H01H2219/054

BUTTON STRUCTURE FOR VEHICLE AV SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME

The button structure including a front panel configured to define a body and having a mounting hole formed in a front surface of the front panel directed toward an interior of an occupant compartment, a button unit accommodated in the mounting hole and configured to selectively control various types of AV systems of a vehicle, a detection unit accommodated in the front panel and configured to detect a user's hand, a switch unit configured to operate various types of AV systems of the vehicle under the control of the button unit, and a lighting unit accommodated in a housing and configured to emit light to the button unit in response to a detection signal of the detection unit, in which the detection unit is disposed rearward of the button unit and positioned from the button unit in a direction opposite to the direction toward the interior of the occupant compartment.

KEYBOARD DEVICE WITH DISPLAY PANEL

A keyboard device with a display panel including a base, a scissors feet assembly movably disposed on the base, an elastic member disposed on the base, a display panel supported by the scissors feet assembly and the elastic member, and multiple light transmittance keycaps disposed on the display panel is provided. The display panel has multiple display surfaces, multiple hollow portions, and multiple elastic portions. Each of the display surfaces is surrounded by the hollow portions, and is suspended between the hollow portions by the elastic portions. The light transmittance keycaps respectively and correspondingly cover the display surfaces.

Keyboard device with display panel

A keyboard device with a display panel including a base, a scissors feet assembly movably disposed on the base, an elastic member disposed on the base, a display panel supported by the scissors feet assembly and the elastic member, and multiple light transmittance keycaps disposed on the display panel is provided. The display panel has multiple display surfaces, multiple hollow portions, and multiple elastic portions. Each of the display surfaces is surrounded by the hollow portions, and is suspended between the hollow portions by the elastic portions. The light transmittance keycaps respectively and correspondingly cover the display surfaces.

BACKLIGHT MOUDULE NAD LIGHTINGKEYBOARD
20230067471 · 2023-03-02 · ·

A back light module is applied to a lighting keyboard with a plurality of keyswitches and includes a lighting unit, a light guide plate, a light penetrating membrane, a light calibration layer and an adhering component. The light guide plate has an opening used to accommodate the lighting unit. The light penetrating membrane is disposed on the light guide plate. The light calibration layer is disposed on the light penetrating membrane and has a second contour. The adhering component is disposed between the light guide plate and the light penetrating membrane, and has a first contour greater than the second contour. The adhering component includes a front region, a rear region and a hollow region. The front region is covered by the light calibration layer. The rear region is partly covered or not covered by the light calibration layer. The hollow region corresponds to and is larger than the opening.

STRAIGHT-THROUGH THREE-IN-ONE LIGHT-EMITTING KEY CORE MODULE
20230141940 · 2023-05-11 ·

A straight-through three-in-one light-emitting key core module comprising a support structure, an insulating layer, a circuit layer, a spacer layer, an elastic conducting member, an LED light and a keycap, wherein the insulating layer is arranged on the support structure, the circuit layer is arranged on the insulating layer, and the spacer layer is arranged above the insulating layer, a first through hole is opened in the spacer layer at a position corresponding to the keycap, an elastic conducting member is arranged at a position corresponding to the first through hole, an LED light is arranged on the circuit layer and is arranged corresponding to the keycap, a second through hole is opened on the spacer layer corresponding to a position of the LED light, the LED light is arranged in the second through hole, and the keycap is arranged above the elastic conducting member.

BEVERAGE PREPARATION MACHINE
20170360245 · 2017-12-21 ·

A food or beverage preparation machine, comprising a control panel (5), the control panel (5) comprising an actuator (5x) for setting at least one food or beverage preparation parameter of the food or beverage preparation machine (1) to a predetermined value and a controlling unit, comprises a pressure sensor (6x) electronically connected to said controlling unit for controlling the functioning of the food or beverage preparation machine, and associated with said actuator, said actuator (5x) being pressure-sensitive and comprising a first end (50) with a first deformable surface (51) which is configured to receive a press action (F) from a user, a second end (52) with a second deformable surface (53) which is in physical contact with said pressure sensor (6x), and an elongate portion (54) connecting said first end (50) and said second end (52), said elongate portion (54) being configured to transfer to said second end (52) a pressure that has been generated at said first end (50), such that when a press action (F) is applied to said first deformable surface (51), said pressure is transferred to said second deformable surface (53) by said elongate portion and is applied to said pressure sensor (6x) so as to set said at least one food or beverage preparation parameter.

