TW202411819A - Shifting-type mouse-key module and mouse device having the same - Google Patents

Abstract

A shifting-type mouse-key module and a mouse device having the same are provided. The mouse device has a casing and the shifting-type mouse-key module arranged in the casing. The shifting-type mouse-key module has a frame, a key plate, a switch and a parallel assembly. The frame has a first and second frame-connecting portions. The key plate has a pressed portion, a first and second key-plate-connecting portions. The switch corresponding to the pressed portion has a button abutted against the press part. The parallel assembly has a first and second swing-levers arranged parallel with each other and respectively pivoted with the first frame-connecting portion and the first keyboard-connecting portion and pivoted with the second frame-connecting portion and the second keyboard-connecting portion. The key plate is linked and driven by the parallel assembly to shift so that a user can feel the same pressing feedback when press the keyboard on any position thereof and the shifting-type mouse-key module is easy to be manufactured.

Description

Translational mouse-key module and mouse device having the translational mouse-key module

The present application relates to a mouse key, and in particular to a translation type mouse key module and a mouse device having the translation type mouse key module.

The mouse includes: a housing and a switch installed in the housing. The housing is provided with two keys, which are commonly known as the left mouse button and the right mouse button. When the user presses the keypad, the keypad will press the switch to generate a switch signal.

However, the mouse has the following defects that need to be improved: since one end of the two keys is integrally connected to the housing, when the key is pressed, the key can only swing up and down with the connection as the axis, and there is a certain length from the aforementioned end to the opposite end of the key. The farther this length is from the aforementioned end, the longer the upward and downward swing stroke required by the key is. This will result in different pressing forces required at any point on the key, and the user must specially select the pressing position when pressing the key, which leads to a bad pressing feeling; furthermore, the existing mouse improved for this purpose has the problem of overly complex structure, which leads to the defect of difficulty in manufacturing.

Therefore, how to make the keyboard change into a translational movement when pressed without complicating the structure is a major problem that the creators of this application are eager to solve.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, the present application proposes a translation type mouse-key module and a mouse device having the translation type mouse-key module, which can change the keyboard into a translation activity when pressed and has a simple structure.

The present invention discloses a translational mouse-key module, comprising: a frame having a first frame connection portion and a second frame connection portion; a keyboard having a pressing portion, a first keyboard connection portion and a second keyboard connection portion; a push switch, configured corresponding to the pressing portion and having a button, the pressing portion correspondingly abutting against the button; and a parallel component, comprising a first swinging beam and a second swinging beam arranged side by side, the first swinging beam being swingably bridged to the first frame connection portion. The first swing beam is connected between the first frame connection part and the first keyboard connection part, the first swing beam can swing relative to the frame with the first frame connection part as the axis, and the second swing beam can swing relative to the frame with the second frame connection part as the axis; wherein, when the keyboard is pressed, the first swing beam and the second swing beam pull the keyboard to translate relative to the frame by swinging relative to the frame.

The present application discloses a mouse device with a translation-type mouse-key module, comprising: an outer shell with at least one opening; and at least one translation-type mouse-key module as described in the preceding paragraph, disposed in the outer shell, and the keyboard is exposed through the opening.

Compared to the prior art, the translational mouse-key module and the mouse device having the translational mouse-key module of the present application enable the keyboard to be pulled and driven by the parallel components to move translationally when pressed, so that any point on the keyboard can be pressed with similar pressing force and similar pressing stroke, and the user does not need to specially select the pressing position, thereby having a better pressing feeling; moreover, the structure of the translational mouse-key module is not complicated, so it is also easy to manufacture.

The detailed description and technical contents of this application are described below with the help of drawings. However, the attached drawings are only provided for reference and description and are not used to limit this application.

The present application provides a translation type mouse-key module and a mouse device having the translation type mouse-key module. As shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 4 , the translation type mouse-key module of the present application is shown; as shown in FIG. 5 , the mouse device having the translation type mouse-key module of the present application (hereinafter referred to as the mouse device) is shown.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4 , the translational mouse-keyboard module (hereinafter referred to as the mouse-keyboard module) 100 of the present application includes: a frame 1, a keyboard 2, a push switch 3, and a parallel component 4. It should be noted that, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 , the keyboard 2 is an elongated plate having thickness, so it has a length in addition to thickness; as shown in FIG. 3 , the mouse-keyboard module 100 defines a first direction D1 and a second direction D2 perpendicular to each other, wherein the first direction D1 corresponds to the length of the keyboard 2 (i.e., the X axis), and the second direction D2 corresponds to the thickness of the keyboard 2 (i.e., the Z axis, so the Y axis corresponds to the width of the keyboard 2).

