CN2462475Y - Key selectable, key position replacableand multifunctional freely combined keyboard - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to a key selectable, key position replaceable and multifunctional freely combined keyboard, composed of a keyboard housing, jacks and a circuit board, wherein, the jacks are arranged on the keyboard. The circuit board is fixed in the keyboard housing, and common keys and combined keys are inserted on the jacks. The keyboard shape of the utility model can be freely selected, users can freely combine and select the keys according to the requirements of their own, and the keys can be freely distributed at key positions.

Description

Key selectable, key position replacable, multifunctional free combined type keyboard

The utility model relates to a kind of key selectable, key position replacable, multifunctional free combined type keyboard, belongs to field of computer technology.

At present, widely used computer keyboard position layout is developed by mechanical english typewriter.In the quite a long time, it is best keyboard layout, because it has taken into full account the input of letter commonly used and most of people's convenience.But along with the application in non-English speaking country of the development of computing machine and keyboard, present keyboard layout has begun the incompatible demand of upgrading.According to the keyboard production technology of present employing, in case the moulding layout just can not change.And under different fields and work requirements, different layouts should be arranged, manufacturer can not look after every field, have to do some trickle optimizations under the motionless substantially situation of original keyboard layout keeping.In addition, present employed keyboard has a great defective, if one of them key has damaged, so whole keyboard has just been scrapped.And Macintosh is used in increasing software operation.The function of cancelling for example commonly used is used " Ctrl+Z ", opens explorer and uses " Windows+E ".This gives and often uses the people of these softwares to make troubles.

Horizontal stroke, vertical two bars circuits are arranged under each key position of existing keyboard, and this two-layer circuit generally adopts printed wiring film as medium, and the centre separates with pad with holes, and its ultimate principle as shown in Figure 1.Horizontal under the general situation, vertical two lines disconnect, the similar switch of the part of 1 indication, when a certain particular key is pressed, horizontal stroke, the ordinate road determined are switched on, the scanning chip of keyboard is worked constantly, every the utmost point short time each horizontal ordinate is scanned, if find specific Xn and Ym conducting, then can uniquely determine that a certain specific key is pressed, at this moment send scan code to computing machine by the scanning chip.The characteristic of above-mentioned keyboard key is relevant with the position, and specific key can only be on certain location, its fatal shortcoming that Here it is.

The purpose of this utility model is a kind of key selectable of design, key position replacable, multifunctional free combined type keyboard, makes it and can arrange the position of each key on the keyboard arbitrarily according to user's request.

Key selectable, key position replacable, the multifunctional free combined type keyboard of the utility model design, this keyboard is made up of keyboard case, socket and circuit board; Socket is arranged on the keyboard, circuit board is fixed in the keyboard case, be inserted with general key and Macintosh on the socket, described general key comprises keycap, capping, triggering answer rubber, upper strata conductive film, insulation spacer, lower conductive film, key inserted terminal, and above-mentioned each layer laminates encapsulation successively; Described Macintosh comprises keycap, capping, triggering answer rubber, upper strata conductive film, insulation spacer, middle level conductive film, insulation spacer, lower conductive film, key inserted terminal, and above-mentioned each layer laminates encapsulation successively.

The keyboard of the utility model design, its advantage is:

(1) keyboard base size, shape can be selected arbitrarily.(2) according to user's oneself demand, the approbate and reprobate at any time of the key of keyboard, what need stays unwanted giving up.(3) according to user's oneself demand, the key position of keyboard can be adjusted arbitrarily at any time, and this adjustment does not rely on software, can use but the user inserts the optional position with specific key.When (4) some keys of keyboard damage, only need to change this key and get final product.(5) according to user's demand, can select different function combinations keys, layout is in the optional position of keyboard.

Description of drawings:

Fig. 1 is the signal triggering schematic diagram of common keyboard.

Fig. 2 is the outside drawing of the utility model keyboard, and Fig. 2 a is the keyboard of key of not pegging graft, and Fig. 2 b is the keyboard of key of having pegged graft.

Fig. 3 is general key cut-away view.

Fig. 4 is the cut-away view of Macintosh.

Fig. 5 is the local figure of keyboard base connected structure.

