CN105304389A - Keyboard - Google Patents

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CN105304389A
CN105304389A CN201510578333.7A CN201510578333A CN105304389A CN 105304389 A CN105304389 A CN 105304389A CN 201510578333 A CN201510578333 A CN 201510578333A CN 105304389 A CN105304389 A CN 105304389A
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杨淞富
高嘉伟
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Darfon Electronics Suzhou Co Ltd
Darfon Electronics Corp
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    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01HELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H13/00Switches having rectilinearly-movable operating part or parts adapted for pushing or pulling in one direction only, e.g. push-button switch
    • H01H13/70Switches having rectilinearly-movable operating part or parts adapted for pushing or pulling in one direction only, e.g. push-button switch having a plurality of operating members associated with different sets of contacts, e.g. keyboard
    • H01H13/83Switches having rectilinearly-movable operating part or parts adapted for pushing or pulling in one direction only, e.g. push-button switch having a plurality of operating members associated with different sets of contacts, e.g. keyboard characterised by legends, e.g. Braille, liquid crystal displays, light emitting or optical elements

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Abstract

The invention reveals a keyboard, and the keyboard comprises a film circuit board, a light-emitting part, a triggering structure layer, and a plurality of key caps. The film circuit board comprises a plurality of switches. The light-emitting part is electrically connected to the film circuit board. The triggering structure layer is stacked on the film circuit board and the light-emitting part, and comprises a transparent insulating part and a plurality of elastic triggering parts. The transparent insulating part is located on the light-emitting part, and the plurality of elastic triggering parts are correspondingly located on the plurality of switches. The plurality of key caps are correspondingly disposed on the plurality of elastic triggering parts, wherein one key cap is provided with a transparent part which is corresponding to the transparent insulating part. Therefore, the transparent insulating part maintains the function that the light-emitting part illuminates the transparent part, and achieves the electrostatic discharge protection of the light-emitting part at the same time.

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Keyboard
Technical field
The present invention about a kind of keyboard, espespecially a kind of keyboard with indicator light.
Background technology
Such as, at use indicator light, LED, as in the keyboard structure of pilot light, generally speaking, LED is directly integrated on film circuit board, such as, be soldered on the circuit of film circuit board.Because LED has suitable thickness relative to film circuit board, LED is made obviously to protrude from film circuit board.When keyboard carries out electrostatic discharge testing, LED easily such as, because of the metal that its part is exposed, welding foot, and produces static discharge, causes the electrostatic discharge protective of keyboard to lose efficacy.For this problem, have at present and directly cover LED to prevent the technological means of static discharge with extra component, such as, be directly attached at above LED with transparent plastic sheet, to prevent LED static discharge.But, if do not revise the original structure of keyboard, (such as this extra component is given prominence to relative to its component attached usually, affects other component installaiton) not smoothly that the introducing of extra component may cause keyboard to assemble, even with other component interferences, disturb the start of other components; In addition, the introducing of extra component also will increase the complexity of keyboard assembling.
Summary of the invention
Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a kind of keyboard, utilizes trigger architecture layer provide illuminating part electrostatic discharge protective and still can allow that illuminating part light penetration is to maintain the illumination functions of illuminating part.
For reaching above-mentioned purpose, the invention provides a kind of keyboard, this keyboard comprises: film circuit board, comprises a plurality of switch; Illuminating part, is electrically connected on this film circuit board; Trigger architecture layer, be stacked and placed on this film circuit board and this illuminating part, this trigger architecture layer comprises printing opacity insulation division and a plurality of elasticity trigger member, and this printing opacity insulation division is positioned on this illuminating part, and this plurality of elasticity trigger member is positioned on this plurality of switch accordingly; And a plurality of keycap, be arranged on this plurality of elasticity trigger member accordingly, this plurality of keycap one of them there is transmittance section, to should printing opacity insulation division.
As optional technical scheme, this trigger architecture layer comprises transparent insulation sheet and is arranged at the screen on this transparent insulation sheet, this a plurality of elasticity trigger member is arranged on this transparent insulation sheet, and this screen has hollow out, and this transparent insulation sheet is to the part of hollow out forming this printing opacity insulation division.
As optional technical scheme, this transparent insulation sheet and this elasticity trigger member all one-body molded with silica gel.
As optional technical scheme, this transparent insulation sheet adopts PET material to make.
