Keyswitch structure
AssigneeLite-On Technology Corporation
InventorsHsien-Ming Lin, Hai-Nan Shen, Ke-Cheng Wang
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Abstract
A keyswitch structure has a slender key cap and an integral balance structure for a key with a short press stroke. The keyswitch structure has a casing and at least one key. The casing has at least one pair of hooks arranged on a bottom face thereof, and at least one receiving groove. The key has a key cap, a connection portion parallel extended from a bottom portion of the key cap, and a balance rod integrally arranged on an end side of the connection portion. The balance rod has two sides arranged in the two hooks, respectively. The present invention can simplify the assembly steps, and efficiently prevent the key from swinging and being wedged.
Claims20
A keyswitch structure comprising:
- a casing comprising a pair of hooks arranged on a bottom face thereof, and a receiving groove;
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- a key comprising:
- a slender key cap arranged inside the receiving groove, wherein a top of the slender key cap is exposed outside the receiving groove;
- a connection portion parallel extended from a bottom portion of the slender key cap;
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- a balance rod integrally arranged on an end side of the connection portion, and having two sides rotatably arranged inside the corresponding hooks.
A keyswitch structure comprising:
- a casing having at least one pair of hooks arranged on a bottom face thereof, and at least one receiving groove;
- at least one key having a key cap, a connection portion parallel extended from a bottom portion of the key cap, and a balance rod integrally arranged on an end side of the connection portion, wherein the balance rod has two sides arranged in the hooks, respectively.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.