CN2852249Y

CN2852249Y - Computer input equipment

Info

Publication number: CN2852249Y
Application number: CNU2005201040318U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王唯川
Original assignee: KYE Systems Corp
Current assignee: KYE Systems Corp
Priority date: 2005-08-16
Filing date: 2005-08-16
Publication date: 2006-12-27
Anticipated expiration: 2015-08-16

Abstract

The utility model discloses a computer input apparatus, which comprises a main casing, a movable center island and a cover plate, wherein the center island is rotatablely pivoted on the main casing, and the center island is supported on the main casing through an elastic assembly to maintain a lifting position which forms an included angle with the main casing; the cover plate is detachably combined on the center island; the cover plate can be moved to the lifting position with the center island. The cover plate can be pressed to be covered on the main casing, and the cover plate can be hooked and fastened by a clamping piece to maintain the position that the cover plate is covered on the main casing.

Description

Computer input unit

Technical field

The utility model relates to a kind of computer input unit, the input device structure of particularly a kind of flip and/or replaceable keypad.

Background technology

Mouse and keyboard are the topmost input medias of computing machine (as desktop PC and notebook etc.) of various kenels.With the mouse is example, just obtain the trajectory path mode and can be divided into mechanical type or optical profile type etc., can be divided into then with regard to the signal transfer mode that wired mode is transmitted or the wireless mode transmission, or, on the structure of mouse, various Ergonomic mouses, seamless key mouse or small-sized mouse etc. also are found in the market, to satisfy different users's demand.

Be example with the wireless mouse in addition, pattern and computing machine transmission pointer signal by wireless transmission, minused impeding of signal line connection, the user can easier operation mouse, add miniaturization and portable design (light-weight design), wireless mouse becomes the selection of notebook user the best gradually; Again, wireless mouse utilizes battery to supply required electric energy, carry out the transmission of signal with the wireless signal transmitter, therefore wireless mouse itself also can be provided with battery accommodation chamber or wireless signal transmitter accommodation chamber, make the user more convenient when using or carry collection, and, also have mouse to release the design of replaceable keypad in order to satisfy the demand of consumer's seeking change and innovation, make mouse also can allow the user replace different colours or style at any time according to the hobby of oneself.For example patent case such as No. 555097 patent case of TaiWan, China patent announcement, bulletin M253006 patent case promptly is to disclose a kind of mouse structure that has accommodation space and can change keypad, wherein No. 555097 patent case its lid directly is formed with the press section, lid can be organized and be buckled on the on, so that lid can be in the lump as battery cover and keypad, but wherein the island is fixed kenel; For example TaiWan, China patent announcement M253006 patent case is that it is made up of a main casing and a lid (keypad) again, catching groove and fastener have been designed respectively in the main casing rear and front end, cramp and Button Block have been designed respectively in the lid rear and front end, lid can be by cramp and Button Block hook on the catching groove and fastener of housing, so that lid is incorporated on the housing, lid also can be separated and changes another lid from housing, so the user can oneself select to replace the lid of different colours or style.Again with regard to the M253006 case, the engagement means of keypad and main casing is respectively the rear and front end at keypad, good reaction when obtaining the pressing keys plate, also be provided with support member in the rough nearly middle section of keypad, the fulcrum that support member is pushed as keypad, the support member that is arranged at nearly middle section can obtain the good reaction of pushing and obtain the good reaction of pushing when the pressing keys front edge of board, but wherein the island is fixed kenel.

Above-mentioned specific implementation the design of replaceable keypad, to provide the user to change keypad according to the demand of oneself, yet above-mentioned patent case is as being applied on the wireless mouse, carry out using each time and place or take out wireless news signal transmitter, or when running down of battery, change the number of times of battery, but be to be higher than the number of times of changing keypad, if at every turn only in order to take out the wireless signal transmitter or to change battery and all lid must be removed completely and installed, then for still some inconvenience of user.In order to solve such problem, there is manufacturer to release then and has the mouse designs that to raise lid from moving.No. 504027 patent case of TaiWan, China patent announcement and to announce M266497 patent case promptly be to disclose a kind of mouse structure with the flip body of can moving certainly for example, wherein, announce No. 504027 lid has been divided into covering and two parts of button, wherein hide by a pivot and be articulated on the housing with rotatable relation, the other end that hides then is provided with engaging support mechanism and actuating mechanism, utilize engaging support mechanism to come hook to live to hide, actuating mechanism then is to remove the hook relation of engaging support mechanism to hiding corresponding to engaging support mechanism, when by after depressing actuating mechanism, engaging support mechanism can break away from covering, make pivot be able to covering is automatically upspring, to change battery, wireless signal transmitter or change other different covering.Yet, lid is divided into hides and two parts of button, can change button and can't change and hide, promptly make the replacing that hides promptly be restricted, though overcome the aforementioned problem of dismantling lid fully, but make the replacing that hides be restricted.

