US 12,013,992 B2
Touchpad module having elastic members connected to fixing platform through cantilever beams and electronic apparatus using touchpad module thereof
Xiangying Liu, Shenzhen (CN)
Assigned to SHENZHEN GOODIX TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by SHENZHEN GOODIX TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed on Dec. 5, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/074,854.
Claims priority of application No. 202210249829.X (CN), filed on Mar. 11, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0289000 A1, Sep. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 3/0354 (2013.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/03547 (2013.01) [G06F 3/016 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A touchpad module, comprising:
a moving part, wherein the moving part has a touch panel, a main support member and a travel switch arranged on a bottom surface of the touch panel, the main support member is arranged on an edge of the bottom surface of the touch panel, and the main support member has a first border and a second border opposite to each other;
a fixing part, wherein the fixing part has a fixing platform, and a contact point is provided on a surface of the fixing platform close to the moving part; and
a deforming part, wherein the deforming part has a first elastic member, a second elastic member, a first connecting member and a second connecting member, the first connecting member is attached to the first elastic member, the second connecting member is attached to the second elastic member, the first elastic member is connected between the first border of the main support member and the fixing platform, and the second elastic member is connected between the second border of the main support member and the fixing platform;
the deforming part is configured to elastically deform when the touch panel is pressed, so that the moving part moves along a pressing direction, and the contact point contacts and triggers the travel switch;
wherein the first elastic member comprises a first main body portion, a first elastic arm and a second elastic arm; and the first elastic member further comprises a first cantilever beam and a second cantilever beam arranged on one side of the first main body portion, and a third cantilever beam and a fourth cantilever beam arranged on the other side of the first main body portion, the first elastic member is connected to the first border of the main support member through the first cantilever beam and the second cantilever beam, and the first elastic member is connected to the fixing platform through the third cantilever beam and the fourth cantilever beam.