Information handling system keyboard membrane with speaker interface
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorsJace W. Files, John Trevor Morrison, Chiu-Jung Tsen
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Abstract
A portable information handling system is assembled and disassembled by a keystone assembly that couples at an upper surface of the portable housing to overlap a keyboard assembly that covers processing components disposed in the portable housing. The keyboard assembly has plural component lock members that extend into the portable housing interior to each align with a component to hold the component in position when the keyboard assembly couples to the housing to enclose the components. One component lock member has speaker contacts extending from the keyboard membrane and communication speaker signals to the speaker to play audible sounds.
Claims13
An information handling system comprising:
- a housing having first and second housing portions rotationally coupled by a hinge;
- a circuit board disposed in the first housing portion;
- a processor coupled to the circuit board and operable to execute instructions that process information;
- a memory coupled to the circuit board and interfaced with the processor, the memory storing the instructions and information;
- a speaker disposed in the first housing portion, the speaker having connection pins extending from one side to accept speaker signals having audio and power to present audible sounds;
- a keyboard assembly having plural keys configured to accept end user key press inputs exposed at an upper surface, the keyboard assembly having a housing cover coupling to the first housing portion to contain the processor, memory and speaker in an interior of the first housing portion, the housing cover having an extension member into the interior;
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- a keyboard membrane disposed between the plural keys and the housing cover, the keyboard membrane detecting the key inputs to report to the processor and having an extension into the housing interior, the extension having speaker contacts aligned with the speaker connection pins to communicate speaker signals from the circuit board through the membrane to the speaker connection pin.
A keyboard assembly comprising:
- plural keys configured to accept end user key press inputs exposed at an upper surface;
- a housing cover configured to couple to an information handling system housing and having an extension member into the housing interior;
- a speaker configured to fit in an interior of the housing and having speaker connection pins to accept speaker signals that apply to generate audible sounds;
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- a keyboard membrane disposed between the plural keys and the housing cover, the keyboard membrane detecting the key inputs and having an extension into the housing interior, the extension having speaker contacts aligned with the speaker connection pins to communicate speaker signals through the membrane to the speaker connection pin.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.