As optional technical scheme, this screen adopts the mode of printing to be formed at the surface of this transparent insulation sheet.
As optional technical scheme, this trigger architecture layer comprises light shield, and be arranged on this printing opacity insulation division, this light shield has light tight leg and opening, this light tight leg is around this printing opacity insulation division, and this opening is positioned at one end of this light tight leg relative to this printing opacity insulation division.
As optional technical scheme, this trigger architecture layer comprises light shield, this light shield to be positioned on this illuminating part and to have light tight leg and printing opacity roof, this light tight leg is around this illuminating part, and this printing opacity roof forms this printing opacity insulation division and is positioned at one end of this light tight leg relative to this illuminating part.
As optional technical scheme, also comprise a plurality of elevating mechanism, be connected to this plurality of keycap accordingly, wherein this keycap can move up and down switch to trigger this correspondence via the elasticity trigger member of correspondence relative to the switch of correspondence via the elevating mechanism of correspondence.
Relative to front first technology, this printing opacity insulation division retains this illuminating part also realizes this illuminating part electrostatic discharge protective simultaneously effect to the function thrown light in this transmittance section.In addition, this printing opacity insulation division according to the present invention is integrated into a part for this trigger architecture layer, or say and utilize a part for this trigger architecture layer as this printing opacity insulation division, therefore this printing opacity insulation division does not affect the start of other components or is oppositely arranged, and can not increase the degree of difficulty of keyboard assembling yet; Meanwhile, the process complexity of this trigger architecture layer can not also be affected in principle.
Can be further understood by following detailed Description Of The Invention and institute's accompanying drawings about the advantages and spirit of the present invention.
Accompanying drawing explanation
Fig. 1 is the schematic diagram of the keyboard according to one embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 2 is the decomposing schematic representation of keyboard local in Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is the upward view of the trigger architecture layer of keyboard in Fig. 2.
Fig. 4 is the cutaway view of keyboard X-X along the line in Fig. 1.
Fig. 5 is the cutaway view of keyboard local according to another embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 6 is the cutaway view of keyboard local according to another embodiment of the present invention.
Embodiment
Refer to Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, Fig. 1 is the schematic diagram of keyboard 1 according to an embodiment of the invention, and Fig. 2 is the explosive view of keyboard 1 local.Keyboard 1 comprises upper cover 10, drain pan 12, base plate 14, film circuit board 16, illuminating part 18, trigger architecture layer 20, a plurality of elevating mechanism 22 and a plurality of keycap 24.Upper cover 10 is connected with drain pan 12 with other components accommodating.Base plate 14 is arranged on drain pan 12, film circuit board 16 is arranged on base plate 14, illuminating part 18 is such as but not limited to being LED component, be electrically connected on film circuit board 16, trigger architecture layer 20 is stacked and placed on film circuit board 16 and illuminating part, this a plurality of keycap 24 is arranged on trigger architecture layer 20, and this plurality of elevating mechanism 22 is connected between this plurality of keycap 24 and base plate 14 accordingly.Film circuit board 16 comprises a plurality of switch 162 (being shown in Fig. 2 with hachure circle).Trigger architecture layer 20 comprises a plurality of elasticity trigger member 202, connect the syndeton 204 of this plurality of elasticity trigger member 202 and be formed at the printing opacity insulation division 206 (representing that its position is in Fig. 2 with dashed circle) of syndeton 204, this a plurality of elasticity trigger member 202 is positioned on this plurality of switch 162 accordingly, and printing opacity insulation division 206 is positioned on illuminating part 18.This plurality of keycap 24 is positioned on this plurality of elasticity trigger member 202 accordingly, makes keycap 24 can move up and down to trigger corresponding switch 162 via the elasticity trigger member 202 of correspondence via the elevating mechanism 22 of correspondence relative to base plate 14 (or switch 162 of correspondence).This plurality of keycap 24 at least one of them keycap 24a has transmittance section 242, corresponding printing opacity insulation division 206, although make illuminating part 18 be hidden by printing opacity insulation division 206, the light launched still through printing opacity insulation division 206 to expose to transmittance section 242, can realize light indicating effect.
