Transparent keycap manufacturing method and transparent keycap thereof
AssigneeDarfon Electronics Corp.
InventorsShih-Kai Chen, Tsai-Jung Hu
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Abstract
A transparent keycap manufacturing method includes adhering an opaque base to a fixing film, performing a laser engraving process or an etching process on a bottom surface of the opaque base to generate a continuous hollow pattern region and a pattern component surrounded by the continuous hollow pattern region, coating transparent glue on the bottom surface of the opaque base to fill the continuous hollow pattern region with the transparent glue, adhering a transparent base to the bottom surface of the opaque base, and removing the fixing film from the opaque base.
Claims18
A transparent keycap manufacturing method comprising:
- providing an opaque base and a fixing film;
- adhering the opaque base to the fixing film;
- performing a laser engraving process or an etching process on a bottom surface of the opaque base to generate a continuous hollow pattern region and a pattern component surrounded by the continuous hollow pattern region;
- coating a transparent glue on the bottom surface of the opaque base to fill the continuous hollow pattern region with the transparent glue;
- providing a transparent base having a plurality of connection components for connecting to a scissor lifting mechanism;
- adhering a transparent base to the bottom surface of the opaque base;
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- removing the fixing film from the opaque base.
A transparent keycap comprising:
- an opaque base having a fixing film attached thereon, a continuous hollow pattern region and a pattern component being formed on the opaque base by performing a laser engraving process or an etching process on a bottom surface of the opaque base, wherein the pattern component is surrounded by the continuous hollow pattern region;
- a transparent glue coated on the bottom surface of the opaque base to fill the continuous hollow pattern region;
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- a transparent base attached to the bottom surface of the opaque base, the transparent base having a plurality of connection components for connecting to a scissor lifting mechanism;
- wherein the pattern component is fixed in the continuous hollow pattern region via the transparent glue after the fixing film is removed from the opaque base.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.