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US 12,316,314 B1Granted
Hall effect keyboard
AssigneeFinalmouse LLC
InventorsAshkon Shayani, Daniel James Blase, Maxime Dirk R Vincent, Nathan Stanislaw Zuber
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Abstract
A keyboard includes a plurality of keys. Each key includes a keycap, a coil spring extending from a top side of the keycap to a bottom side of the transparent top case, and a magnet positioned within the keycap. The coil spring biases the keycap toward an undepressed position.
Claims20
A keyboard comprising:
- a keycap, the keycap comprising multiple vertical keycap side walls, wherein at least one vertical keycap side wall comprises a bendable arm that has a keycap flange on an outward facing surface of the at least one vertical keycap side wall;
- a display comprising a visual side that presents content;
- a transparent top case overlaying the visual side of the display, wherein the transparent top case comprises a top case flange that engages with the keycap flange to allow the keycap to move vertically but to prevent the keycap from coming off,
- a coil spring extending from a top side of the keycap to a bottom side of the transparent top case, wherein the coil spring biases the keycap toward an undepressed position;
- a magnet positioned within the keycap;
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- a magnetic field sensor mounted on a bottom side of the display to measure a strength of a magnetic field generated by the magnet.
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A keyboard comprising:
- a keycap, the keycap comprising multiple vertical keycap side walls, wherein at least one vertical keycap side wall comprises a bendable arm that has a keycap flange on an outward facing surface of the at least one vertical keycap side wall;
- a top case, wherein the top case comprises a top case flange that engages with the keycap flange to allow the keycap to move vertically but to prevent the keycap from coming off,
- a coil spring extending from a top side of the keycap to a bottom side of the top case, wherein the coil spring biases the keycap toward an undepressed position;
- a magnet positioned within the keycap;
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- a magnetic field sensor mounted on a bottom side of the top case to measure a strength of a magnetic field generated by the magnet.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.