US 11,776,511 B2 · Keyboard device

Abstract

Provided is a keyboard device that can suppress a reduction in the operability of a key. A rear guiding member comprises a pair of guiding surfaces that, in a side view of a key, face forward and rearward and are formed along an arc that is convex toward the front. The key comprises a pair of sliding surfaces that slide against the pair of guiding surfaces. Due to this sliding of the guiding surfaces and the sliding surfaces, rotation of the key can be guided while displacement of the key in the front-rear direction is regulated. Consequently, because forward and rearward displacement of the key during key pressing can be suppressed, a reduction in operability (feeling of touch) during pressing of the key can be suppressed.

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Dependent claims

A keyboard device comprising:

a guiding member;
and
a plurality of keys whose rotational movement is guided by the guiding member,
wherein the guiding member comprises a pair of guiding surfaces that, in a side view of the key, face a front side and a rear side and are formed along an arc convex to the front side,
the key comprises a pair of sliding surfaces configured to be slidable on the pair of guiding surfaces, and
a rotation of the key is guided in a state where a displacement of the key in a front-rear direction is regulated by sliding of the guiding surfaces and the sliding surfaces.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Keyboard device

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