Abstract: A lighting keyboard includes a backlight module and at least one keyswitch. The backlight module includes a lighting substrate and a protruding structure. The lighting substrate includes two non-intersecting traces and a light emitting unit. The light emitting unit is connected between the two non-intersecting traces. A position of the protruding structure corresponds to a position of the light emitting unit and the protruding structure is located between the two non-intersecting traces. The at least one keyswitch is disposed on the backlight module.

Abstract: A keyswitch structure includes a base, a keycap, a lift mechanism and a light-emitting part. The lift mechanism includes a first support, a second support, and a spring structure. The first support and the second support are connected to and between the base and the keycap, so that the keycap can move relative to the base in a vertical direction. The spring structure is a single structural part and is connected to the first support and the second support and drives the first support and the second support to lift the keycap in the vertical direction. The lift mechanism as a whole defines a central space that extends through the whole lift mechanism in the vertical direction. The spring structure does not enter the central space. The light-emitting part is disposed on the base corresponding to the central zone, and emits light to illuminate the keycap.

Abstract: A lighting keyboard includes a backlight module and at least one keyswitch. The backlight module includes a lighting unit, a light guide panel, and a lighting board for illuminating a keycap of the keyswitch. The light guide panel includes a panel hole to accommodate the lighting unit. The light guide panel further includes plural slots intervally surrounding the lighting unit. The lighting board includes a micro-structure region facing toward the light guide panel. Each of the slots of the light guide panel has a bulge portion protruding to the lighting unit. At two sides of the bulge portion, each of the slots forms two slots walls with an obtuse angle, thereby expanding the transmitting angle for the multi-color lights from the lighting unit and enhancing the light-mixing uniformity while illuminating the keycap.

Abstract: A keyswitch includes a board, a cap located above the board, a membrane circuit board disposed on the board to make first and second engaging structures of the board protrude from first and second holes of the membrane circuit board respectively, and a lifting device. The lifting device is connected to the cap and the board and includes first and second support members. The first support member is movably connected to the cap and has a pivot end portion. The pivot end portion is movably connected to the first and second engaging structures and has a first abutting portion extending toward edges of the first and second holes along a pivot axis of the first engaging structure. The first abutting portion abuts on the membrane circuit board. The second support member rotatably intersects with the first support member and is movably connected to the cap and the board.

Abstract: A backlight keyswitch includes a backlight module and a keyswitch body having a cap with a symbol. The backlight module disposed under the cap includes a light guide plate, a light-blocking sheet, a backlight circuit board having first, third, and second lighting units disposed in the light guide plate and arranged sequentially along a longitudinal direction for emitting first, third, and second color lights respectively, and a micro optical layer. The light-blocking sheet is located above the backlight circuit board and has a transparent region. The light guide plate is located between the light-blocking sheet and the backlight circuit board. The micro optical layer is parallel to the light guide plate and formed corresponding to the transparent region to guide the first, second, and third color lights to the symbol and has first and second clearance regions respectively adjacent to the first and second lighting units in the longitudinal direction.

Abstract: A backlight module for a lighting keyboard comprises a lighting board including light emitting units, a light guide panel disposed on the lighting board and including light guide holes, and a shielding sheet disposed on the light guide panel. Each light emitting unit is located in each light guide hole. The backlight module is divided into regions including a middle region and two first side regions located outside the middle region. The light guide holes include at least one middle light guide hole in the middle region and at least one first light guide hole in the first side region. A distance between a light emitting unit located in the middle light guide hole and a wall of the middle light guide hole is lesser than a distance between a light emitting unit located in the first light guide hole and a wall of the first light guide hole.

Abstract: A backlit-module-embedded illuminated keyswitch structure includes a baseplate, a mask film disposed below the baseplate and having a first coating configured to substantially reflect a light, a light guide sheet disposed at one side of the mask film and having a light source hole, a reflective layer disposed at one side of the light guide sheet opposite to the mask film and having an opening communicating with the light source hole, a top glue configured to connect the mask film and the light guide sheet around the light source hole, and a bottom glue configured to connect the light guide sheet and the reflective layer around the light source hole. The first coating covers the light source hole. In a stacked direction of the mask film, the light guide sheet, and the reflective layer, at least one of the top glue and the bottom glue overlaps the first coating.

