Key assembly for computer keyboard

Details Key assembly for computer keyboard Key assembly for computer keyboard

1996-03-26

1997-09-23

Hilten, John S.

Typewriting machines

Key-board or key lever-actuating mechanism

Key lever or space-bar mounting structure

400495, B41J 516

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056697236

ABSTRACT:
A key assembly, particularly a space bar assembly for a computer keyboard, consists of an elongate cap, an actuating post and two locating posts integrally formed on a bottom of the cap and located respectively at a center and two ends thereof, a key base mounted on an IC board to receive the actuating post, two locating walls mounted on the IC board to receive the locating posts and respectively defining a slot, two mounting seats mounted on the IC board and located respectively near the locating posts and defining respectively a snapping closure, a U-shaped support member having two parallel portions extending through the slots and an intermediate portion snappingly received in the snapping closures.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3962556 (1976-06-01), Kravchuck
patent: 4010838 (1977-03-01), Sims, Jr.
patent: 4802779 (1989-02-01), Allaire
Harris, R.H. Counterweight Space Bar Bechanism. IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin; vol. 20, No. 4. Sep. 1977.

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