Primax Electronics Ltd.

Yi-Chao Huang

Hui-Ling Lin

Ding-Hsiang Pan

Yu-Zeng Yang

A key structure includes a keycap, a backlight module and an elastic element. The keycap includes a first light-transmissible area. The backlight module is located under the keycap. In addition, the backlight module includes a first light-emitting element. The first light-emitting element is misaligned with the first light-transmissible area. The elastic element is arranged between a first light propagation path of the first light-emitting element and the first light-transmissible area. The keycap is permitted to be elastically restored to an original position through the elastic element, and the elastic element is made of an opaque material.

Key structure

A keyboard device includes a keyboard module and an illumination module. The keyboard module includes plural first keys and at least one second key. The illumination module includes a light guide plate and a circuit board. The light guide plate includes plural first mapping zones and a second mapping zone. The first mapping zones are located under the corresponding first keys. The second mapping zone is located under the second key. Moreover, at least one side-view light-emitting element and at least one top-view light-emitting element are installed on the circuit board. The side-view light-emitting element emits a first light beam. The top-view light-emitting element emits a second light beam. The first light beam is extracted through the corresponding first mapping zone and transferred to the corresponding first key. The second light beam is transferred to the second key.

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Taipei, Taiwan

Yi-Chao Huang