INTERFACE SYSTEM FOR A BEVERAGE PREPARATION MACHINE
20170360244 · 2017-12-21 ·

An interface system for a food or beverage preparation machine, comprising a control panel (5), the control panel (5) comprising an actuator (5x) for setting at least one food or beverage preparation parameter of the food or beverage preparation machine (1) to a predetermined value and a controlling unit, comprises a pressure sensor (6x) electronically connected to said controlling unit for controlling the functioning of the food or beverage preparation machine, and associated with said actuator, said actuator (5x) being pressure-sensitive and comprising a first end (50) with a first deformable surface (51) which is configured to receive a press action (F) from a user, a second end (52) with a second deformable surface (53) which is in physical contact with said pressure sensor (6x), and an elongate portion (54) connecting said first end (50) and said second end (52), said elongate portion (54) being configured to transfer to said second end (52) a pressure that has been generated at said first end (50), such that when a press action (F) is applied to said first deformable surface (51), said pressure is transferred to said second deformable surface (53) by said elongate portion and is applied to said pressure sensor (6x) so as to set said at least one food or beverage preparation parameter.

KEYBOARD SWITCH WITH SPLIT-TYPE BASE
20230170165 · 2023-06-01 ·

The present invention relates to a keyboard switch including a base, a supporting member, a spring, a button and an upper cover. The supporting member includes a first plate connected to the base to seal the opening, a tube extending substantially perpendicularly from a surface of the first plate, and a plurality of blocks extending substantially perpendicularly from the first plate and configured around the tube. There is a gap between the tube and the plurality of blocks. The base and the supporting member may be made of different materials and colors from the base, so that the supporting member may have a good light-shielding performance and durability; and the base may be made of a collocation of different materials and colors, and has a wide design space.

Electronic device and method of manufacturing the same

An electronic device is provided here, which includes a casing, a keycap and a keyboard backlight module. The casing has a first opening. The keycap is disposed corresponding to the first opening, and a gap is formed between the keycap and a periphery of the first opening. The keyboard backlight module includes a shielding layer, the shielding layer includes a light transmission area corresponding to the first opening and a light block portion, and the light block portion is located in the light transmission area and covers a region where at least one light path passes through the gap and intersects the light transmission area through.

PHOTOELECTRIC KEYBOARD BUTTON
20170264294 · 2017-09-14 ·

Disclosed is a photoelectric keyboard button, comprising: a circuit board (1) for providing a circuit connection, a mounting hole (11) being provided on the circuit board; an optocoupler assembly (2) provided on the circuit board and comprising a transmitting element (21) and a receiving element (22) provided on a side of the mounting hole; a button base (3), which is mounted into the mounting hole and is opened from the top to the bottom to form a guide basket (31), wherein a light passing groove (32) is provided on the guide basket for allowing the transmitting element and the receiving element to forma light passage; a pressing shaft (4), which is mounted into the guide basket and can slide up and down along the guide basket; and a hammer (5) vertically provided inside the guide basket, wherein the two ends thereof are respectively connected to the pressing shaft and the guide basket via springs (6, 7), a shifting block (51) connected to the pressing shaft is provided on a side surface of the hammer, and the hammer is provided with a light pathway switch (52). When being pressed down or bouncing up, the pressing shaft pushes the hammer to rotate horizontally and reciprocally via the shifting block, so as to rotate the light pathway switch to respectively switch on or off the light passage between the transmitting element and the receiving element. The photoelectric keyboard button can present an evident feeling for the difference between pressing and touching operations and a key press sound, has a higher coupling efficiency, and does not easily gather dust.