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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2020
Silitek Electronics (Dongguan) Co., Ltd, Guangdong, CN;
Yong-Zheng Huang, Guangdong, CN;
Abstract
A key structure includes a keycap and an actuator. The actuator is coupled with the keycap and enables the keycap to move reciprocally along an actuating direction. One of the actuator and the keycap has a base and a slot formed therein, and the other one of the same has a plug. The plug is inserted into the slot in a direction parallel to the actuating direction. The slot has an inner wall pressing the plug and generating friction. The base has a first sidewall thickness perpendicular to the actuating direction and parallel to the inner wall and a second sidewall thickness perpendicular to the actuating direction and perpendicular to the inner wall, wherein the first sidewall thickness is greater than the second sidewall thickness. The disclosure can avoid the horizontal stress generated by the plug when it is inserted into the slot to squeeze against the bas.