Abstract: A keyswitch structure includes a casing, a first support, a second support, and a pressing stem. The casing forms an accommodating space and an opening communicating with the accommodating space. The first and second supports are disposed in the accommodating space and are directly and rotatably connected with the casing; the supports are also pivotally connected with each other. The pressing stem extends into the accommodating space to be rotatably connected with the first and second supports and protrudes from the casing through the opening. The pressing stem is movable parallel to a vertical direction relative to the casing through the first and second supports. A motion of the pressing stem in the vertical direction has a top dead center and a bottom dead center. When the pressing stem is at the top dead center and the bottom dead center, it does not touch the casing in the vertical direction.

Abstract: A keyswitch backlight structure includes a light-guiding layer, a reflective layer, and a transparent adhesive layer. The light-guiding layer has a bottom surface, a light-emitting surface opposite to the bottom surface, and a surface microstructure formed on the light-emitting surface. The reflective layer is disposed opposite to the bottom surface. The transparent adhesive layer is closely attached to and between the reflective layer and the light-guiding layer corresponding to the surface microstructure. An illuminated keyswitch structure includes base plate, a keycap, a supporting mechanism, and the above keyswitch backlight structure. The keyswitch backlight structure and the base plate are stacked. The supporting mechanism is connected to and between the base plate and the keycap for lifting the keycap relative to the base plate. Light entering the light-guiding layer exits the light-guiding layer through the light-emitting surface to illuminate a transparent indication area of the keycap.

Abstract: A backlight keyswitch includes a keycap, a support plate, a membrane circuit board and a backlight module. The support plate is disposed under the keycap. The membrane circuit board is disposed in parallel to the keycap and the support plate. The backlight module is disposed under the support plate, which includes a shielding sheet, a light guide panel, a lighting board and a protrusion structure. The shielding sheet includes a light permeable area corresponding to the keycap. The light guide panel is disposed under the shielding sheet. The lighting board is disposed under the light guide panel and includes a light source. The protrusion structure protrudes toward the light source and is formed on one of the support plate, the membrane circuit board and the shielding sheet. The protrusion structure reflects at least partial light of the light source to enter the light guide panel for lateral transmission.

Abstract: A backlight module configured to illuminate at least one key cap of a lighting keyboard. The backlight module comprises a lighting board, a light emitting unit and a light guide plate. The lighting board has a first reflective layer, a lighting circuit and two aligned micro-structure regions, all three at least partially being layered in parallel with each other. The two micro-structure regions reflect lights and are separated by the lighting circuit. The light emitting unit includes plural color dies connecting electrically with the lighting circuit. The light guide plate has a light guide hole for accommodating the light emitting unit. The color dies of the light emitting unit are aligned linearly, while the two micro-structure regions of the lighting board are aligned in perpendicular to the linearly-aligned color dies, with the micro-structure regions disposed at opposite sides the light emitting unit.

Abstract: A backlight module for illuminating a keycap includes a shielding sheet, a light guide panel, a lighting board disposed under the light guide panel, and a first protrusion structure. The shielding sheet includes a light permeable area. The light guide panel is disposed under the shielding sheet and has a light guide hole for accommodating a light source of the lighting board. The first protrusion structure is formed on the shielding sheet and protrudes toward the light source. The first protrusion structure is at least partially not overlapped with the light source in a vertical direction, for reflecting and scattering at least partial light of the light source to enter the light guide panel for lateral transmission.

Abstract: A back light module is applied to a lighting keyboard with a plurality of keyswitches and includes a lighting unit, a light guide plate, a light penetrating membrane, a light calibration layer and an adhering component. The light guide plate has an opening used to accommodate the lighting unit. The light penetrating membrane is disposed on the light guide plate. The light calibration layer is disposed on the light penetrating membrane and has a second contour. The adhering component is disposed between the light guide plate and the light penetrating membrane, and has a first contour greater than the second contour. The adhering component includes a front region, a rear region and a hollow region. The front region is covered by the light calibration layer. The rear region is partly covered or not covered by the light calibration layer. The hollow region corresponds to and is larger than the opening.

