CN201754380U - Key assembling and locating structure and keyboard therewith - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses a button and a keyboard with an assembly and positioning structure. The button includes a base, a keycap and a lifting mechanism. The lifting mechanism connects the keycap and the base so that the keycap can move relative to the base. The keycap includes a cap body, a sliding connection part, a pivot part, a first assembly positioning part and a second assembly positioning part. The first assembly positioning portion protrudes from the sliding connection portion toward the base, and the second assembly positioning portion protrudes from the pivot portion toward the base. Thereby, when the lifting mechanism is assembled and connected to the sliding connection part and the pivot joint part, the first assembly positioning part and the second assembly positioning part respectively laterally abut against the lifting mechanism, so that the lifting mechanism can Quickly and precisely attach keycaps. The button and the keyboard of the present utility model use the positioning structure on the connection structure to assist in positioning, so that each component can be quickly positioned near the connection, so as to facilitate subsequent accurate connection and assembly.

Description

Button and keyboard with assembly positioning structure

technical field

The utility model relates to a key and a keyboard, in particular to a key and a keyboard with an assembly and positioning structure.

Background technique

Buttons or keyboards have been used as input devices for man-machine interfaces for many years. As electronic devices develop toward lightness, thinness, shortness, and smallness, the keys or keyboards thereof also tend toward simplified structures and reduced volumes. However, the basic structure of the general key is still quite complicated. Therefore, under the requirements of the aforementioned development trend, the key components are mostly miniaturized, resulting in difficulty in assembling the key or increasing the defective rate.

Although an automated machine can be used to assemble the buttons, when the size of the components is too small, a positioning procedure is still necessary, because a slight positioning error may cause assembly failure or damage the components. In the case of manual assembly, the aforementioned positioning procedure is more difficult, which increases the probability of assembly failure or damage to components.

Utility model content

One purpose of the present utility model is to provide a button with an assembly positioning structure, which uses the positioning structure on the connection structure to assist positioning, so that each component can be quickly positioned near the connection, so as to facilitate subsequent accurate connection Assemble.

The button of the utility model comprises a base, a key cap and a lifting mechanism for moving the key cap relative to the base. The keycap is arranged on the base and includes a cap body, a first sliding connection part, a first pivot part, a first assembly positioning part and a second assembly positioning part. The first sliding connection part is disposed on the inner side of the cap body. The first pivotal portion is disposed on the inner side of the cap. The first assembly positioning part protrudes from the first sliding connection part toward the base and is arranged on a side of the first sliding connection part close to the first pivot part; the second assembly positioning part protrudes from the first sliding connection part toward the base A pivoting portion is disposed on a side of the first pivoting portion close to the first sliding connection portion. The lifting mechanism is connected to the first sliding connection part, the first pivot joint part and the base, wherein when the lifting mechanism is assembled and connected to the first sliding connection part and the first pivot joint part, the first assembly The positioning portion and the second assembly positioning portion respectively laterally abut against the lifting mechanism, so that the lifting mechanism can be correctly assembled and connected to the first sliding connection portion and the first pivotal portion.

Further, the keycap further includes a third assembly positioning portion, which protrudes beyond the first pivotal portion toward the base and is disposed on a side of the first pivotal portion away from the first sliding connection portion, the second assembly The positioning portion is disposed between the first assembly positioning portion and the third assembly positioning portion.

Further, the first pivot joint includes a hole, the lifting mechanism includes a pivot, the hole is disposed between the second assembly positioning portion and the third assembly positioning portion, and the pivot is disposed in the hole.

Further, the hole is a blind hole.

Further, the lifting mechanism includes a first bracket and a second bracket, the first bracket includes a second pivot portion, the second pivot portion is pivotally connected to the first pivot portion; the second bracket is cross-hinged to the second pivot portion A bracket, the second bracket includes a second sliding connection part, and the second sliding connection part is slidably connected to the first sliding connection part.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a keyboard with a plurality of the aforementioned keys. Therefore, the components of these keys on the keyboard can also be positioned and assembled quickly, as mentioned above, and will not be repeated here.

Therefore, the button or keyboard of the present invention utilizes the positioning structure provided on the connection structure to assist positioning, so that each component can be quickly positioned near the connection, and the success rate of subsequent connection assembly is increased. This structural design is not only applicable to the manual assembly process, but also has the function of assisting positioning and compensating the positioning error of the machine for the automatic assembly process, which effectively solves the problem of difficult assembly of small-volume components in the prior art.

The advantages and spirit of the present utility model can be further understood through the following detailed description of the utility model and the accompanying drawings.

Description of drawings

FIG. 1 is an exploded schematic diagram of components of a button according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of another perspective of the keycap;

Figure 3 is a schematic diagram of the assembly of the keycap and the lifting mechanism;

4 is a schematic diagram of a keycap according to another embodiment;

Fig. 5 is the schematic diagram of the lifting mechanism according to this another embodiment;

Fig. 6 is a schematic diagram of a keyboard according to another preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed ways

Please refer to FIG. 1 , which is an exploded diagram of components of a key 1 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. The button 1 includes a base 12 , a keycap 14 and a lifting mechanism 16 . The lifting mechanism 16 connects the keycap 14 and the base 12 so that the keycap 14 can move relative to the base 12 .

