Touch pad input device for electronic device and procedure for making the same

• US 20070279393A1
• Filed: 06/02/2006
• Published: 12/06/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 06/02/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Axiomtek Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Axiomtek Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Liu, Kuo-Hsien
• Application Number:
  US11/445,249
• Publication Number:
  US 20070279393A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03547 Touch pads, in which fingers can move on a surface

Abstract

A touch pad input device for an electronic device includes a shell, a touch pad and a pressing board. The shell has a step groove. The touch pad is disposed in the step groove, and the pressing board is adhered on the touch pad and the shell. Hence, the touch pad can be easily disposed and positioned in the groove of the shell. Further, the touch pad and the shell achieve a grounding effect easily.

Claims

1. A touch pad input device for an electronic device, comprising:

a shell having a step groove;

a touch pad disposed in the step groove; and

a pressing board adhered on the touch pad and the shell.

2. The touch pad input device for an electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the step groove of the shell comprises a first step groove and a second step groove.

3. The touch pad input device for an electronic device according to claim 2, wherein the surface of the first step groove of the shell has a first contacting layer, and the first contacting layer is a metallic layer.

4. The touch pad input device for an electronic device according to claim 3, wherein the bottom of the touch pad has a second contacting layer, and the second contacting layer is a metallic layer for connecting to the first contacting layer of the shell.

5. The touch pad input device for an electronic device according to claim 2, wherein the bottom of the pressing board has a waterproof glue layer, and the glue layer is adhered to the surface of the second step groove of the shell and the surface of the touch pad.

6. The touch pad input device for an electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the shell is a metallic shell.

7. The touch pad input device for an electronic device according to claim 6, wherein the shell is integrally formed by one metallic shell or is a metallic shell constituted of at least two sheet metals.

8. The touch pad input device for an electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the shell is a plastic shell.

9. The touch pad input device for an electronic device according to claim 8, wherein the shell is integrally formed by one plastic shell or is a plastic shell constituted of at least two plastic pieces.

10. A procedure for making a touch pad input device for an electronic device, comprising the steps of:

providing a shell having a step groove;

disposing a touch pad in the step groove; and

adhering a pressing board on the touch pad and the shell.

11. The procedure for making a touch pad input device for an electronic device according to claim 10, wherein step groove of the shell comprises a first step groove and a second step groove.

12. The procedure for making a touch pad input device for an electronic device according to claim 11, wherein the surface of the first step groove of the shell has a first contacting layer, and the first contacting layer is a metallic layer.

13. The procedure for making a touch pad input device for an electronic device according to claim 12, wherein the bottom of the touch pad has a second contacting layer, and the second contacting layer is a metallic layer for connecting to the first contacting layer of the shell.

14. The procedure for making a touch pad input device for an electronic device according to claim 11, wherein the bottom of the pressing board has a waterproof glue layer, and the glue layer is adhered to the surface of the second step groove of the shell and the surface of the touch pad.

15. The procedure for making a touch pad input device for an electronic device according to claim 10, wherein the shell is a metallic shell.

16. The procedure for making a touch pad input device for an electronic device according to claim 15, wherein the shell is integrally formed by one metallic shell.

17. The procedure for making a touch pad input device for an electronic device according to claim 15, wherein the shell is a metallic shell constituted of at least two sheet metals.

18. The procedure for making a touch pad input device for an electronic device according to claim 10, wherein the shell is a plastic shell.

19. The procedure for making a touch pad input device for an electronic device according to claim 18, wherein the shell is integrally formed by one plastic shell.

20. The procedure for making a touch pad input device for an electronic device according to claim 18, wherein the shell is a plastic shell constituted of at least two plastic pieces.