发明名称 Mechanical architecture for display keyboard keys
摘要 Mechanical architecture for providing maximum viewing area on key button tops of keys for a user input device. The viewing area is for the display of information on the key buttons, and also includes tactile feedback similar to standard laptop keyboards, all using low cost manufacturing methods such as injection molding. The architecture optimizes an aperture through the core of the key switch assembly in order to project an image through the aperture and onto the display area of the key button. The architecture relocates in at least one embodiment the tactile feedback mechanism (e.g., dome assembly) out from underneath the key button to the perimeter or side of the key switch assembly. The architecture finds particular application to input devices such as keyboards, game pods, data entry device, etc., that operate in combination with an optical surface (e.g., wedge lens).
申请公布号 US7982149(B2) 申请公布日期 2011.07.19
申请号 US20080240017 申请日期 2008.09.29
申请人 MICROSOFT CORPORATION 发明人 LARSEN GLEN C.;SCHWEERS MICHAEL R.;BATHICHE STEVEN N.;WILSON ANDREW;KNIGHT JONATHAN;ZUCKER DAVID;JENKINS KURT A.
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