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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2021

Filed:

Apr. 05, 2020
Applicants:

Lite-on Electronics (Guangzhou) Limited, Guangzhou, CN;

Lite-on Technology Corporation, Taipei, TW;

Inventors:

Kuo-Hui Hsu, Taipei, TW;

Cheng-Kun Liao, Taipei, TW;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 13/7065 (2006.01); G06F 3/0354 (2013.01); H05K 1/11 (2006.01); H05K 1/18 (2006.01); H01H 13/83 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/03543 (2013.01); H01H 13/7065 (2013.01); H01H 13/83 (2013.01); H05K 1/118 (2013.01); H05K 1/189 (2013.01); H01H 2209/002 (2013.01); H01H 2219/06 (2013.01); H01H 2219/062 (2013.01); H01H 2219/064 (2013.01); H05K 2201/0989 (2013.01); H05K 2201/09236 (2013.01); H05K 2201/09263 (2013.01); H05K 2201/09663 (2013.01); H05K 2201/10022 (2013.01); H05K 2201/10106 (2013.01);
Abstract

Provided is a key structure including a base plate having at least one connecting seat and at least one notch adjacent to a lower portion of the connecting seat; a keycap disposed above the base plate in a liftable manner; a thin film circuit assembly disposed on the base plate and located between the base plate and the keycap; and a supporting rod connected to the keycap and the base plate and located between the thin film circuit assembly and the keycap. An accommodating space formed by the notch extends from and communicates with a through hole of the connecting seat. The connecting seat protrudes out from an opening of the thin film circuit assembly. A vertical projection region of the notch on the base plate is located within a vertical projection region of the opening on the base plate. The invention also provides a keyboard module.


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