Please also refer to FIG. 2 , which is a schematic diagram of another perspective of the keycap 14 . Furthermore, the keycap 14 is disposed on the base 12 and includes a cap body 142 , two first sliding connection portions 144 , two first pivotal portions 146 , two first assembly positioning portions 148 and two second assembly positioning portions 150 . The first sliding connection part 144, the first pivot joint part 146, the first assembly positioning part 148 and the second assembly positioning part 150 are divided into two sides, symmetrically arranged, and a relatively stable actuation effect can be obtained, but the utility model does not rely on this limit. For example, taking the number and position of the first assembly positioning part 148 and the second assembly positioning part 150 as an illustration, the first assembly positioning part 148 and the second assembly positioning part 150 can be provided on only one side, or the first assembly positioning part can be provided on one side. Both the positioning part 148 and the second assembly positioning part 150 provided on the other side can realize the effect of the present invention.

The first sliding connection portion 144 is disposed inside the cap body 142 , and the first pivot portion 146 is also disposed inside the cap body 142 . The first assembly positioning portion 148 protrudes from the corresponding first sliding connection portion 144 toward the base 12 and is disposed on a side of the first sliding connection portion 144 close to the first pivot portion 146 . The second assembly positioning portion 150 protrudes from the corresponding first pivot portion 146 toward the base 12 and is disposed on a side of the first pivot portion 146 close to the first sliding connection portion 144 . The first pivot portion 146 includes a hole 1462 . The first sliding connection portion 144 includes a sliding slot 1442 . In this embodiment, the hole 1462 is a blind hole, and the chute 1442 is also a closed chute; however, the present invention is not limited thereto.

The lifting mechanism 16 includes a first bracket 162 and a second bracket 164 cross-connected to the first bracket 162 . The first bracket 162 includes two second pivotal parts, each second pivotal part includes a pivot 1622, and the second pivotal part is pivotally connected to the hole 1462 of the first pivotal part 146 by the pivot 1622, that is, The pivot 1622 is disposed in the hole 1462 . The second bracket 164 includes two second sliding connection parts, each second sliding connection part includes a pivot 1642, and the second sliding connection part is slidably mounted to the slide of the first sliding connection part 144 by the pivot shaft 1642. The slot 1442 , that is, the pivot 1642 slides in the sliding slot 1442 .

Please refer to FIG. 3 , which is a schematic diagram of the assembly of the keycap 14 and the lifting mechanism 16 , wherein the lifting mechanism 16 is shown in dotted lines, and the keycap 14 is shown in cross-section. In addition, in the actual assembly process, the connection between the lifting mechanism 16 and the base 12 may be before or after the connection between the lifting mechanism 16 and the keycap 14 , so this is not limited in FIG. 3 . As shown in FIG. 3 , when the lifting mechanism 16 is assembled and connected to the first sliding connection portion 144 and the first pivotal portion 146, the pivots 1622 and 1642 of the lifting mechanism 16 are respectively arranged on the first sliding connection portion 144 and the first pivotal portion. The connecting portion 146 is respectively laterally abutted by the first assembly positioning portion 148 and the second assembly positioning portion 150 to achieve a positioning effect. Then, the first bracket 162 and the second bracket 164 can be pressed down, so that the pivots 1622, 1642 are pressed down on the first pivotal portion 146 and the first sliding connection portion 144 to produce interference elastic deformation, so as to slide into the hole 1462 and In the slide groove 1442 , as shown by the thick arrow in FIG. 3 , the above assembly mechanism can also be realized by pressing down the keycap 14 .

Please also refer to Figures 1 to 3. Basically, the pivots 1622 , 1642 can be effectively positioned before assembly by using the first assembly positioning portion 148 and the second assembly positioning portion 150 , and subsequent accurate assembly can be achieved; however, the present invention is not limited thereto. In this embodiment, the keycap 14 also includes two third assembly positioning portions 152 . The third assembly positioning portion 152 protrudes from the corresponding first pivot portion 146 toward the base 12 and is disposed on a side of the first pivot portion 146 away from the first sliding connection portion 144, so that the second assembly positioning portion 150 is disposed on the first pivot portion 146. Between the assembly positioning portion 148 and the third assembly positioning portion 152 , and the hole 1462 is disposed between the second assembly positioning portion 150 and the third assembly positioning portion 152 . Thereby, the pivot 1622 of the first bracket 162 can be more stably positioned between the first assembly positioning portion 148 and the third assembly positioning portion 152, so as to face the hole 1462, so that the assembly of the lifting mechanism 16 and the Keycap 14 precision.