The frame 1 is used to mount the keyboard 2 and the parallel components 4, and in one embodiment, the push switch 3 can also be mounted. The frame 1 has at least one first frame connection portion 11 and one second frame connection portion 12. The number of the first frame connection portion 11 can be one (not shown in the figure) or two (as shown in FIG. 2 ), and the present application does not limit this; the number of the second frame connection portion 12 can be one (as shown in FIG. 2 ) or two (not shown in the figure), and the present application does not limit this either. In the following description, the number of the first frame connection portion 11 and the second frame connection portion 12 are only described as one as the most basic type.

The keyboard 2 (i.e., the mouse keyboard) is a plate body and has a first keyboard connecting portion 21, a second keyboard connecting portion 22, and a pressing portion 23. In one embodiment, the second keyboard connecting portion 22 is located between the first keyboard connecting portion 21 and the pressing portion 23. In other embodiments not shown in the figure, the second keyboard connecting portion 22 may also be located before the pressing portion 23, that is, the pressing portion 23 will be located between the first keyboard connecting portion 21 and the second keyboard connecting portion 22.

The push switch 3 is configured corresponding to the push portion 23. In other words, the push switch 3 can be set on the frame 1 as shown in Figures 1 to 4, or can be directly set on the circuit board 700 shown in Figure 5 in the mouse device of the present application (not shown in the figure). In one embodiment, the frame 1 also has a setting portion 13, and the push switch 3 is set on the setting portion 13, so that the push switch 3 can form a complete module with the mouse module 100 of the present application, so that there is an effect of accurate alignment and no error between the push portion 23 and the button 31 of the push switch 3 described later. It should also be noted that the push switch 3 has a button 31, and the push portion 23 corresponds to the button 31. The push portion 23 presses the button 31 to control conduction (ON); the button 31 can be elastically reset, for example, using an elastic element not shown in the figure to allow the button 31 to be elastically reset along the aforementioned first direction D1, and return to non-conduction (OFF) after resetting.

The parallel component 4 includes a first swing beam 41 and a second swing beam 42 which are parallel to each other. As shown in FIG. 3 , the first swing beam 41 and the second swing beam 42 are spaced apart and parallel to each other in the second direction D2 and staggered from each other along the first direction D1 , thus forming a virtual parallelogram. The first swing beam 41 is swingably bridged between the first frame connection portion 11 and the first keyboard connection portion 21, so that the first swing beam 41 can swing relative to the frame 1 with the first frame connection portion 11 as the axis; the second swing beam 42 is swingably bridged between the second frame connection portion 12 and the second keyboard connection portion 22, so that the second swing beam 42 can swing relative to the frame 1 with the second frame connection portion 12 as the axis.

In one embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 , the second frame connection portion 12 is located between the first frame connection portion 11 and the button 31 (or the push switch 3) in the first direction D1, and the position of the first frame connection portion 11 in the second direction D2 is higher than the position of the second frame connection portion 12 and the button 31 (or the push switch 3) in the second direction D2. In this way, it is ensured that the keyboard 2 can be translated relative to the frame 1 through the swing of the parallel component 4.

Thus, as shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 , when the user presses the keyboard 2, the first swing beam 41 and the second swing beam 42 will swing relative to the frame 1, and through such swinging, the keyboard 2 is pulled and driven to translate relative to the frame 1. In this way, the mouse-keyboard module 100 of the present application is easier to manufacture due to its less complex structure, and the user can press any point on the keyboard 2 with similar pressing force and similar pressing stroke, so that the user does not need to specially select the pressing position when pressing the keyboard 2, thereby having a better pressing feeling.

