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Photoelectric keyboard button

US10263618B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 30, 2015
Grant dateApr 16, 2019
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 24, 2036

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01H2239/022
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

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 form a 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 vi…

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