Patent ID: 6179497
Filing Date: 2001-01-30
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
A keyswitch for notebook computers comprising:a keytop formed with an operating surface and an assembling surface respectively at a top surface and a lower surface thereof;a base having a plurality of first through holes formed therein and a centrally disposed second through hole formed in said base, said second through hole intersecting each of said plurality of first through holes, said base having a plurality of retaining plates formed thereon, each of said plurality of retaining plates extending at least partially across a respective one of said first through holes;a circuit membrane disposed beneath said base, said circuit membrane having a plurality of third through holes formed therein in respective aligned relationship with said plurality of first through holes;a bottom plate disposed below said circuit membrane and sandwiching said circuit membrane between said bottom plate and said base, said bottom plate having a plurality of fourth through holes formed therein in respective aligned relationship with said plurality of third through holes;a rubber cone disposed in said second through hole of said base between said assembling surface of said keytop and said circuit membrane; anda first lever and a second lever installed between said assembling surface of said keytop and said base, said first and second levers being pivotally connected together to form a crossed linkage, each of said first and second levers having respective upper ends connected to said assembling surface of said keytop, each of said first and second levers having a pair of lower ends on two respective sides thereof, each said lower end having a pivotal shaft extending laterally from a lower side surface of said lower end with a dent being formed between a rear wall of said pivotal shaft and a portion of said lower side surface adjacent an inner side of said lower end, each of said pivotal shafts being disposed in a respective one of said plurality of first, third and fourth through holes beneath a corresponding one of said plurality of positioning pieces for respective pivotal coupling to said base, each of said dents contacting an inner edge of a respective one of said plurality of fourth through holes to slide along said edge during vertical displacement of said keytop and thereby laterally confine said first and second levers during said displacement, said first and second levers being received into said second through hole of said base responsive to downward displacement of said keytop.