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US 2018/0294113 A1Published application
Electrical connection to keycap
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsAyeshwarya B. Mahajan, Sukanya Sundaresan
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Abstract
There is disclosed in an example a key having a tactile element; and a flexible and conductive external element disposed over the tactile element. There is also disclosed an example method of manufacturing the key, and an electronic device comprising a plurality of active keys, including at least one of the key.
Claims26
1-25. (canceled)
A key comprising:
- a structural dome member;
- and
- a flexible and conductive external element disposed over the structural dome member.
A method of manufacturing a keyboard, comprising:
- preparing a flexible, conductive external element;
- disposing the conductive external element over a key dome;
- and
- securely affixing the conductive external element to the key dome.
1 more element
An electronic device, comprising:
- a plurality of active keys, the active keys comprising an active keycap element comprising:
- an electrically-driven display screen;
- a structural dome member;
- and
- a flexible and conductive external element disposed over the structural dome member.
2 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.