Again, it lifts mechanism by enclosure body, loam cake and bullet and is formed to announce M266479 patent case, wherein loam cake can be used as keypad and battery cover, and mechanism is lifted automatically upspringing an angle by bullet in the rear end of loam cake, and fixing different kenel is partly kept on middle island; Yet announce M266479 patent case and lift mechanism's pivot joint enclosure body and loam cake by bullet, when desire is changed different loam cakes, bullet must be lifted mechanism removes, therefore on specific implementation, announce the structure of M266479 patent case and only utilize, and can't satisfy the purpose (consulting the 7th page in instructions) that individual user changes loam cake easily for the convenient combination of manufacturer; Simultaneously, middle island is fixed kenel, also can't satisfy the needs of user's seeking change and innovation.

Summary of the invention

Take a broad view of above-mentioned patent case, the problem of considering the disassembly and assembly lid that has, but ignore battery or wireless signal transmitter and change or pick and place frequent problem, but consider battery or the wireless signal transmitter that have are changed or picked and placeed frequent problem and ignored the problem that lid is torn the group easiness open.Therefore, in order to solve problems of the prior art, the utility model proposes a kind of input device structure that can be easy to change battery or wireless signal transmitter and change lid at an easy rate.

According to input device structure disclosed in the utility model, it mainly includes a main casing, one Zhong Dao and a cover plate, wherein middle island is articulated on the main casing with rotatable relation, be provided with an elastic parts between middle island and the main casing, and be provided with a clamping piece with respect to cover plate pivot points place at main casing, island and main casing were an angle during kept by elastic parts on middle island, and cover plate be arranged at the relation of detachable combination on the island, cover plate can be in the lump be an angle and be positioned at one with main casing along with middle island and starts the position, or draw close together with middle island and to be covered in main casing and to be positioned at one and to cover the position, covering on the position, the clamping piece hook is lived cover plate and is maintained on the covering position.Desire to carry out the replacing of battery or wireless signal transmitter or when picking and placeing, pushing clamping piece can make cover plate start to carry out the replacing of battery or wireless signal transmitter to starting the position or pick and place, after changing or picking and placeing, directly push cover plate and can return back to the covering position; When desire is changed cover plate, push clamping piece equally and make cover plate start again, can carry out the dismounting of cover plate and the action of assembling to starting the position.

Described main casing is provided with at least one accommodation chamber, and to deposit following arbitrary device or its combination: wireless signal transceiver, battery, portable memory device, reader device, cipher input or biology are distinguished and looked safety feature.Main casing is made up of upper shell and lower house, and upper and lower casing has corresponding upper and lower pivot joint bearing.The island has a driving arm in described, and it has a rotating shaft.The island is articulated in described upper and lower pivot joint bearing with described rotating shaft with rotatable relation in described.Described lower house has the mouth of leading, and the both sides of leading mouth are provided with clip slot.Described clamping piece has a shell fragment, a push button and a trip, and shell fragment is arranged at the described push button of described clip slot corresponding to leading mouth and slightly protruding.

The corresponding described clamping piece of described cover plate is provided with one and buckle mouthful, and described clamping piece hook mouthful covers the position so that described cover plate is fixed in described button, pushes described push button and can make trip move the described button mouth of disengaging and described cover plate is moved to start the position.

The island has an island body and a pair of flank in described, and island body root edge is provided with a slot, and the flank bottom surface is extended with a conjunction, is provided with support slot at the flank end face with respect to the conjunction other end.Described cover plate has the button piece that extends and diverge to, and the place is provided with a press section in described button piece bottom surface, and described press section is hollow and forms a catching groove, is extended with a plate at place, fork, described press section, and contiguous described plate both sides respectively are provided with a support chip.The described catching groove of described cover plate is inserted into the described conjunction on described middle island, the described plate of described cover plate is inserted in the described slot of described island body, and the back up pad of described cover plate is cross-placed on the described support slot on described middle island, and described cover plate assembling is fixed on the described middle island.

Described elastic parts can be a wind spring.

Cover plate and middle island are the relation of detachable combination.