In one embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2 , among the first swing beam 41 and the second swing beam 42, only the second swing beam 42 is a linear beam (or simply referred to as a beam) 42a lying on one side, while the first swing beam 41 is a linear beam (or simply referred to as a beam) 41a lying on two sides spaced apart from each other and connected to each other; in other embodiments not shown in the drawings, the first swing beam 41 and the second swing beam 42 may both be linear beams 41a, 42a lying on two sides spaced apart from each other and connected to each other. When the number of the first frame connecting parts 11 is two as shown in FIG. 2 , the first swing beam 41 (including a connecting member 41b and two beams 41a) shown in FIG. 2 is applicable, so that the swing of the parallel components 4 is more stable. In the following description, the first swing beam 41 and the second swing beam 42 are described with the most basic form of a straight beam 41a, 42a (not shown in the figure) lying on one side.

It should be noted that the first swing beam 41 shown in FIG. 2 is connected between two beam bodies 41a by a connecting member 41b.

In detail, the keyboard 2 has an inner surface (not marked with a component symbol), and the push portion 23 is formed on the inner surface. In one embodiment, a first extension arm 2a and a second extension arm 2b may also be formed on the inner surface. The first keyboard connecting portion 21 and the second keyboard connecting portion 22 may be formed at the extension end of the first extension arm 2a and the extension end of the second extension arm 2b, respectively, but the present application does not limit the formation positions of the first keyboard connecting portion 21 and the second keyboard connecting portion 22 on each extension arm (2a, 2b).

Furthermore, the pressing portion 23 and the first extension arm 2a and the second extension arm 2b can all extend from the inner surface along the aforementioned second direction D2 as shown in Figures 2 and 3; alternatively, the first extension arm 2a can also extend from the periphery of the keyboard 2 (not shown in the figures); in one embodiment, the first extension arm 2a first extends from the inner surface of the keyboard 2 along the second direction D2 as shown in Figure 2, and then bends and extends in the first direction 2a (so that the first extension arm 2a forms an L shape).

Furthermore, the frame 1 may further extend a protruding arm 1a along the second direction D2, and the second frame connecting portion 12 may be formed on the protruding arm 1a.

In addition, as shown in Figures 1 to 4, the first swing beam 41 has two first docking portions 411, and the aforementioned first frame connecting portion 11 and the first keyboard connecting portion 21 are respectively rotatably connected to the two first docking portions 411 of the first swing beam 41; the second swing beam 42 has two second docking portions 422, and the aforementioned second frame connecting portion 12 and the second keyboard connecting portion 22 are respectively rotatably connected to the two second docking portions 422 of the second swing beam 42.

It is worth noting that the parallel component 4 is connected between the keyboard 2 and the frame 1 so that the parallel component 4 can properly pull the keyboard 2. In this way, even if there is an improper gap between the pressing portion 23 and the button 31 due to tolerance problems (not shown in the figure), the mouse-keyboard module 100 of the present application can pull the keyboard 2 with the parallel component 4 to pull the keyboard 2 together with its pressing portion 23 toward the direction of the pressing switch 3 to eliminate the improper gap, and even eliminate the noise generated by the shaking or vibration of the keyboard 2 at the same time.

As shown in FIG. 5 in conjunction with FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 , the mouse device of the present application having a translation type mouse-key module (i.e., the aforementioned mouse device for short) includes: a housing 800 and at least one translation type mouse-key module (i.e., the aforementioned mouse-key module for short) 100. The mouse device of the present application is not limited to the number of mouse-key modules 100, and two are used as an example for explanation in this embodiment.

The housing 800 is provided with two openings 8. The two mouse key modules 100 are both disposed in the housing 800, and the respective keypads 2 are closed side by side corresponding to the respective openings 8. In other words, the two keypads 2 are exposed through the openings 8. The circuit board 700 is also disposed in the housing 800. The aforementioned push switch 3 can be disposed on the circuit board 700 (not shown in the figure), or can be disposed on the mounting portion 13 of the frame 1 as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3.

It is worth noting that the keyboard 2 of each mouse and keyboard module 100 is completely separated from the outer shell 800, that is, the keyboard 2 is no longer connected to the outer shell as in the prior art and can only deflect up and down around the connection point as the axis. The keyboard 2 of the present application can indeed be pulled and driven by the parallel components 4 to move horizontally.

In summary, the translational mouse-key module and the mouse device having the translational mouse-key module of this application can achieve the expected purpose of use and solve the deficiencies of the existing technology. They fully meet the requirements for invention patent application. Therefore, an application is filed in accordance with the Patent Law. Please check and approve the patent of this case in detail to protect the rights of the inventor of this application.