It is supplemented that, in FIG. 2 , the holes 1462 of the two first pivotal portions 146 are formed facing each other. However, in practical applications, the two holes 1462 can also be formed back to back. Please refer to FIG. 4 , which is a schematic diagram of a keycap 14 according to another embodiment. In this embodiment, the holes 1462 of the two first pivotal parts 146 are formed back to back. Please also refer to FIG. 5 , which is a schematic diagram of the lifting mechanism 16 according to another embodiment. In order to match the difference in the opening direction of the hole 1462 , the pivot 1622 of the first bracket 162 is also changed to extend relatively inward. Similarly, during assembly, the pivot 1622 is smoothly slid into the hole 1462 through the positioning of the second assembly positioning portion 150 and the third assembly positioning portion 152 .

Please refer to FIG. 6 , which is a schematic diagram of a keyboard 3 according to another preferred embodiment of the present invention. The keyboard 3 includes a casing 32 and a plurality of the aforementioned keys 1 (only one of which is marked) disposed on the casing 32 . In this embodiment, the plurality of keys 1 can share the same base 12 (contained in the casing 32); the description of the components and actions of the key 1 is the same as that of the aforementioned embodiment of the key 1, and will not be repeated here. .

Therefore, the button and the keyboard of the present utility model use the assembly positioning part set on the pivot joint and the sliding connection part to assist the positioning between the keycap and the lifting mechanism, so that when the keycap and the lifting mechanism are assembled, the keycap and the lifting mechanism The mechanism can be quickly positioned, thereby realizing subsequent precise connection and assembly. In addition, this structural design is not limited to the manual assembly process or the automatic assembly process. Both the button and the keyboard of the utility model can effectively solve the problem of difficult assembly of small-volume components in the prior art.

The above descriptions are only preferred embodiments of the present utility model, and all equivalent changes and modifications made according to the claims of the present utility model shall fall within the scope of the present utility model.

Claims (10)

1. A button with an assembly positioning structure, characterized in that the button includes: base; The keycap is arranged on the base, and the keycap includes: cap body; the first sliding connection part is arranged on the inner side of the cap body; the first pivotal part is arranged on the inner side of the cap body; a first assembly positioning part protruding from the first sliding connection part toward the base and disposed on a side of the first sliding connection part close to the first pivotal part; and a second assembly positioning part protruding from the first pivotal part toward the base and disposed on a side of the first pivotal part close to the first sliding connection part; and An elevating mechanism for moving the keycap relative to the base, the elevating mechanism is connected to the first sliding connection portion, the first pivot portion and the base, wherein the elevating mechanism is assembled and connected to the first sliding connection When the part is connected to the first pivotal part, the first assembly positioning part and the second assembly positioning part respectively laterally stop and position the lifting mechanism. 2. The button according to claim 1, wherein the keycap further comprises a third assembly positioning portion, which protrudes from the first pivotal portion toward the base and is disposed on the first pivotal portion away from the first pivotal portion. One side of the sliding connection portion, the second assembly positioning portion is disposed between the first assembly positioning portion and the third assembly positioning portion. 3. The button according to claim 2, wherein the first pivot joint includes a hole, the lifting mechanism includes a pivot, and the hole is disposed between the second assembly positioning portion and the third assembly positioning portion, The pivot is arranged in the hole. 4. The button according to claim 3, wherein the hole is a blind hole. 5. The button according to claim 1, wherein the lifting mechanism comprises: a first bracket including a second pivot portion pivotally connected to the first pivot portion; and The second bracket is pivotally connected to the first bracket, the second bracket includes a second sliding connection part, and the second sliding connection part is slidably connected to the first sliding connection part. 6. A keyboard with an assembly positioning structure, characterized in that the keyboard includes: base; and A plurality of buttons, these buttons respectively include: The keycap is arranged on the base, and the keycap includes: cap body; the first sliding connection part is arranged on the inner side of the cap body; the first pivotal part is arranged on the inner side of the cap body; a first assembly positioning part protruding from the first sliding connection part toward the base and disposed on a side of the first sliding connection part close to the first pivotal part; and a second assembly positioning part protruding from the first pivotal part toward the base and disposed on a side of the first pivotal part close to the first sliding connection part; and An elevating mechanism for moving the keycap relative to the base, the elevating mechanism is connected to the first sliding connection portion, the first pivot portion and the base, wherein the elevating mechanism is assembled and connected to the first sliding connection When the part is connected to the first pivotal part, the first assembly positioning part and the second assembly positioning part respectively laterally stop and position the lifting mechanism. 7. The keyboard according to claim 6, wherein the keycap further comprises a third assembly positioning portion, which protrudes from the first pivotal portion toward the base and is disposed on the first pivotal portion away from the first One side of the sliding connection portion, the second assembly positioning portion is disposed between the first assembly positioning portion and the third assembly positioning portion. 8. The keyboard according to claim 7, wherein the first pivot joint comprises a hole, the lifting mechanism comprises a pivot, and the hole is disposed between the second assembly positioning portion and the third assembly positioning portion, The pivot is arranged in the hole. 9. The keyboard as claimed in claim 8, wherein the hole is a blind hole. 10. The keyboard as claimed in claim 6, wherein the lifting mechanism comprises: a first bracket including a second pivot portion pivotally connected to the first pivot portion; and The second bracket is pivotally connected to the first bracket, the second bracket includes a second sliding connection part, and the second sliding connection part is slidably connected to the first sliding connection part.

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