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CN-122025459-A - Key structure, keyboard and electronic equipment

CN122025459ACN 122025459 ACN122025459 ACN 122025459ACN-122025459-A

Abstract

The embodiment of the application provides a key structure, a keyboard and electronic equipment, which are used for solving the technical problem that a keyboard in the related technology is not light and thin enough. The key structure comprises a key cap, a first bracket, a second bracket and a bottom plate. The first support and the second support are rotationally connected, and the first end of the first support and the first end of the second support are connected with the keycap. The bottom plate includes body portion, first pothook portion and second pothook portion, and first pothook portion and second pothook portion are located one side of body portion orientation key cap, and body portion has first accommodation hole, and first pothook portion all adjoins with the edge of first accommodation hole with second pothook portion, and the second end of partial first support and the second end of partial second support all are located first accommodation hole, and the second end and the first pothook portion of first support are connected, and the second end and the second pothook portion of second support are connected. Through above-mentioned setting, be favorable to reducing the occupation space of first support and second support, and then be favorable to reducing the thickness of button structure.

Inventors

  • * TAMURA FUMIO
  • Kenji Changjing
  • LIN HUI
  • LI HAO
  • XU ZHENGYI

Assignees

  • 华为技术有限公司

Dates

Publication Date
20260512
Application Date
20241112

Claims (14)

  1. 1. A key structure, comprising: a key cap; The first support and the second support are rotationally connected, the first support is a first axis relative to the rotation axis of the second support, the first axis is located between the first end of the first support and the second end of the first support, the first axis is also located between the first end of the second support and the second end of the second support, and the first end of the first support and the first end of the second support are both connected with the keycap; the bottom plate, including body portion, first pothook portion and second pothook portion, first pothook portion with second pothook portion is located body portion orientation one side of key cap, body portion has first accommodation hole, first pothook portion with second pothook portion all with the edge of first accommodation hole is adjacent, and is partial the second end of first support and part the second end of second support all are located in the first accommodation hole, just the second end of first support with first pothook portion connects, the second end of second support with second pothook portion connects.
  2. 2. The key structure of claim 1, wherein when the key structure is in a pop-up state: in a first direction, the second end of the first bracket is in contact with a first limiting wall of the first accommodating hole, the second end of the second bracket is in contact with a second limiting wall of the first accommodating hole, and the first limiting wall and the second limiting wall are positioned between the second end of the first bracket and the second end of the second bracket; The first direction is the length direction of the keycap, and the first direction intersects the first axis.
  3. 3. The key structure according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the second end of the first bracket includes a first shaft portion, the first hook portion includes a first portion and a second portion disposed along a second direction, the first portion is connected between the body portion and the second portion, and the second portion covers part of the first accommodation hole; the second end of the second bracket comprises a second shaft part, the second clamping hook part comprises a third part and a fourth part which are arranged along the second direction, the third part is connected between the body part and the fourth part, and the fourth part covers part of the first accommodating hole; The first direction is the length direction of the keycap, the first direction is perpendicular to the first axis, and the second direction is the thickness direction of the keycap.
  4. 4. A key structure according to claim 3, wherein the first limiting wall of the first accommodating hole includes a first hole wall and a second hole wall, the first hole wall and the second hole wall being arranged along a third direction, the first portion being adjacent to the second hole wall, a distance between the first shaft portion and the second hole wall being greater than a distance between the first shaft portion and the first hole wall in the first direction; The second limiting wall of the first accommodating hole comprises a third hole wall and a fourth hole wall, the third hole wall and the fourth hole wall are arranged along a third direction, the third hole wall is adjacent to the fourth hole wall, and in the first direction, the distance between the second shaft part and the fourth hole wall is larger than the distance between the second shaft part and the third hole wall; the third direction is parallel to the first axis, the first direction is the length direction of the keycap, and the first direction is perpendicular to the first axis.
  5. 5. The key structure of claim 4, wherein when the key structure is in the pop-up state: In the first direction, the first shaft portion is in contact with the first hole wall, the first shaft portion is arranged at intervals with the second hole wall, the second shaft portion is in contact with the third hole wall, and the first shaft portion is arranged at intervals with the fourth hole wall.
  6. 6. The key structure according to any one of claims 1-5, wherein the key structure is in a compressed state: In the first direction, the second end of the first bracket is in contact with the hole wall of the first accommodating hole, and the second end of the second bracket is arranged at intervals with the hole wall of the first accommodating hole; the first direction is the length direction of the keycap and is perpendicular to the first axis.
  7. 7. The key structure according to any one of claims 1 to 6, further comprising a buffer plate located at a side of the bottom plate near the key cap, the buffer plate including a second receiving hole, a first buffer portion and a second buffer portion provided at edges of the second receiving hole, the first bracket and the second bracket being provided through the second receiving hole; Wherein the second direction is the thickness direction of the keycap.
  8. 8. The key structure of claim 7, wherein the base plate further comprises a relief hole, a portion of the first buffer portion and a portion of the second buffer portion covering the relief hole.
  9. 9. The key structure according to claim 7 or 8, wherein a side of the first buffer portion facing the key cap is provided with a first protrusion, and a side of the second buffer portion facing the key cap is provided with a second protrusion.
  10. 10. The key structure according to claim 9, wherein the key cap includes a key cap body and an edge portion located at an edge of the key cap body, the edge portion overlapping the first protrusion in a second direction, the edge portion overlapping the second protrusion in the second direction; Wherein the second direction is the thickness direction of the keycap.
  11. 11. The key structure according to any one of claims 7 to 10, wherein in a thickness direction of the key cap, the first and second brackets each do not overlap the first buffer portion, and/or the first and second brackets each do not overlap the second buffer portion.
  12. 12. The key structure of any one of claims 1-11, further comprising a conductive film and an elastomer, the conductive film being located on a side of the base plate facing away from the key cap, the elastomer being disposed through the base plate, the elastomer being located between the conductive film and the key cap.
  13. 13. A keyboard, characterized in that the keyboard comprises a plurality of key structures according to any one of claims 1-12, and a connecting part, wherein two adjacent key structures are connected through the connecting part.
  14. 14. An electronic device, the electronic device comprising: and (3) a main board: The keyboard of claim 13, wherein the motherboard is in signal connection with the keyboard.

