Keyboard module
AssigneeLite-On Technology Corporation
InventorYi-Wen Chen
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Abstract
A keyboard module includes a base plate assembly and a key assembly. The base plate assembly includes a base plate, a light guide plate, and a plurality of light-emitting elements. The light guide plate includes a plurality of openings, and the light-emitting elements are located in the corresponding openings. The base plate includes a circuit layer and a base plate reflective layer. The light-emitting element includes a plurality of pads, the pads are connected to the circuit layer, and a part of the base plate reflective layer is located between two adjacent ones of the pads. The key assembly is connected to the base plate assembly.
Claims12
A keyboard module, comprising:
- a base plate assembly, comprising a base plate, a light guide plate, a back plate, and a plurality of light-emitting elements, wherein the light guide plate comprises a plurality of openings, the light-emitting elements are located in corresponding ones of the openings, the base plate comprises a circuit layer and a base plate reflective layer, each of the light-emitting elements comprises a plurality of pads, the pads are connected to the circuit layer, and a part of the base plate reflective layer is located between adjacent ones of the pads, the light-emitting elements are located between the base plate and the back plate, an extension part of the back plate has a plurality of clearance holes, orthogonal projections of the clearance holes on the base plate are aligned with orthogonal projections of corresponding ones of the light-emitting elements on the base plate;
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- a key assembly, connected to the back plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.