ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING KEY ASSEMBLY COMPRISING PRESSURE SENSOR, AND OPERATING METHOD THEREFOR

    公开(公告)号:US20210296063A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-23

    申请号:US17258362

    申请日:2019-06-14

    摘要: An electronic device according to an embodiment of the disclosure may include a housing, a key cover that penetrates at least a part of the housing and exposes at least a part of the key cover to an outside, a key button that is disposed inside the key cover and generates a pressing signal when the key button is pressed, a pressure sensor including a plurality of depressurization points between the key cover and the key button, and at least one processor electrically connected to the pressure sensor and the key button, and the at least one processor obtains a pressure signal corresponding to each of the plurality of depressurization points through the pressure sensor, obtains the pressing signal through the key button, and performs a specified operation based on the pressure signal corresponding to each of the obtained depressurization points and the pressing signal.

    Keyboard switch link member configuration

    公开(公告)号:US10714282B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-07-14

    申请号:US16193720

    申请日:2018-11-16

    申请人: OMRON Corporation

    摘要: A switch has a base, an operation unit disposed above the base and moving in a contacting-separating direction with respect to the base in response to an external force, a pair of link members configured to guide movement of the operation unit in the contacting-separating direction, and a coupling portion configured to turnably couple the pair of link members to each other. Each of the pair of link members each includes a coupling-portion-side supported portion supported on one of the base and the operation unit and an end-side supported portion supported on the other of the base and the operation unit. One of the base and the operation unit on which the coupling-portion-side supported portion is supported includes a wall surface provided with a movement space.

    Mechanical keyboard with modular removable switches support

    公开(公告)号:US10714280B1

    公开(公告)日:2020-07-14

    申请号:US15462672

    申请日:2017-03-17

    申请人: Shazim Mohammad

    发明人: Shazim Mohammad

    摘要: A mechanical keyboard includes printed circuit boards (PCBs), each having a pin holder; and a hole; mechanical switches to removably engage with the printed circuit boards, each of the mechanical switches having a body; a pin extending from the body to engage with the pin holder; a pillar extending from the body to engage with the hole; and a compressible switch extending upward from the body and associated with the pillar; a plurality of keys to engage with the compressible switch of the mechanical switches; the plurality of mechanical switches are to be removed from the PCBs by hand.

    KEYBOARD DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF

    公开(公告)号:US20200075271A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-03-05

    申请号:US16193914

    申请日:2018-11-16

    IPC分类号: H01H13/86 H01H13/85 H01H13/88

    摘要: A keyboard device includes a keyboard base, a flexible protection cover and a protective frame. The flexible protection cover is located over the keyboard base to cover the key structures that are disposed on the keyboard base. The protective frame is disposed on the flexible protection cover. Moreover, plural hollow protrusion structures of the flexible protection cover are partially penetrated through corresponding openings of the protective frame and exposed outside the protective frame. The elastic buffering parts of the flexible protection cover are disposed within corresponding concave structures of the protective frame and covered by the protective frame.

    SINGULATED KEYBOARD ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS FOR ASSEMBLING A KEYBOARD

    公开(公告)号:US20200058456A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-02-20

    申请号:US16663798

    申请日:2019-10-25

    申请人: Apple Inc.

    摘要: Methods for assembling low-profile, singulated keyboards by prefabricating key assemblies onto a chassis strip that is divided into individual key assemblies only after the substrate is affixed to a feature plate of keyboard. For example, a row of key assemblies is fabricated onto a chassis strip. The row corresponds to a partial or complete row of keys of the keyboard. The chassis strip is thereafter affixed to a feature plate in a specific location, thereby aligning each prefabricated key assembly to a precise location on the feature plate. While connected, each prefabricated key assembly is independently affixed to the feature plate. Thereafter, interconnecting portions of the chassis strip between the prefabricated key assemblies are removed, thereby singulating each key assembly.

    KEYBOARD
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    发明申请
    KEYBOARD 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20190393004A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-12-26

    申请号:US16534519

    申请日:2019-08-07

    摘要: A keyboard includes a plurality of keyswitch structures and an adjusting plate movably disposed under the keyswitch structures. Each of the keyswitch structures includes a tactile feedback member. The adjusting plate includes a plate body and a plurality of adjusting bars protruding from the plate body toward the keyswitch structures and respectively corresponding to the tactile feedback members of the keyswitch structures. When the adjusting plate moves relative to the keyswitch structures, the adjusting bars drive the tactile feedback members to change tactile feedback of the keyswitch structures.

    Illuminated low-travel key mechanism for a keyboard

    公开(公告)号:US10468211B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-11-05

    申请号:US15851355

    申请日:2017-12-21

    申请人: Apple Inc.

    摘要: A key mechanism for an electronic device includes a switch housing and a hinged structure. As one example, the hinged structure can be a butterfly hinge. The switch housing includes switch pin retaining mechanisms on opposing sides of the switch housing. The hinged structure includes two separate wings that are positioned adjacent to each other such that a cavity is formed between the two wings. The two wings are coupled together by coupling elements. The wings of the hinged structure can include switch housing pins on each arm of the wing that extend into the cavity and couple to the switch pin retaining mechanisms in the switch housing. Various configurations of switch pin retaining mechanisms and switch housing pins can be used to attach the hinged structure to the switch housing.