According to input device structure disclosed in the utility model, it considers the problem that battery or wireless signal transmitter are changed or picked and placeed, also consider the problem of lid disassembly and assembly easiness, be applied on the wireless mouse that it can meet the actual demand of product.And become the optimal design of wireless mouse.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is a STRUCTURE DECOMPOSITION synoptic diagram of the present utility model;

Fig. 2 is another STRUCTURE DECOMPOSITION synoptic diagram of the present utility model;

Fig. 3 A～3B is that structure of the present utility model is formed synoptic diagram;

Fig. 4 A～4B is the structural representation of clamping piece in the utility model;

Fig. 5 is the structural representation on middle island in the utility model;

Fig. 6 A～6C is middle island of the present utility model and detachable cover plate syntagmatic synoptic diagram; And

Fig. 7 A～7C is an action relationships synoptic diagram of the present utility model.

Wherein, Reference numeral:

11 main cases

12 upper shells

Articulate bearing on 121 engagement grooves 122

Revolution space 1222,1223 semi-circular groove on 1221

1224 loop bars

123 roller openings, 124,125 button openings

126 accommodation chambers, 127 blocking openings

13 lower houses

Articulate bearing 131 times

1311 times revolution space 1312,1313 semi-circular groove

132 assembling seats

1321

lead mouthful

1322,1323 clip slots

Island in 14

1411 rotating shafts of 141 driving arms

142 island bodies

1421 rollers, 1422 slots of slotting

143,144 flanks, 1431,1441 conjunctions

1432,1442 support slots, 145 retaining grooves

146 extended surfaces, 1461 retaining ribs

15 cover plates

151,152 button pieces

1511,1521 press sections, 1512,1522 catching grooves

153 plates, 154,155 support chips

156 blocks, 157 button mouths

16 clamping pieces

161 shell fragments, 162 push buttons

163 trips

17 electronic-circuit devices

171 rollers

18 elastic partss

Embodiment

Relevant feature of the present utility model now is described in detail as follows at the most preferred embodiment conjunction with figs..

According to input media disclosed in the utility model, as mouse, trace ball ... Deng, also can link to each other with computing machine by the mode of the wireless line that has; Because the electronics spare part in the computer input unit has been suitable proven technique, therefore in following specific embodiment, comprise component parts such as circuit board, optical coordinate detector, compiler, roller and microswitch, generally be called electronic-circuit device, the performed function of each electronics spare part no longer is explained in detail.And in following specific embodiment of the utility model, will be with wireless mouse as most preferred embodiment of the present utility model.

Shown in Fig. 1,2,3A, 3B, according to input media disclosed in the utility model, it includes island 14, a cover plate 15 and a clamping piece 16 in the main casing 11; Main case 11 is made up of upper shell 12 and lower house 13, be formed with an accommodation space in the main casing 11 that upper shell 12 and lower house 13 are constituted, in order to produce the electronic-circuit device 17 of correlation function with placement, electronic-circuit device 17 has a rotatable roller 171 at least, rotates signal to export one.Wherein an end of lower house 13 is provided with and articulates bearing 131, and following pivot joint bearing 131 has revolution space 1311 and is positioned at revolution space 1311 both sides down and semi-circular groove 1312,1313 that opening makes progress; Lower house 13 is provided with an assembling seat 132 with respect to the other end that articulates bearing 131 down in addition, assembling seat 132 have lead mouthfuls 1321 and the position at the clip slot 1322 of leading mouthful 1321 both sides, 1323, wherein clamping piece 16 has a shell fragment 161, one push button 162 and a trip 163, shell fragment 161 is arranged at clip slot 1322, on 1323, push button 162 then slightly protrudes corresponding to leading mouth 1321, push push button 162 and can force in shell fragment 161 and make trip 163 move, decontrol push button 162 and promptly make trip 163 return back to the normality position (as Fig. 4 A by the involution strength of shell fragment 161, shown in the 4B)

The profile of upper shell 12 coupling lower houses 13 and combine formation one main case 11 with lower house 13, wherein edge slightly swells and forms an inner sunken engagement groove 121 around the end face of upper shell 12, the basal surface position place that articulates bearing 131 at upper shell 12 corresponding lower houses 13 is provided with pivot joint bearing 122 on, last pivot joint bearing 122 has revolution space 1221 on one and is positioned at both sides and the semi-circular groove 1222 that Open Side Down, 1223, revolution space 1221 positions also are provided with a loop bar 1224 on last pivot joint bearing 122 correspondences, one elastic parts 18 (being illustrated as a wind spring) is sheathed on loop bar 1224,18 extended ends of elastic parts are then against upper shell 12, be provided with one corresponding to the roller opening 123 of roller 171 and be positioned at roller opening 123 both sides and and on upper shell 12 is contiguous, articulate bearing 122 places corresponding to the button openings 124 of the keyswitch (not shown) on the electronic-circuit device 17,125, also be provided with one at contiguous roller opening 123 places and can place wireless signal transceiver, battery, portable memory device (portable storagedevice), reader device (card reader/writer), cipher input (code input device) or biology are distinguished and are looked safety feature (biometric identification device) .... or the like the accommodation chamber 126 of (not shown); In addition upper shell 12 with respect on articulate bearing 122 the other end be provided with the blocking opening 127 of the trip 163 of a corresponding clamping piece 16.