Be the upward view of trigger architecture layer 20 relative to the visual angle of Fig. 2 referring to Fig. 3 and Fig. 4, Fig. 3, Fig. 4 is the cutaway view of keyboard 1 along Fig. 1 center line X-X.In the present embodiment, syndeton 204 is transparent insulation sheets, and elasticity trigger member 202 is arranged on this transparent insulation sheet.This transparent insulation sheet is in forming hollow out 2042 to inductive switch 162 place, and the elasticity trigger member 202 for correspondence passes to trigger corresponding switch 162.In practical application, syndeton 204 i.e. transparent insulation sheet can be the plastic sheet of PET or other materials, and it is prominent that elasticity trigger member 202 can be silica gel circle, and corresponding hollow out 2042 is adhered in syndeton 204, but the present invention is not as limit.Such as, syndeton 204 is all one-body molded with silica gel with elasticity trigger member 202.In addition, trigger architecture layer 20 comprises the screen 208 be arranged on this transparent insulation sheet, can be used for covering keyboard 1 internal structure, increases attractive in appearance.In the present embodiment, screen 208 is formed at the lower surface of this transparent insulation sheet such as but not limited to the mode through printing.In Fig. 3, the distributed areas of screen 208 in syndeton 204 are with shadow representation; In practical application, screen 208 maybe can be formed at the upper surface of this transparent insulation sheet.Screen 208 has hollow out 2082, therefore the part of the corresponding hollow out 2082 of this transparent insulation sheet forms aforesaid printing opacity insulation division 206.As shown in Figure 4, hollow out 2082 is facing to illuminating part 206, printing opacity insulation division 206 is made to be covered in above illuminating part 18, the light (being shown in figure with thick-line arrow) that illuminating part 18 is launched can via hollow out 2082, to advance towards transmittance section 242 through printing opacity insulation division 206, make transmittance section 242 can produce light indicating effect, user can above keyboard 1 top of keycap 24a (namely in Fig. 4) observe this light indicating effect.
Supplementary notes, generally speaking, no matter whether printing opacity insulation division 206 exists (such as other keycaps 24, without the need to transmittance section 242), screen 208 all can be adopted to cover keyboard 1 internal structure, increase attractive in appearance.Therefore, according to keyboard 1 of the present invention, in the processing procedure that its screen 208 is formed (such as print shield layer 208), form hollow out 2082 in the lump, the processing procedure burden of screen 208 can't be increased, but can form printing opacity insulation division 206 in the lump.In other words, relative to known keyboard, keyboard 1 according to the present invention does not use additional member can realize insulated luminous 18, to avoid effect of illuminating part 18 static discharge.
Refer to Fig. 5, the cutaway view of keyboard 3 local according to another embodiment of the present invention; Wherein, keyboard 1 cutaway view shown in its profile position and Fig. 4 is suitable.Keyboard 3 is roughly the same with keyboard 1 structure, and keyboard 3 continues to use the element numbers of the identical name of keyboard 1; Illustrate about other of keyboard 3, refer to the related description of identical name assembly in keyboard 1 and graphic, separately do not repeat.In the present embodiment, the trigger architecture layer 30 of keyboard 3 also comprises light shield 210 relative to the trigger architecture layer 20 of keyboard 1, is arranged on printing opacity insulation division 206.Light shield 210 has light tight leg 2102 and opening 2104, one end of light tight leg 2102 to be arranged in syndeton 204 and around printing opacity insulation division 206, opening 2104 relative to printing opacity insulation division 206 be positioned at light tight leg 2102 one end and facing to the transmittance section 242 of keycap 24a.Therefore, light shield 210 has effect of restriction light going direction, the light (being shown in figure with thick-line arrow) that illuminating part 18 is launched can mostly expose to transmittance section 242 after penetrating via opening 2104, suppresses light to be overflowed from keycap 24a periphery.
