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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 1997
Filed:
May. 09, 1995
Su Su, Hsin-Tien, TW;
Shin Jiuh Corp., Taipei Hsien, TW;
Abstract
A computer keyboard includes a printed circuit board, a rubber plate which is located over the printed circuit board, and a positioning device that positions the printed circuit board and the rubber plate in the keyboard. The positioning device includes an electrically insulating upper positioning plate located over the rubber plate, and a lower positioning plate located under the printed circuit plate. The lower positioning plate includes a plurality of socket units which project upwardly therefrom, and through the holes of the printed circuit board and the holes of the rubber plate. The upper positioning plate includes a plurality of generally L-shaped plug units which project downwardly therefrom, and through the holes of the rubber plate and the holes of the printed circuit board. Each of the L-shaped plug units has a vertical section formed integrally with a plate body of the upper positioning plate, and a horizontal section formed integrally with a lower end of the vertical section. The horizontal sections of the L-shaped plugs are inserted respectively into the socket units of the lower positioning plate.