Keyboard device
AssigneePrimax Electronics Ltd.
InventorChien-Hung Liu
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Abstract
A keyboard device includes keyboard device includes a membrane circuit board, a base plate and a key structure. The key structure includes a keycap, a connecting element, an elastic element and a buffering structure. The connecting element is arranged between the base plate and the keycap. The elastic element is arranged between the keycap and the membrane circuit board. The buffering structure is disposed on a bottom surface of the keycap. While the keycap is depressed, the buffering structure collides with the elastic element or the connecting element. Consequently, the buffering structure provides a buffering effect.
Claims13
A keyboard device, comprising:
- a membrane circuit board comprising a membrane switch;
- a base plate located under the membrane circuit board;
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- a key structure comprising:
- a keycap located over the membrane circuit board;
- a connecting element connected between the base plate and the keycap, wherein the keycap is movable upwardly or downwardly relative to the base plate through the connecting element;
- an elastic element arranged between the keycap and the membrane circuit board, and comprising a contacting part, wherein while the keycap is depressed, the elastic element is compressed and the membrane switch is triggered by the contacting part, wherein when the keycap is not depressed, the keycap is returned to an original position in response to an elastic force of the elastic element;
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- a buffering structure disposed on a bottom surface of the keycap, wherein while the keycap is depressed, the buffering structure collides with the elastic element or the connecting element, so that the buffering structure provides a buffering effect, wherein the buffering structure is a rib, which is protruded downwardly from the bottom surface of the keycap and aligned with an end of the connecting element, wherein while the keycap is depressed, the rib collides with the end of the connecting element.
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The keyboard device according to claim 41, wherein the auxiliary buffering member comprises at least one protrusion post, wherein the at least one protrusion post is disposed on a periphery part of the elastic element and protruded upwardly from the periphery part.
A keyboard device, comprising:
- a membrane circuit board comprising a membrane switch;
- a base plate located under the membrane circuit board;
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- a key structure comprising:
- a keycap located over the membrane circuit board;
- a connecting element connected between the base plate and the keycap, wherein the keycap is movable upwardly or downwardly relative to the base plate through the connecting element;
- an elastic element arranged between the keycap and the membrane circuit board, and comprising a contacting part, wherein while the keycap is depressed, the elastic element is compressed and the membrane switch is triggered by the contacting part, wherein when the keycap is not depressed, the keycap is returned to an original position in response to an elastic force of the elastic element;
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- a buffering structure disposed on a bottom surface of the keycap, wherein while the keycap is depressed, the buffering structure collides with the elastic element or the connecting element, so that the buffering structure provides a buffering effect;
- wherein the connecting element comprises:
- a first frame, wherein a first end of the first frame is connected with the keycap, and a second end of the first frame is connected with the base plate;
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- a second frame connected with the first frame and swung relative to the first frame, wherein a first end of the second frame is connected with the base plate, and a second end of the second frame is connected with the keycap, and wherein the keycap further comprises a fixed hook and a movable hook, wherein the fixed hook is connected with the first end of the first frame, and the movable hook is connected with the second end of the second frame, so that the second end of the second frame is movable within the movable hook.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.