Press, the middle island of prior art is used for a ccontaining roller therebetween, and is used for separating the zone of a middle transition of left and right button and roller.Simultaneously, the camber zone design on Zhong Dao top also can cooperate the needs of ergonomics and does the height or the change of radian.But the middle island of prior art is all fixed kenel, and this is one of main difference technology of the utility model and existent technique.Please in conjunction with shown in Figure 5, the middle island 14 rough long arc shape plates that are a coupling engagement groove 121 profiles, it is made up of a driving arm 141, an island body 142 and 143,144 of a pair of flanks, driving arm 141 extends from island body 142, the front end both sides of driving arm 141 are provided with rotating shaft 1411, and corresponding rotating shaft 142 places are provided with a retaining groove 145 in driving arm 141 bottom surfaces; Island body 142 protrudes and is higher than driving arm 141, the roller fluting 1421 that has a corresponding roller 171 on it, and be provided with a slot 1422 at island body 142 terminal root edge places, flank 143,144 is from the 142 both sides horizontal expansions of island body, and locate to extend back an extended surface 146 endways, each has a

conjunction

1431,1441 forward the position of the contiguous driving arm 141 in flank 143,144 bottom surfaces, be provided with

support slot

1432,1442 at flank 143,144 end faces with respect to the other end of

conjunction

1431,1441 in addition, and extended surface 146 places also are provided with a retaining rib 1461.

Cover plate 15 mates the engagement groove 121 of upper shells 12 and just can be covered on the upper shell 12, cover plate 15 has the button piece 151,152 that extends and diverge to, the place is provided with a

press section

1511,1521 in button piece 151,152 bottom surfaces,

press section

1511,1521 forms a catching groove 1512,1522 for hollow, place, 1511,1521 forks is extended with a plate 153 and in the press section, contiguous plate 153 both sides respectively are provided with a support chip 154,155 and a block 156, in addition, be provided with one at cover plate 15 with respect to the end of button piece 151,152 and buckle mouthfuls 157.

Please consult Fig. 1 again, 2,3A, shown in the 3B, with the driving arm 141 on middle island 14 corresponding to articulating bearing 131 under the lower house 13, and make the rotating shaft 1411 of driving arm 141 front end both sides be positioned over down in the semi-circular groove 1312 that articulates bearing 131, upper shell 12 is incorporated into lower house 13, articulate bearing 122 on upper shell 12 bottoms corresponding to articulating bearing 131 under the lower house 13, and the semi-circular groove 1222 of upper shell 12,1223 corresponding to the semi-circular groove 1312 that articulates bearing 131 down, the rotating shaft 1411 of driving arm 141 is articulated in, under articulate bearing 122,131, and can be in last, following revolution space 1221, rotation in 1311, and the other end of elastic parts 18 is resisted against in the retaining groove 145 on middle island 14, so will be by the elasticity tension power of elastic parts 18, island 14 is forced to be erected on the main casing 11 and is an angle in making, and island 14 was an axis of rotation and drawing close towards main casing 11 with rotating shaft 1411 during island 14 will make in forcing in.

In conjunction with consulting shown in Fig. 6 A～6C, when desire is assembled in cover plate 15 on the middle island 14, elder generation is with the catching groove 1512 of cover plate 15,1522 are inserted into the conjunction 1431 on middle island 14 from front to back, 1441, move forward again after cover plate 15 moved backward, make the plate 153 of cover plate 15 can be inserted in the slot 1422 of island body 142 ends, and the block 156 of cover plate 15 is resisted against the retaining rib 1461 on middle island 14, need in addition cover plate 15 is slightly lifted, make the back up pad 154 of cover plate 15,155 are cross-placed on the support slot 1432 on

middle island

14,1442, so being about to cover plate 15 assemblings is fixed on the middle island 14, so that cover plate 15 can be an angle with main casing 11 along with middle island 14 or draw close in the lump in main casing 11 through the application of force.