Fig. 6 is the local figure of circuit board wiring.

Fig. 7 is the dust cap outside drawing.

Fig. 8 is the dust cap upward view.

Below in conjunction with accompanying drawing, introduce content of the present utility model in detail.Among Fig. 1-Fig. 8, the 1st, switch, the 2nd, keyboard case, the 3rd, socket, the 4th, general key, the 5th, Macintosh, the 6th, keycap, the 7th, capping, the 8th, trigger and reply rubber, the 9th, upper strata conductive film, the 10th, conductive contact, the 11st, insulation spacer, the 12nd, lower conductive film, the 13rd, conductive contact, the 14th, key inserted terminal, the 15th, conductive jack, the 16th, conductive jack, the 17th, keycap, the 18th, upper strata conductive film, the 19th, middle level conductive film, the 20th, conductive contact, the 21st, conductive contact, the 22nd, lower conductive film, the 23rd, plug connector, the 24th, conductive pole, the 25th, circuit board, the 26th, plug-in unit, the 27th, plug-in unit circuit, the 28th, welding hole, the 29th, circuit, the 30th, blind plug.

As shown in Figure 2, key selectable, key position replacable, the multifunctional free combined type keyboard of the utility model design, this keyboard is made up of keyboard case 2, socket 3 and circuit board 25; Socket 3 is arranged on the keyboard, circuit board 25 is fixed in the keyboard case 2, be inserted with general key 4 and Macintosh 5 on the socket 3, described general key comprises keycap 6, capping 7, triggers and reply rubber 8, upper strata conductive film 9, insulation spacer 11, lower conductive film 12, key inserted terminal 14, and above-mentioned each layer laminates encapsulation successively; Described Macintosh comprises keycap 17, capping 7, triggers and reply rubber 8, upper strata conductive film 18, insulation spacer 11, middle level conductive film 19, insulation spacer 11, lower conductive film 22, key inserted terminal 14, and above-mentioned each layer laminates encapsulation successively.

The base size and the shape of the utility model keyboard can be selected as required, have been covered with socket on the base, and each socket can insert a key, as shown in Figure 2.Key is relatively independent with base, can select the key of needs, is plugged in any socket of keyboard base, such as, certain user needs " A " key to be inserted in the lower right corner of keyboard, and this keyboard just can be realized this function, and common keyboard is not satisfy this demand.Bond structure of the present utility model can make specific key be inserted on the keyboard base optional position, and same key is inserted in where to go up and all plays a part equally, and keyboard need not stick with, and obsolete key does not just need to peg graft.In addition, the utility model has also designed a kind of key, can finish the function that a plurality of key combinations are finished, such as " Ctrl+A ", " Ctrl+Alt+Del " etc., such as, the user of certain Photoshop need press hot key " Ctrl+V " realization " stickup " function, can only just can finish this operation with two fingers simultaneously on common keyboard, and this keyboard just can provide such Macintosh, only need just can finish the function of two keys by a key, even the function of three keys.On the interface that does not need slotting key, can insert dust cap.It was both similar to common keyboard to make up the keyboard that comes out like this, had characteristics such as personalization, practicality again.Keyboard base adopts non-damageable circuit and structure, when certain key damages, only need pull out this bad key like this, plugs new getting final product again.This keyboard is during as commodity selling, and keyboard base and key are sold respectively, and the consumer can select one of base as required, general key is some, function key is some, dust cap is some, and oneself is assembled.Keyboard style after the assembling is shown in Fig. 2 b (array mode is extremely many, takes a single example at this).

The key of this keyboard is divided into two kinds, and they are respectively general key, Macintosh.The inner structure of each key is all different, is different such as top indicating " B " with the key inner structure that indicates " C ", such key is plugged on the keyboard base of particular design, no matter which interface it is inserted on and can finishes identical functions, because trigger pip depends on the inner structure of key.That is to say the key that indicates " A " above, no matter be inserted in the function that " A " can be realized in the upper left corner of keyboard base or the lower right corner or centre, press its computing machine (or other equipment) and just receive the signal that " A " key triggers.

