Moveable keyboard lattice for a portable electronic device
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorMark David SENATORI
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a moveable keyboard lattice frame for a portable electronic device. According to one embodiment, the portable electronic device includes a display housing and a base housing. The base housing is attached to the display housing via hinge members and also includes a keyboard input area comprising of a plurality of input keys. Furthermore, a moveable keyboard lattice frame is formed within the base housing and includes key openings corresponding with positions of the plurality of input keys. Moreover, the keyboard lattice frame is configured to rise and lower based on rotational movement of the display panel and hinge members.
Claims15
A portable electronic device comprising:
- an upper housing having a display;
- a base housing having an input area and attached to the upper housing at a common end via hinge members, wherein the input area includes a keyboard input surface comprising of a plurality of input keys;
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- a moveable keyboard lattice frame formed within the base housing and having openings corresponding with positions of the plurality of input keys,
- wherein the keyboard lattice is configured to rise and lower based on rotational movement of the display panel and hinge members.
A keyboard lattice frame structure formed within a convertible electronic device having a keyboard and hinges connecting a display panel and base housing, the frame structure comprising:
- a plurality of key openings corresponding with positions of a plurality of input keys associated with said keyboard;
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- a plurality of guide members for engaging with connecting rods coupled to the hinges of the convertible electronic device,
- wherein the keyboard lattice frame is configured to rise and lower based on rotational movement of the display panel.
A portable electronic device comprising:
- a display housing configured to rotate from a clam-shell orientation to a tablet orientation;
- a base housing having an input area and coupled to the lower housing via hinge members, wherein the input area includes a keyboard input surface comprising of a plurality of input keys substantially flush with a contact surface of the base housing;
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- a moveable keyboard lattice frame formed within the base housing and having openings corresponding with positions of the plurality of input keys, wherein the keyboard lattice is configured to rise and lower based on rotational movement of the display panel and hinge members,
- wherein the keyboard lattice frame is positioned within the base housing and below the keyboard input surface when the display housing is positioned in the clam-shell orientation;
- wherein the keyboard lattice frame is immediately adjacent and flush with the plurality of input keys of the keyboard input surface when in the display housing is positioned in the tablet orientation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.