Abstract: A keyswitch structure includes a keycap support mechanism and a keycap that is supported by the keycap support mechanism in a vertical direction. The keycap support mechanism includes a base and two supports. The base has two sliding slots. Each sliding slot has an opening in a horizontal direction and an obstruction block at the opening. The horizontal direction is perpendicular to the vertical direction. Each support has a sliding portion and a linkage portion. The sliding portions slide parallel to the horizontal direction in the sliding slots correspondingly. The obstruction block prevents the corresponding sliding portion from disengaging from the corresponding sliding slot. The two linkage portions push against each other in line contact, so that the two supports are mutually driven through the two linkage portions.

Abstract: A backlight keyswitch includes a cap with a symbol, and a backlight module under the cap and having first and second light modifying layers, a light guide plate, a light-blocking sheet having a transparent region corresponding to the cap, and first, third, and second lighting units arranged sequentially along a longitudinal direction for emitting first, third, and second color lights. The first and second light modifying layers might be ink layers formed on the light-blocking sheet and located outside the first and second lighting units, with colors of the first and second ink layers at least corresponding to colors of the second and first color lights respectively to achieve a mixed color. Alternatively, the first and second light modifying layers might be adhesive layers arrange parallel to the light guide plate, the first and second adhesive layers scattering a respective one of the first and second color light.

Abstract: A backlight module is applied to providing light to a plurality of keyswitches of a keyboard. Each keyswitch has a keycap and an elastic member abutting against the keycap. The backlight module includes a membrane circuit board and a light guide plate. The membrane circuit board has a light emitting diode corresponding to the keyswitch. The light emitting diode is located at a side of the elastic member and emits light to the keycap. The light guide plate is disposed on the membrane circuit board. The light guide plate has a slot hole for containing the light emitting diode and has a hole corresponding to the elastic member. An optical microstructure is formed on the light guide plate for guiding light of the light emitting diode to be incident to the keycap. The elastic member passes through the hole to be disposed on the membrane circuit board.

Abstract: A keyboard is applied to mounting on a holding baseplate of a computer device and includes a plurality of keyswitches, a membrane circuit board and a baseplate. The membrane circuit board is disposed under the plurality of keyswitches. The baseplate is disposed between the plurality of keyswitches and the membrane circuit board and is connected to the plurality of keyswitches, so as to make the plurality of keyswitches movable relative to the baseplate for triggering the membrane circuit board. The baseplate has a plurality of hooks. The plurality of hooks passes through the membrane circuit board to be engaged with a plurality of engaging hole structures of the holding baseplate respectively, so as to detachably mount the keyboard on the computer device. A number of the plurality of hooks is greater than forty.

Abstract: A keyboard includes a plurality of keyswitches, a plastic baseplate, and a membrane circuit board. Each keyswitch has a keycap, a lifting mechanism and an elastic member. The lifting mechanism is movably connected to the keycap. The elastic member abuts against the keycap. The plastic baseplate has a first hole formed corresponding to each elastic member and has a connecting structure corresponding to each lifting mechanism. The connecting structure is movably connected to the lifting mechanism to make the keycap movable relative to the plastic baseplate. The membrane circuit board is disposed under the plastic baseplate. Each elastic member passes through the first hole on the plastic baseplate to be disposed on the membrane circuit board. When the keycap is pressed, the elastic member deforms downward to trigger the membrane circuit board. When the keycap is released, the elastic member returns the keycap to its original position.

Abstract: A backlight module is configured to illuminate at least one key cap. The backlight module includes a light emitting unit, a light guide plate and a lighting board. The light guide plate has a light guide hole for accommodating the light emitting unit. The lighting board has a pair of pads connected to the light emitting unit respectively. The lighting board includes a first reflective layer surrounding the light emitting unit and at least partially covering the pair of pads. Each of the pair of pads has a plurality of branches and at least one hollow area. The at least one hollow area overlaps with at least one part of the light emitting unit.

Abstract: A keyswitch structure includes a base plate, a keycap, and a keycap support mechanism that supports the keycap above the base plate in a vertical direction. The keycap and the keycap support mechanism extend lengthwise in a lengthwise direction. The keycap support mechanism includes an outer support and an inner support pivotally connected to each other. The outer support surrounds the inner support. The inner support includes a support body and a reinforcement part. The reinforcement part is embedded in the support body. The reinforcement part is greater in elastic modulus than the support body. The inner support defines a side connection section on both sides of the inner support in the lengthwise direction. Each side connection section includes at least one base plate connecting portion and at least one keycap connecting portion. The reinforcement part extends into the two side connection sections.