually to be covered on the keycap 404 with location structure 4040 by snap-in structure 4060.
As shown in Figure 5, in this specific embodiment of the present invention, the location structure 4040 that is arranged on the keycap 404 can be the form of stratum, and the snap-in structure 4060 that is arranged on the lid 406 can also be the form of stratum, and snap-in structure 4060 is that cooperation is to engage mutually with location structure 4040.In order to improve the assembling accurate positioning degree between keycap 404 and the lid 406, the above-mentioned location structure 4040 that is arranged on the keycap 404 can form tight fit with the snap-in structure 4060 that is arranged on the lid 406.In other words, be arranged on the keycap 404 location structure 4040 be arranged at snap-in structure 4060 on the lid 406 male model and complete driving fit as the master mold in can similar mould.In addition, be noted that in the practical application at this, be arranged at the quantity of the location structure 4040 on the keycap 404 and be arranged on the lid 406 the quantity of snap-in structure 4060, can be according to design requirement freely arrange, be not limited to that this specific embodiment shows.
See also Fig. 6, Fig. 6 is the schematic diagram of a preferred embodiment of button 40 among Fig. 5, and wherein this lid 506 is a cross section view.As shown in Figure 6, can learn very clearly that the button 40 according to the present invention also can further include a plurality of second projections 5042.A plurality of second projections 5042 are arranged on the keycap 504.By this, when lid 506 engage when being covered on the keycap 504 mutually by second stratum 5060 and first stratum 5040 on being arranged at keycap 504, be arranged on the keycap 504 distance that must these second projections 5042 promptly can be used for keeping between lid 506 and the keycap 504.And the distance between lid 506 and the keycap 504 can be more than or equal to the height of second projection 5042.
Similarly, in another specific embodiment, above-mentioned script is arranged at and gets these second projections 5042 on the keycap 504, also can change into being arranged on the lid 506.By this, when lid 506 engages when being covered on the keycap 504 mutually by second stratum 5060 and first stratum 5040 on being arranged at keycap 504, be arranged at 5042 of these second projections on the lid 506 and promptly can be used for keeping distance between lid 506 and the keycap 504.
After being assembled on the keycap 504 at lid 506, the situation that can avoid lid 506 to come off from keycap 504 takes place, and can further comprise colloid 505 according to the button 40 of this preferred embodiment.Colloid 505 can be filled in the space between keycap 504 and the lid 506.By this, after colloid 505 solidifies, promptly can be used to closely engage keycap 504 and lid 506, and can prevent under various environments for use that lid 506 breaks away from keycap 504.
Be that the material of the lid in the above-mentioned specific embodiment also can be selected elastomeric material, carbon fibre material or composite material for use except selecting for use metal material to provide distinctive sense of touch of metal and the aesthetic feeling what this will replenish.For example, in order to cooperate with the mobile computer of carbon fiber as case material, if the aesthetic feeling design, also can be assembled on the keycap of button by the lid that carbon fibre material is made, by this so that the product design of a globality to be provided.Perhaps, more soft pressing touch is arranged, also can on keycap originally, assemble the made lid of elastomeric material for the user can be provided.Hence one can see that, in actual applications, is assembled in the material of the lid on the keycap, can freely arrange according to design requirement, is not limited to the fugleman of this specific embodiment institute.
By above detailed description for specific embodiments of the invention, can find out significantly, button of the present invention and keyboard, the keycap of its button is provided with location structure, and the predetermined lid that will be covered on the keycap is provided with the snap-in structure of corresponding location structure.By this, can solve the problem of setting accuracy effectively lid being assembled in the processing procedure of keycap.In other words, according to button of the present invention and keyboard,, more can reduce time cost significantly, and solve the coarse problem in above-mentioned location owing to increasing assembling speed except saving the processing procedure cost by promoting the assembling yield significantly.
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1. button is characterized in that comprising:
Keycap has location structure on this keycap; And
Lid, this lid have snap-in structure that should location structure, and this lid engages this location structure by this snap-in structure, to be covered on this keycap.
2. button according to claim 1 is characterized in that this location structure is first projection, and this snap-in structure is depression, and this depression cooperates to hold this first projection.
3. button according to claim 2 is characterized in that this first projection and this depression are tight fit.
4. according to claim 2 a described button, it is characterized in that further comprising:
A plurality of second projections, be arranged on this keycap, wherein the height of this second projection is less than the height of this first projection, and when this lid holds this first projection when being covered on this keycap by this depression, these second projections are in order to keep the distance between this lid and this keycap.
5. button according to claim 4 is characterized in that the height of this distance more than or equal to this second projection.
6. button according to claim 1 is characterized in that this location structure is first stratum, and this snap-in structure is second stratum, and this second stratum cooperates to engage mutually with this first stratum.
7. button according to claim 6 is characterized in that further comprising:
A plurality of second projections are arranged on this keycap, and when this lid engages this second stratum when being covered on this keycap by this first stratum, these second projections are in order to keep the gap between this lid and this keycap.
8. button according to claim 1 is characterized in that further comprising colloid, and this colloid is filled in the space between this keycap and this lid, in order to closely to engage this keycap and this lid.
9. select one in the colony that button according to claim 1, the material that it is characterized in that this lid are made up of metal material, elastomeric material, carbon fibre material and composite material.
10. a keyboard is characterized in that comprising the described button of arbitrary claim in the claim 1 to 9.
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