Otherwise, when separating cover plate 15 and middle island 14 as desire, can earlier cover plate 15 be moved backward, make the plate 153 of cover plate 15 break away from the slot 1422 of island body 142 ends, make the catching groove 1512,1522 of cover plate 15 break away from

conjunction

1431,1441 again, can make cover plate 15 break away from from middle island 14 in middle island 14.Because the back up pad 154,155 of cover plate 15 is cross-placed on the

support slot

1432,1442 on middle island 14, make the button piece 151,151 of cover plate 15 form movable end freely, and make the

press section

1511,1521 of button piece 151,152 bottom surfaces can touch microswitch (not shown) corresponding on the electronic-circuit device 17 and carry out default order.

Please consult shown in Fig. 7 A～7C once more, when cover plate 15 is incorporated on the middle island 14, cover plate 15 can be in the lump be an angle and be positioned at one with main casing 11 along with middle island 14 and starts the position, or draw close together with middle island 14 and to be covered in main casing 11 and to be positioned at one and to cover the position, covering on the position, what but clamping piece 16 proper hooks were lived cover plate 15 buckles mouth 157, cover plate 15 and middle island 14 is maintained at covers on the position.As desire to carry out the replacing of battery or wireless signal transmitter or when picking and placeing, pushing clamping piece 16 can make clamping piece 16 break away from button mouth 157, pass through the elastic force of elastic parts 18 again, cover plate 15 promptly opens to automatically and starts the position, and expose accommodation chamber 126 on the main casing 11, be beneficial to the replacing of battery or wireless signal transmitter or pick and place, after changing or picking and placeing, directly push cover plate 15 and can return back to the covering position, input media can be operated normally, because the action of input media replacing or fetching battery or wireless signal transmitter is comparatively frequent, and the action that only need push clamping piece 16, can open cover plate 15, simple quite easily in the action; Again when desire is changed cover plate 15, push clamping piece 16 equally and make cover plate 15 open to start the position, can carry out the dismounting of cover plate 15 and the action of assembling, change also suitable easily simple of the action of cover plate 15.

Though the utility model with aforesaid preferred embodiment openly as above; yet it is not in order to limit the utility model; any those skilled in the art; in not breaking away from spirit and scope of the present utility model; therefore should carry out some variation and modification, scope of patent protection of the present utility model must be looked the scope that the appended claim scope of this instructions defined and is as the criterion.

Claims

1, a kind of computer input unit is characterized in that, comprising:

One main casing in order to a ccontaining electronic-circuit device, and has a clamping piece;

One movable middle island, with a ccontaining roller therebetween, wherein said middle island is articulated in an end of described main casing with rotatable relation; And

One cover plate, described cover plate clip are in described on the island;

Wherein, be provided with an elastic parts between described middle island and the described main casing, and push against described middle island and described cover plate to an angle position;

In addition, described lid and described middle island are fixed on the described main casing by described clamping piece.

2, computer input unit as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, described main casing is provided with at least one accommodation chamber, and to deposit following arbitrary device or its combination: wireless signal transceiver, battery, portable memory device, reader device, cipher input or biology are distinguished and looked safety feature.

3, computer input unit as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, described main casing is made up of upper shell and lower house, described upper and lower casing has corresponding upper and lower pivot joint bearing, the island has a driving arm in described, described driving arm has a rotating shaft, and described middle island is articulated in described upper and lower pivot joint bearing with described rotating shaft with rotatable relation.

4, computer input unit as claimed in claim 3 is characterized in that,

Described lower house has the mouth of leading, and the both sides of leading mouth are provided with clip slot;

Described clamping piece has a shell fragment, a push button and a trip;

Described shell fragment is arranged at described clip slot;

Described push button is then corresponding to leading mouth and slightly protruding;

5, computer input unit as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that,

The island has an island body and a pair of flank in described, and island body root edge is provided with a slot, and the flank bottom surface is extended with a conjunction, is provided with support slot at the flank end face with respect to the conjunction other end;

Described cover plate has the button piece that extends and diverge to, and the place is provided with a press section in described button piece bottom surface, and described press section is hollow and forms a catching groove, is extended with a plate at place, fork, described press section, and contiguous described plate both sides respectively are provided with a support chip;

The catching groove of described cover plate is inserted into the conjunction on described middle island, and the plate of described cover plate is inserted in the slot of described island body, and the back up pad of described cover plate is cross-placed on the support slot on described middle island, and described cover plate assembling is fixed on the described middle island.

6, computer input unit as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, described elastic parts is a wind spring.

7, computer input unit as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, the relation that described cover plate and described middle island are detachable combination.