Primax Electronics Ltd.

Tai-Sou Huang

Shao-Ju Yen

Chun-Ming Hsu

Chia-Feng Lee

Chang-Tse Lee

A dome switch button is installed on a circuit board. The dome switch button includes an elastic piece, a conductive piece and a buffering element. The elastic piece is located over the conductive piece. The buffering element is located under the conductive piece and electrically connected with the circuit board. When the elastic piece is subjected to elastic deformation to trigger the conductive piece, an electric signal is generated. The buffering element is electrically connected with the circuit board. Moreover, a first electric pad and a second electric pad of the circuit board are covered by the buffering element. The electricity from the first electric pad and the second electric pad of the circuit board can be transferred to the conductive piece through the buffering element. Consequently, the conductive piece can be electrically connected with the circuit board without the need of using additional conductor lines.

Dome switch button

A touchpad module includes a substrate, a touch member, a switch, an elastic element and at least four protrusion structures. The substrate includes at least four first openings. A bottom surface of the touch member faces a top surface of the substrate. The switch is coupled with the bottom surface of the touch member. When any point of the touch member is pressed down, the switch is in contact with the substrate. The elastic element includes a fixed part and a movable part. The fixed part is coupled with a portion of a bottom surface of the substrate. The movable part is arranged around the fixed part. The movable part is located beneath the at least four first openings. The at least four protrusion structures are coupled with the touch member and inserted into the corresponding first openings.

Touchpad module and computing device including the same

A touch module includes a touchpad assembly and a connection assembly. The connection assembly includes a main body, plural first coupling plates and plural protrusion posts. When the connection assembly is accommodated within a computer casing, the plural first coupling plates are penetrated through plural first openings of the computer casing and the plural protrusion posts are inserted into the corresponding fixing structures. The plural protrusion posts and the corresponding fixing structures are collaboratively formed as a hinge structure. While the touchpad assembly is pressed down, the connection assembly is swung relative to the computer casing by using the plural protrusion posts as the pivotal shafts, so that the touchpad assembly is correspondingly swung. Due to the hinge structure, the touchpad assembly is swung along a fixed direction. Consequently, the touch module is operated stably.

Movalbe input device in a computer casing

A touchpad module includes a touch member, a bracket, an elastic element and a spacer. The bracket is located under the touch member. The elastic element is arranged between the touch member and the bracket. The spacer is arranged between the elastic element and the touch member. While the touch member is pressed down, the touch member is moved downwardly to compress the spacer and the elastic element is pushed by the at least one spacer. Consequently, the elastic element is subjected to deformation and extended toward the corresponding perforation. The present invention further provides a computing device with the touchpad module.

Touchpad module and computing device using same

A touch module for an electronic device includes a casing, a touch structure and at least one stopping pin. The casing includes an accommodation structure. The accommodation structure is formed on a bottom surface of the casing. The accommodation structure includes an opening. A of the touch structure touchpad is installed in the accommodation structure. There is a horizontal gap between a lateral edge of the touchpad and an inner wall of the accommodation structure. The stopping pin is fixed on the bottom surface of the casing and aligned with a vertical gap of the touch structure. While the touch structure is moved in a first direction or a second direction through the at least one horizontal gap, the stopping pin is inserted into the vertical gap or detached from the vertical gap.

Touch module

A touchpad module includes a touch member, a base plate, a switch, a supporting structure and a sheet-like elastic element. The base plate includes a triggering part. The switch is disposed on the touch member and aligned with the triggering part. The supporting structure is arranged between the base plate and the touch member. The sheet-like elastic element is located under the touch member and extended along an extension direction. The sheet-like elastic element includes plural vacant spaces. The plural vacant spaces are discretely arranged along the extension direction. The sheet-like elastic element is divided into a swinging structure and plural fixing structures by the plural vacant spaces. In response to an external force, the touch member is swung toward the base plate by using the supporting structure as a fulcrum, and the swinging structure is swung toward the base plate.

Input touchpad module and computing device having a touch member with improved swinging stability

A touch module includes a casing, a touchpad, a supporting plate and a rotatable mechanism. The touchpad is installed in a first accommodation structure of the casing. The rotatable mechanism is pivotally coupled to a second accommodation structure of the casing. The supporting plate is movably installed on the casing, and combined with the touchpad. The second accommodation structure is extended from a specified side of the first accommodation structure. There is a horizontal gap between a lateral edge of the touchpad and an inner wall of the first accommodation structure corresponding to the specified side. While the touchpad is moved through the horizontal gap, a linking terminal of the rotatable mechanism is pushed by the touchpad or the touchpad is moved away from the linking terminal. Consequently, a stopping terminal of the rotatable mechanism is correspondingly inserted into or detached from the vertical gap.

