发明名称 METAL KEYCAPS WITH BACKLIGHTING
摘要 According to one general aspect of the invention, a keyboard of a computing device includes a keycap and a light source. The keycap is configured to actuate a switch of the computing device. The keycap includes a metal material and has an upper surface and a lower surface. The upper surface of the keycap is configured to be viewed by a user while operating the computing device and defines one or more openings in the keycap. The one or more openings in the upper surface is patterned in the shape of a single alphanumeric character. The lower surface of the keycap defines one or more openings in the keycap. The keycap defines one or more passageways extending from the one or more openings defined by the upper surface of the keycap through the keycap to the one or more openings defined by the lower surface of the keycap. The light source is configured to emit light through the one or more passageways of the keycap from the lower surface side of the one or more passageways to the upper surface side of the one or more passageways.
申请公布号 US2015083561(A1) 申请公布日期 2015.03.26
申请号 US201113077134 申请日期 2011.03.31
申请人 Han Amy;Lam Lawrence 发明人 Han Amy;Lam Lawrence
分类号 H01H13/02;C23F1/04;B23H9/14 主分类号 H01H13/02
代理机构 代理人
主权项 1. A device comprising: a laptop computer having a full-size QWERTY keyboard including: a plurality of keycaps disposed in first and second rows of keycaps, the first row of keycaps being horizontally offset from the second row of keycaps such that the keycaps of the first row of keycaps partially overlap the keycaps of the second row of keycaps, each keycap having end portions with linear and parallel edges where end portions of each keycap are horizontally offset from end portions of each other keycap, each keycap configured to actuate a different switch of the computing device, each keycap including a metal material and having an upper surface and a lower surface, the upper surface of each keycap configured to be viewed by a user while operating the computing device and defining a plurality of openings in each keycap, the openings in the upper surface of each keycap being patterned in a shape of a single alphanumeric character, the lower surface of each keycap defining a plurality of openings in each keycap, each keycap defining a plurality of microscopic passageways extending from the openings defined by the upper surface of each keycap through each keycap to the openings defined by the lower surface of each keycap; and at least one light source configured to emit light through each of the microscopic passageways of each keycap from the lower surface side of the microscopic passageways to the upper surface side of the microscopic passageways, the light source including a single light guide film configured to guide light from the light source to each keycap.
地址 Palo Alto CA US