US 12,032,749 B2
Electronic keyboard
Lv Bing, Jiansu (CN); You Dawei, Jiansu (CN); Xu Feng, Jiansu (CN); and Cao Jin, Jiansu (CN)
Assigned to Peratech Holdco Limited, North Yorkshire (GB)
Appl. No. 17/794,132
Filed by Peratech Holdco Limited, North Yorkshire (GB)
PCT Filed Jan. 19, 2021, PCT No. PCT/GB2021/000003
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 20, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/148770, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 29, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 202020132796.7 (CN), filed on Jan. 20, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0350500 A1, Nov. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 3/02 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/0202 (2013.01) 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic keyboard, comprising:
a plurality of keys; and
a housing comprising a cavity;
said cavity accommodating a circuit board, a pressing layer and at least one pressure sensor arranged in said cavity; wherein:
said at least one pressure sensor is provided between a lower portion of said cavity and said circuit board;
said pressing layer is moveably connected to each one of said plurality of keys and said circuit board is provided between said pressing layer and said lower portion;
said at least one pressure sensor is connected to said circuit board, and a force-receiving surface of each said at least one pressure sensor aligns with a projection area of a corresponding one of said plurality of keys;
said electronic keyboard further comprises a support plate arranged between said lower portion of said cavity and said circuit board; and
said support plate comprises at least one placement slot on a first side facing said circuit board, each said at least one placement slot including one of said at least one pressure sensors arranged therein.