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US 10,775,850 B2Granted
Computer with keyboard
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsPaul X. Wang, Alex J. Lehmann, Zheng Gao
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Abstract
A device may include a display portion that includes a display housing and a display at least partially within the display housing. The device may also include a base portion pivotally coupled to the display portion and including a bottom case, a top case coupled to the bottom case and defining an array of raised key regions, and a sensing system below the top case and configured to detect an input applied to a raised key region of the array of raised key regions.
Claims20
A device comprising:
- a display portion comprising:
- a display housing;
- and
- a display at least partially within the display housing;
- and
- a base portion pivotally coupled to the display portion and comprising:
- a bottom case;
- a unitary glass top case coupled to the bottom case and defining an array of raised key regions, a raised key region of the array of raised key regions configured to locally deform in response to an input force applied to the raised key region;
- and
- a sensing system below the unitary glass top case and configured to detect the local deformation.
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A keyboard for an electronic device, comprising:
- a bottom case;
- a unitary glass top case coupled to the bottom case and defining an array of raised key regions;
- and
- a sensing system below the unitary glass top case, wherein:
- a raised key region of the array of raised key regions is configured to locally deform in response to an actuation force applied to the raised key region;
- and
- the sensing system is configured to detect the local deformation of the raised key region.
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A device comprising:
- a display portion comprising a display;
- and
- a base portion hinged to the display portion and comprising:
- a bottom case;
- and
- a unitary glass top case coupled to the bottom case and defining an array of key regions, wherein a key region of the array of key regions is configured to locally deform in response to an applied force, the local deformation including a buckling response of at least a portion of the key region.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.