Keyboard with plate-type keycap assembly
OwnerLing-Hsi Chao, Po-Wei Tsai +1inventors
InventorsLing-Hsi Chao, Po-Wei Tsai, Chih-Chung Yen
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Abstract
A plate-type keycap assembly is used in a keyboard. A main body, a keycap, and a connecting part of the keycap assembly are integrated monolithically and form a plate structure with substantially equal thickness. When the main body of the keycap assembly is constrained by a cover and a pedestal part, the keycap in the keyboard is formed as a cantilever structure via the connecting part. The cantilever structure enables the keycap for moving up and down steadily, which no longer needs scissors-type structure in the keyboard. Accordingly, the keyboard may be simplified and miniaturized when utilizing such keycap assembly.
Claims14
A keyboard, comprising
- a cover;
- a base disposed under the cover;
- and
- a keycap assembly disposed between the cover and the base, the keycap assembly comprising:
- a main body;
- and
- a plurality of keycaps, each keycap connecting to the main body via a connecting part, wherein the main body, the keycaps, and the connecting parts are monolithically integrated as one piece and are a plate structure with substantially equal thickness;
- wherein the cover comprises a plurality of openings, each opening corresponding to one of the keycaps, and each keycap exposed from the corresponding opening when the keycap assembly is disposed between the cover and the base.
A keycap assembly, disposed between a cover and a base of a keyboard, the keycap assembly comprising:
- a main body;
- and
- a plurality of keycaps, each keycap connecting to the main body via a connecting part, wherein the main body, the keycaps, and the connecting parts are monolithically integrated as one piece and are a plate structure with substantially equal thickness.
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