Keyswitch and keyoard
AssigneeDarfon Electronics Corp.
InventorLing Hsi Chao
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Abstract
The invention discloses a keyswitch for preventing itself from being damaged by the entrance of water and for increasing its lifetime. The keyswitch includes a substrate, a switch, a supporting device, a deformable shielding and a keycap. The switch is mounted on the substrate. The supporting device has an upper engagement portion and a lower engagement portion engaged to the substrate. The deformable shielding has a top portion, and a plurality of apertures is formed on the top portion of the deformable shielding. The keycap thereof defines a lower surface and has a plurality of retaining lugs formed on the lower surface. In particular, the deformable shielding is capable of deforming during the movement of the keycap and further covering the substrate, the switch, and the supporting device.
Claims11
A keyswitch, comprising:
- a substrate;
- a switch, mounted on the substrate;
- a supporting device having an upper engagement portion and a lower engagement portion engaged to the substrate;
- a deformable shielding, having a top portion, being disposed on the substrate and covering the switch and the supporting device, wherein a plurality of apertures are formed on the top portion;
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- a keycap thereof defining a lower surface and having a plurality of retaining lugs formed on the lower surface, alternatively, the retaining lugs passing through the apertures of the top portion to engage with the upper engagement portion of the supporting device, or the upper engagement portion of the supporting device passing through the apertures of the top portion to engage with the retaining lugs;
- wherein the supporting device supports the keycap to vertically move relative to the substrate, and the switch is selectively switched on in response to the movement of the keycap.
A keyboard, comprising:
- a substrate;
- a plurality of switches, mounted on the substrate;
- a plurality of supporting devices which each has an upper engagement portion and a lower engagement portion engaged to the substrate;
- a deformable shielding having a plurality of top portions which correspond to the switches and the supporting devices, the deformable shielding being disposed on the substrate and covering the switches and the supporting devices, wherein each top portion thereon is formed a plurality of aperture;
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- a plurality of keycaps which each corresponds to one top portion, defines a lower surface and has a plurality of retaining lugs formed on the lower surface thereof, alternatively, the retaining lugs of each keycap passing through the apertures of the corresponding top portion to engage with the upper engagement portion of the corresponding supporting device, or the upper engagement portion of each supporting device passing through the apertures of the corresponding top portion to engage with the retaining lugs of the corresponding keycap;
- wherein each supporting device supports the corresponding keycap to vertically move relative to the substrate, and each switch is selectively switched on in response to the movement of the corresponding keycap.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.