The structure of general key as shown in Figure 3, the socket 3 that key inserted terminal 14 inserts on the keyboard bases, conductive jack 15 inside on it are inlaid with metallic conductor, the inside that X, Y-signal line can be introduced key.The signal film is a kind of flexible insulation material of surperficial metal-plated membrane, and this megohmite insulant has certain elasticity, and the edge stretches out the contact, and this contact is two-sided conduction.After the key encapsulation is fixing, the conductive contact 10 of upper strata conductive film contacts with a conductive jack 15 of key inserted terminal, the conductive contact 13 of lower conductive film contacts with another conductive jack 16 of key inserted terminal, so just makes signal film and corresponding X, and the Y-signal line is connected.When key is pressed, trigger answer rubber 8 and be squeezed, the upper and lower signal film conducting at this moment, specific X and the conducting of Y-signal line can disconnect again after key unclamps, and the triggering of key is finished.Using rubber and film is present widely used way as triggering medium, technology maturation and durable, here the improvement of mainly doing is the inner structure of key, as long as change the conductive contact position of the upper and lower signal film, change the literal that prints on the keycap, just can produce different keys, same key is plugged on any socket of keyboard base all can finish same triggering function.

The realization of Macintosh, as shown in Figure 4.Such as " Ctrl+A " Macintosh, " Ctrl " is shift, must trigger earlier, therefore to be placed on top part to " Ctrl " employed signal line, what the signalling contact 20 of 18 signalling contact and 19 upper surfaces was introduced is horizontal ordinate signal wire and the ordinate signal wire that triggers " Ctrl ", following part is " A " employed signal line, and what 19 lower surface signalling contact 21 and 22 signalling contact were introduced is the horizontal stroke that triggers " A ", vertical signal.

Can also pile up three layers according to principle of the present utility model, to realize three key combinations, for example " Ctrl+Alt+Del ".The scanning chip part of this keyboard can be identical with common keyboard, can guarantee the compatibility of novel keyboard like this, reduces exploitation, the production cost of novel keyboard.

This keyboard base connected structure (part) as shown in Figure 5, each plug connector 23 provides a socket 3, key inserted terminal 14 can be plugged on the plug connector 23.Conductive pole 24 on the plug connector 23 and the 25 welding conductings of following circuit board contact with the conductive jack 15 of key inserted terminal 14 simultaneously, and horizontal stroke, vertical signal wire are introduced in the key.

Circuit board 25 of the inner use of keyboard base, circuit board wiring mode (part) as shown in Figure 6, wherein solid line partly is the upper strata, dotted portion is a lower floor, the 28th, the welding hole of conductive pole and circuit board, each inlet unit 27 (in the dot-dash wire frame) all is furnished with all horizontal strokes, the ordinate signal line, and also distribution mode is identical.Like this, each socket all is identical, equivalence, and the function of key can not be subjected to the influence of plug-in position, but depends on the inner structure of himself.The circuit board line figure of the utility model design is a plug-in unit with 8 * 8 grids, can adopt other wire laying modes in concrete the application, but its principle is identical.

The outward appearance of dust cap and structure as shown in Figure 7, Fig. 8 is its upward view, its lower surface is covered with socket; insulate in inside, it is to be used for being plugged on the room that does not have key, can protect keyboard base like this; prevent that dust from entering and accidental injury, also solved inaesthetic problem simultaneously.

This keyboard can be widely used in aspects such as Computer Image Processing, disabled person's computing machine, recreation, special trade and commercial inquiry computing machine, also provides wide space for user individual configuration computing machine.

Claims (1)

1, a kind of key selectable, key position replacable, multifunctional free combined type keyboard is characterized in that this keyboard is made up of keyboard case, socket and circuit board; Socket is arranged on the keyboard, and circuit board is fixed in the keyboard case, is inserted with general key and Macintosh on the socket; Described general key comprises keycap, capping, triggering answer rubber, upper strata conductive film, insulation spacer, lower conductive film, key inserted terminal, and above-mentioned each layer laminates encapsulation successively; Described Macintosh comprises keycap, capping, triggering answer rubber, upper strata conductive film, insulation spacer, middle level conductive film, insulation spacer, lower conductive film, key inserted terminal, and above-mentioned each layer laminates encapsulation successively.

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