Patent ID: 9240299
Filing Date: 2016-01-19
CPC Classification: G06F,H01H

Claim Text:
1. A pivotable key structure, comprising: a housing body having an opening, and an inner surface of the housing body having a mountable portion arranged thereon; a carrier connected to the housing body, and an inner surface of the carrier having a mountable portion arranged thereon; a pivotable unit including a touchpad module corresponding to the opening and a pivotable member corresponding to the touchpad module, two opposite ends of the pivotable member pivotally disposed on the mountable portions of the housing body and the carrier to define a pivot axis, and a surface of the pivotable member having two operating portions arranged thereon; wherein the mountable portion of the carrier has two mounting grooves respectively arranged on a front end and a middle region of the inner surface of the carrier and the mountable portion of the housing body has two mounting grooves respectively arranged on a front end and a middle region of the inner surface of the housing body, and the pivotable unit is pivotally disposed on the carrier to pivot thereon; and a switch module electrically connected to the electronic processing unit and arranged on the carrier, and the switch module corresponding to the operating portions; wherein the pivotable unit pivots towards the switch module such that one of the operating portions correspondingly presses against the switch module to generate a corresponding control signal.