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US 2003/0222852 A1Published application
Key switch-replaceable keyboard mounting arrangement
AssigneeInventec Appliances Corp.
InventorYung-Tang Lee
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Abstract
A key switch-replaceable keyboard mounting arrangement is constructed to include a keyboard shell having an array of contacts on the inside, rows of keys suspended in the keyboard shell and adapted for triggering the contacts to produce signal, and resilient locating plates coupled to the keyboard shell at two sides of each row of keys and moved between a first position to hold down the keys in place for operation, and a second position to disengage the keys for a replacement.
Claims8
A key switch-replaceable keyboard mounting arrangement comprising:
- a keyboard shell provided in an electronic apparatus, said keyboard shell having a plurality of sliding slots symmetrically disposed in two opposite sidewalls thereof and a plurality of contacts disposed at a bottom side;
- a plurality of keys suspended in said keyboard shell above said contacts and adapted for triggering said contacts to output signal, said keys each having two coupling grooves at two sides;
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- a plurality of elongated resilient locating plates respectively mounted in said keyboard shell and arranged in parallel and adapted to hold said keys above said contacts, said locating plates each having two opposite sides respectively engaged into the coupling grooves of said keys and two pins axially extended from two distal ends thereof and respectively inserted into the sliding slots of said keyboard shell for enabling said locating plates to be respectively moved in said sliding slots of said keyboard shell between a first position to hold the corresponding keys in position and a second position to disengage the corresponding keys for a replacement.
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