The above is only the preferred feasible embodiment of the present application, and does not limit the patent scope of the present application. All equivalent structural changes made by using the contents of the description and drawings of the present application are also included in the scope of the rights of the present application and are hereby stated.

100: Mouse and keyboard module 1: Frame 1a: Protruding arm 11: First frame connection part 12: Second frame connection part 13: Setting part 2: Keyboard 2a: First extension arm 2b: Second extension arm 21: First keyboard connection part 22: Second keyboard connection part 23: Pressing part 3: Press switch 31: Button 4: Parallel component 41: First swing beam 41a: Beam body 41b: Connector 411: First docking part 42: Second swing beam 42a: Beam body 422: Second docking part 700: Circuit board 800: Housing 8: Opening

FIG. 1 is a three-dimensional assembly diagram of the mouse-keyboard module of this application.

FIG. 2 is a three-dimensional exploded view of the mouse and keyboard module of this application.

FIG. 3 is a side view of the mouse-key module of the present application before being pressed.

FIG. 4 is a side view of the mouse-key module of the present application after being pressed.

FIG5 is a schematic diagram of a three-dimensional assembly of the mouse device of the present application.

100: Mouse and keyboard module

1:Frame

1a: convex arm

11: First frame connection part

12: Second frame connection part

2: Keyboard

2a: First extension arm

2b: Second extension arm

21: First keyboard connection part

22: Second keyboard connection part

23: Button part

3: Press the switch

4: Parallel components

41: First swing beam

42: Second swing beam

Claims (11)

A translation type mouse keyboard module, comprising: a frame, having a first frame connection portion and a second frame connection portion; a keyboard, having a pressing portion, a first keyboard connection portion and a second keyboard connection portion; a push switch, configured corresponding to the pressing portion and having a button, the pressing portion correspondingly abutting against the button; and A parallel component includes a first swing beam and a second swing beam which are parallel to each other, the first swing beam can be swingably bridged between the first frame connection part and the first keyboard connection part, the first swing beam can swing relative to the frame with the first frame connection part as the axis, and the second swing beam can be swingably bridged between the second frame connection part and the second keyboard connection part, the second swing beam can swing relative to the frame with the second frame connection part as the axis; Wherein, when the keyboard is pressed, the first swing beam and the second swing beam pull the keyboard to translate relative to the frame by swinging relative to the frame. The translational mouse and keyboard module as described in claim 1, wherein the second swing beam is a linear beam lying on one side or a linear beam lying on two sides spaced apart and connected to each other. A translational mouse keyboard module as described in claim 1, wherein the first swing beam has two side-lying linear beams that are spaced apart from each other and connected to each other. The translational mouse keyboard module as described in claim 1 defines a first direction and a second direction perpendicular to each other, the keyboard is an elongated plate with thickness, the first direction corresponds to the length of the keyboard, the second direction corresponds to the thickness of the keyboard, the second frame connection portion is located between the first frame connection portion and the button in the first direction, and the position of the first frame connection portion in the second direction is higher than the positions of the second frame connection portion and the button. A translational mouse-key module as described in claim 4, wherein the first swing beam and the second swing beam are spaced apart and arranged side by side in the second direction and staggered from each other in the first direction. A translational mouse module as described in claim 1, wherein the button is a button capable of elastic reset. A translational mouse-keyboard module as described in claim 1, wherein the first swing beam has two first docking portions, and the second swing beam has two second docking portions, the two first docking portions of the first swing beam are rotatably connected to the first frame connection portion and the first keyboard connection portion, respectively, and the two second docking portions of the second swing beam are rotatably connected to the second frame connection portion and the second keyboard connection portion, respectively. The translational mouse keyboard module as described in claim 1, wherein the frame also has a setting portion, and the push switch is set on the setting portion of the frame. A mouse device with a translation-type mouse-key module, comprising: a housing having at least one opening; and at least one translation-type mouse-key module as described in any one of claims 1 to 7, disposed in the housing, the keyboard being exposed through the opening. A mouse device with a translational mouse-key module as described in claim 9, wherein the frame in the translational mouse-key module also has a setting portion, and the push-to-open relationship is set on the setting portion of the frame. The mouse device with a translation-type mouse-key module as described in claim 9 also includes a circuit board, which is disposed in the outer shell, and the push-switch relationship is disposed on the circuit board.

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