Description

Key structure, keyboard and electronic equipment Technical Field The embodiment of the application relates to the technical field of electronic products, in particular to a key structure, a keyboard and electronic equipment. Background Keyboard input is a main way of inputting information, and the use frequency is high. Electronic devices such as computers, mobile phones, game consoles and the like are all provided with keyboards. At present, the market has an increasing demand for thinning electronic equipment, and the thickness of the keyboard directly affects the overall thickness of the electronic equipment. However, the related art keyboard has a technical problem of being not light and thin enough. Disclosure of Invention The embodiment of the application provides a key structure, a keyboard and electronic equipment, which are used for solving the technical problem that a keyboard in the related technology is not light and thin enough. In order to achieve the above object, the embodiments of the present application provide the following solutions: In one aspect, a key structure is provided, including a key cap, a first bracket, a second bracket, and a bottom plate. The first support and the second support are connected in a rotating mode, the rotating axis of the first support relative to the second support is a first axis, the first axis is located between the first end of the first support and the second end of the first support, the first axis is located between the first end of the second support and the second end of the second support, and the first end of the first support and the first end of the second support are connected with the keycap. The bottom plate includes body portion, first pothook portion and second pothook portion, and first pothook portion and second pothook portion are located one side of body portion orientation key cap, and body portion has first accommodation hole, and first pothook portion all adjoins with the edge of first accommodation hole with second pothook portion, and the second end of partial first support and the second end of partial second support all are located first accommodation hole, and the second end and the first pothook portion of first support are connected, and the second end and the second pothook portion of second support are connected. Through the arrangement, as the first bracket and the second bracket can extend into the first accommodating hole of the bottom plate, the occupied space of the first bracket and the second bracket is favorably reduced in the thickness direction of the key structure, and further the thickness of the key structure is favorably reduced, and the thinning of the key structure is favorably realized. In some embodiments, when the key structure is in the ejecting state, in a first direction, the second end of the first bracket is in contact with the first limiting wall of the first accommodating hole, the second end of the second bracket is in contact with the second limiting wall of the first accommodating hole, and the first limiting wall and the second limiting wall are located between the second end of the first bracket and the second end of the second bracket, wherein the first direction is the length direction of the key cap, and the first direction intersects the first axis. Through the arrangement, when the key structure is in the pop-up state, the first limiting wall of the first accommodating hole can play a limiting role on the first shaft portion, so that the second end of the first bracket is prevented from rotating anticlockwise relative to the first axis, the first end of the first bracket is prevented from rotating anticlockwise relative to the first axis, the second limiting wall of the second accommodating hole can play a limiting role on the second shaft portion, the second end of the second bracket is prevented from rotating clockwise relative to the first axis, and the first end of the second bracket is prevented from rotating clockwise relative to the first axis. In some embodiments, the second end of the first bracket includes a first shaft portion, the first hook portion includes a first portion and a second portion disposed along the second direction, the first portion is connected between the body portion and the second portion, the second portion covers a portion of the first receiving hole, the first shaft portion is disposed spaced apart from the first portion in the first direction, and the first shaft portion overlaps and contacts a portion of the second portion in the second direction. The second end of the second bracket comprises a second shaft part, the second clamping hook part comprises a third part and a fourth part which are arranged along a second direction, the third part is connected between the body part and the fourth part, the fourth part covers the first accommodating hole of the part, the second shaft part and the third part are arranged at intervals in the first direction, and