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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2021
Cherry Europe Gmbh, Auerbach, DE;
Eduard Ruff, Auerbach, DE;
CHERRY EUROPE GMBH, Auerbach, DE;
Abstract
A device for detecting a key press of a keyboard, including a key module, a circuit substrate, a planar coil arranged on or in the circuit substrate, and at least one damping element, wherein the at least one damping element for damping the planar coil is movably arranged in the key module between a rest position and an actuation position, wherein the damping element executes a first actuating movement during the movement in the direction of the actuation position and executes a second actuating movement during the movement towards the rest position, and wherein the device outputs at least one electrical signal when carrying out the first actuating movement and/or the second actuating movement. A keyboard including one or more such devices and to a method for detecting a key press of a key module with such a device.