A touchpad module for an electronic device is provided. The touchpad module includes a fixing frame, a touch member, a switch member and an adjusting element. The touch member is installed within an opening of the fixing frame. The switch member is installed on the touch member. The switch member includes a first magnetic element. The adjusting element is accommodated within an adjusting hole of the fixing frame. The adjusting element includes a second magnetic element corresponding to the first magnetic element. Moreover, like poles of the first magnetic element and the second magnetic element face each other. Consequently, a travelling distance of the touch member is adjusted according to a repulsive force between the first magnetic element and the second magnetic element.

Touchpad module

The present invention provides a touch pad module applicable to an electronic apparatus, including: a support frame, a touch pad, an elastomer structure, and a baseplate. The touch pad is movably configured in a first opening of the support frame; the elastomer structure is fixed on a lower surface of the touch pad and covers a press switch of the touch pad; and the baseplate is fixed on a lower surface of the support frame and provided with a limiting groove corresponding to the elastomer structure. A bottom surface of the limiting groove is provided with an adjustment hole, and a relative position of an adjustment member to an elastic member of the elastomer structure may be adjusted by using the adjustment hole.

Touch pad module

A touchpad module includes a circuit board and a switch assembly. The switch element includes a conductive element and a metal dome. The conductive element is capable of providing buffering efficacy. The conductive element is arranged between the circuit board and the metal dome. When the metal dome is subjected to deformation, the metal dome does not collide with the circuit board to generate the click sound directly. Consequently, the comfort of operating the touchpad module is enhanced. The present invention further provides a computing device with the touchpad module.

A touchpad module includes a touch member and an elastic member. The touch member is disposed within a fixing frame of a computing device. The touch member includes a recess. The recess includes a first end and a second end. The elastic member is installed in a casing of the computing device, and includes a first elastic part, a second elastic part and an intermediate part. A portion of the first elastic part and a portion of the second elastic part are extended into the fixing frame, and contacted with the first end and the second end of the recess, respectively. When the touch member is moved from an initial position to a first position in a direction toward a first lateral wall of the fixing frame in response to an external force, the computing device executes a first function.

A touchpad module includes a bracket member, a touch member, a supporting element and two elastic elements. The touch member is arranged between a first strip part and a second strip part of the bracket member. The supporting element is arranged between the elastic elements and the touch member. Each elastic element includes a swinging part, a fixing part and a shaft part. The fixing parts are installed on the first strip part and the second strip part, respectively. The swinging part and the fixing part are wider than the shaft portion. In response to an external force, the touch member is swung relative to the bracket member by using the shaft parts as fulcrums. While the touch member is swung, the shaft parts are subjected to deformation and the supporting element and the swinging parts are swung relative to the fixing parts.

A touchpad module for an electronic device includes an alloy supporting structure, an elastic metal sheet, a metal plate, a metallic position-limiting part and a circuit board. The elastic metal sheet and the metal plate are connected with two opposite surfaces of a bent part of the alloy supporting structure, respectively. The metallic position-limiting part is penetrated through the bent part. The elastic metal sheet and the metal plate are connected with each other through the metallic position-limiting part. The circuit board is located over the elastic metal sheet. The positioning part of the metal plate is penetrated through the positioning hole of the bent part, and connected with a casing of the electronic device.

A touchpad module includes a base plate, a touch member, a switch, a supporting element and an elastic element. The base plate includes a triggering part. The switch is disposed on the touch member and aligned with the triggering part. The elastic element includes a fixing structure and a swinging structure. The swinging structure includes two lateral swinging segments and a middle swinging segment. The lateral swinging segments are arranged between the supporting element and the touch member. The middle swinging segment is arranged between the base plate and the touch member. The fixing structure is connected with the middle swinging segment and arranged between the lateral swinging segments. When an external force is exerted on the touchpad module, the middle swinging segment is swung toward the base plate, and the lateral swinging segments are swung away from the supporting element.

A touchpad module includes a base plate, a touch member, a switch and a supporting assembly. The base plate includes a triggering part. The switch is disposed on the touch member and aligned with the triggering part. The supporting assembly is arranged between the base plate and the touch member, and includes an elastic element. The elastic element includes a first segment, a second segment and a bent structure. In response to an external force, the touch member is swung toward the base plate by using the supporting assembly as a fulcrum, so that the switch is contacted with the triggering part. Moreover, the first segment is correspondingly moved away from the second segment by using the bent structure as a fulcrum, so that there is a first angle between the first segment and the second segment.

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Tai-Sou Huang