An example of a button device includes a keytop, a spacer and a substrate. At least a part of the keytop is light-transmissive. The spacer is provided below the keytop and at least a part of the spacer is light-transmissive. The substrate is provided below the spacer and has a light-emitting section and a detection section on an upper surface. A lower surface of a central portion of the keytop is located on an upper side relative to a lower surface of an outer edge portion around the central portion. The spacer includes a protruding portion protruding in a downward direction. The protruding portion presses the detection section in response to movement of the spacer in the downward direction due to the keytop being pressed.

An example of a button device includes a keytop, a spacer and a substrate. At least a part of the keytop is light-transmissive. The spacer is provided below the keytop and at least a part of the spacer is light-transmissive. The substrate is provided below the spacer and has a light-emitting section and a detection section on an upper surface. A lower surface of a central portion of the keytop is located on an upper side relative to a lower surface of an outer edge portion around the central portion. The spacer includes a protruding portion protruding in a downward direction. The protruding portion presses the detection section in response to movement of the spacer in the downward direction due to the keytop being pressed.

An input device includes an operation unit to receive an operation, the operation unit including a magnetic member having a magnetic property, at least one load detection unit to detect a load on the operation unit and detect the load according to capacitance between a pair of conductors, a substrate on which an electrode as one of the pair of conductors of the load detection unit is arranged, and a drive unit including a coil to generate a magnetic field for driving the magnetic member. The coil is arranged on the substrate.

A compact switch mechanism operating a contactor array and having a lighted display.

A key module and a keyboard are disclosed. The key module includes a bottom plate including a first opening; a keycap disposed on the bottom plate, and including a visible region corresponding to the first opening; a flexible component disposed between the bottom plate and the keycap, and including a second opening corresponding to the visible region; a support structure connected between the bottom plate and the flexible component, and including a third opening corresponding to the visible region; a circuit layer disposed between the bottom plate and the flexible component, and including a fourth opening corresponding to the visible region; and a pattern modulator disposed below the bottom plate, and including a pattern region corresponding to the visible region.

A voice-controlled electronic device that includes a device housing having a longitudinal axis bisecting opposing top and bottom surfaces and a side surface extending between the top and bottom surfaces. The device can further include one or more microphones disposed within the device housing and distributed radially around the longitudinal axis; a processor configured to execute computer instructions stored in a computer-readable memory for interacting with a user and processing voice commands received by the one or more microphones and first transducer and second transducers configured to generate sound waves within different frequency ranges.

An illuminated keyswitch structure includes a base plate, a drive circuit board under the base plate, a spacer between the drive circuit board and the base plate, and a light-emitting part on the circuit board. The spacer has a through hole communicating with an opening of the base plate in a vertical direction. The sidewall of the through hole is opaque. The light-emitting part is located in the through hole, and falls within a projection of the opening in the vertical direction. The light-emitting part has a top surface that is lower than or equal to a bottom surface of the base plate in the vertical direction. The structure of the illuminated keyswitch structure around the light-emitting part can keep flat by the spacer. The spacer can prevent the light-emitting part from structurally entering the opening, avoiding structural interference between the light-emitting part and other components above the base plate.

A hardware product for creating a light ring and a dead front effect. The product may include a housing with an opening. The hardware product may also include a button positioned within the opening and configured to be depressed by a user. The button is constructed using a two-part molding process and includes a first shot and a second shot. The first shot is configured to disperse light around the perimeter shape of the opening. The second shot is constructed from an optically opaque or semi-opaque material. A single light-emitting component electrically coupled to the circuit board provides light for creating the light ring.

An illuminating device including a circuit board, a first light emitting member, a housing, a transparent support member, a light diffusing member, and a light guide member is provided. The first light emitting member is disposed on the top surface of the circuit board to emit light. The housing is disposed to cover the circuit board from above, and has a symbol configured to be illuminated by the light. The support member is disposed under the housing. A first surface of the support member is shaped to conform to the bottom surface of the housing and a second surface of the support member is flat. The light diffusing member has a side surface that receives the light, is fixed to the second surface of the support member, and diffuses the light toward the symbol. The light guide member guides the light to the side surface of the light diffusing member.

According to various embodiments, there is provided a key switch mechanism including: a key button; a plunger attached to the key button and displaceable between a neutral position and an activation position; an elastomeric dome which, when the plunger is in the neutral position, is non-deformed and which, when the plunger is in the activation position, is elastically deformed by the plunger; a conductive spring having a stationary end portion and a moveable end portion, the stationary end portion electrically coupled to a circuit, and the moveable end portion coupled to the elastomeric dome in a manner to be moved when the plunger is displaced towards the activation position, in connection with the corresponding deformation of the elastomeric dome; and an electrical contact electrically coupled to the circuit, wherein, when the plunger is in the neutral position, the electrical contact is arranged at a distance from the moveable end portion, and, when the plunger is in the activation position, the moveable end portion is moved to contact the electrical contact.