Keyboard
AssigneeChicony Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsChih-Ping Lin, Kuang-Shen Uang
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Abstract
A keyboard includes a base plate, a keycap, and at least one balance assembly. The base plate has a plurality of connecting structures. The keycap is above the base plate. The balance assembly includes a balance bar and two silencing members. The balance bar is between the base plate and the keycap and is engaged with the keycap. The silencing members are connected to the balance bar and engaged with the connecting structures. The balance assembly is configured to guide the keycap to move relative to the base plate. Hardnesses of the base plate and the balance bar are greater than a hardness of the silencing members.
Claims9
A keyboard, comprising:
- a base plate having a plurality of connecting structures;
- a keycap above the base plate;
- and
- at least one balance assembly comprising:
- a balance bar between the base plate and the keycap and engaged with the keycap, wherein the balance bar comprises a first bar body and two second bar bodies connected to and bended relative to the first bar body, and the first bar body is engaged with the keycap;
- and
- two silencing members connected to the balance bar and engaged with the connecting structures, the balance assembly being configured to guide the keycap to move relative to the base plate,
- wherein hardnesses of the base plate and the balance bar are greater than a hardness of the silencing members,
- wherein each of the silencing members comprises:
- a main portion sleeved onto an end of a corresponding one of the second bar bodies away from the first bar body;
- and
- at least one shaft portion connected to the main portion and slidably engaged with a corresponding one of the connecting structures.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.