Refer to Fig. 6, the cutaway view of keyboard 5 local according to another embodiment of the present invention; Wherein, keyboard 1 cutaway view shown in its profile position and Fig. 4 is suitable.Keyboard 5 is roughly the same with keyboard 1 structure, and keyboard 5 continues to use the element numbers of the identical name of keyboard 1; Illustrate about other of keyboard 5, refer to the related description of identical name assembly in keyboard 1 and graphic, separately do not repeat.In the present embodiment, the trigger architecture layer 50 of keyboard 5 also comprises light shield 212 relative to the trigger architecture layer 20 of keyboard 1, light shield 212 is positioned at the upper of this illuminating part and has light tight leg 2122 and printing opacity roof 2124, light tight leg 2122 is around illuminating part 18, and namely printing opacity roof 2124 forms printing opacity insulation division (being namely equivalent to the printing opacity insulation division 206 of trigger architecture layer 20) and be positioned at one end of light tight leg 2122 relative to illuminating part 18.From another point of view, light shield 212 overall structure is inverted cup, and its openend is towards illuminating part 18, and bottom it, (i.e. printing opacity roof 2124) is as this printing opacity insulation division.In addition, in the present embodiment, light shield 212 essence and syndeton 204 and screen 208 articulate, form light shield 212 such as but not limited to the syndeton 204 that it will be printed with screen 208 with impact style, therefore light tight leg 2122 comprises a part for a part for the formation of the transparent insulation sheet of syndeton 204 and screen 208 formed thereon.Therefore, light shield 212 also has effect of restriction light going direction, the light (being shown in figure with thick-line arrow) that illuminating part 18 is launched can mostly expose to transmittance section 242 after penetrating through printing opacity roof 2124, suppresses light to be overflowed from keycap 24a periphery.What remark additionally is, in the present embodiment, though between light shield 212 and illuminating part 18 without printing opacity insulating part to hide illuminating part 18, light shield 212 entirety still covers in illuminating part 18, and printing opacity roof 2124 also provides effect of electrostatic discharge protective to illuminating part 18.
In addition, this printing opacity insulation division according to the present invention is integrated into a part for this trigger architecture layer, or say and utilize a part for this trigger architecture layer as this printing opacity insulation division, therefore this printing opacity insulation division does not affect the start of other components or is oppositely arranged, and can not increase the degree of difficulty of keyboard assembling yet; Meanwhile, the process complexity of this trigger architecture layer can not also be affected in principle.
By the above detailed description of preferred embodiments, be wish clearly to describe feature of the present invention and spirit, and not with above-mentioned disclosed preferred embodiment, protection scope of the present invention limited.On the contrary, its objective is wish to contain various change and tool equality be arranged in the present invention institute in the protection range of claim applied for.Therefore, the protection range of the claim that the present invention applies for should do the broadest explanation, with the arrangement causing it to contain all possible change and tool equality according to above-mentioned explanation.

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1. a keyboard, is characterized in that this keyboard comprises:
Film circuit board, comprises a plurality of switch;
Illuminating part, is electrically connected on this film circuit board;
Trigger architecture layer, be stacked and placed on this film circuit board and this illuminating part, this trigger architecture layer comprises printing opacity insulation division and a plurality of elasticity trigger member, and this printing opacity insulation division is positioned on this illuminating part, and this plurality of elasticity trigger member is positioned on this plurality of switch accordingly; And
A plurality of keycap, is arranged on this plurality of elasticity trigger member accordingly, this plurality of keycap one of them there is transmittance section, to should printing opacity insulation division.
2. keyboard as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, this trigger architecture layer comprises transparent insulation sheet and is arranged at the screen on this transparent insulation sheet, this a plurality of elasticity trigger member is arranged on this transparent insulation sheet, this screen has hollow out, and this transparent insulation sheet is to the part of hollow out forming this printing opacity insulation division.
3. keyboard as claimed in claim 2, is characterized in that, this transparent insulation sheet and this elasticity trigger member all one-body molded with silica gel.
4. keyboard as claimed in claim 2, is characterized in that, this transparent insulation sheet adopts PET material to make.
5. keyboard as claimed in claim 2, is characterized in that, this screen adopts the mode of printing to be formed at the surface of this transparent insulation sheet.
6. keyboard as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, this trigger architecture layer comprises light shield, be arranged on this printing opacity insulation division, this light shield has light tight leg and opening, this light tight leg is around this printing opacity insulation division, and this opening is positioned at one end of this light tight leg relative to this printing opacity insulation division.
7. keyboard as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, this trigger architecture layer comprises light shield, this light shield to be positioned on this illuminating part and to have light tight leg and printing opacity roof, this light tight leg is around this illuminating part, and this printing opacity roof forms this printing opacity insulation division and is positioned at one end of this light tight leg relative to this illuminating part.
8. keyboard as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that also comprising a plurality of elevating mechanism, be connected to this plurality of keycap accordingly, wherein this keycap can move up and down switch to trigger this correspondence via the elasticity trigger member of correspondence relative to the switch of correspondence via the elevating mechanism of correspondence.
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