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US 2001/0022915 A1Published application
Support linkage for keyswitch
AssigneeSilitek Corporation
InventorGino Hu
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Abstract
A support linkage movably connecting a key cap to a plastic body comprises a first rack and a second rack. The first rack has a first rack body movably connected between the key cap and the plastic body, and the second rack has a second rack body movably connected between the key cap and the plastic body. The second rack body has two axial holes each having an open side and engaged with a shaft on the first rack body.
Claims4
A support linkage movably connecting a key cap to a plastic body comprising:
- (a) a first rack, said first rack having (a) a first rack body movably connected between the key cap and the plastic body, said first rack body having a pair of first arms extending therefrom for pivotally coupling with the plastic body, and (b) an arm portion having a pair of second arms extending therefrom and respectively spaced from said pair of first arms, each of said second arms having a shaft extending from a side thereof;
- and,
- a second rack having a second rack body movably connected between the key cap and the plastic body, said second rack body having a pair of third arms extending therefrom, each of the third arms being disposed between a respective first and second arm and having an axial hole formed therein;
- the axial hole having an open side for receiving said shaft of said second arm such that the said shaft is engaged into the axial hole;
- whereby said first rack and said second rack are pivotally connected together.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.