Keyboard
AssigneeLogitech Europe S.A.
InventorGuanghui Hu
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Abstract
A keyboard may include a top case and a bottom case coupled with each other to define a internal compartment. Multiple internal layers are contained within the internal compartment. The multiple internal layers may include a plurality of keys mounted on a switch plate, wherein a portion of each of the plurality of keys protrudes over the top case; a printed circuit board (PCB) layer disposed under the switch plate; a gasket layer disposed under the PCB layer. The gasket layer comprises a peripheral wall and a bottom floor integrally formed with the peripheral wall. The switch plate is coupled with the peripheral wall of the gasket layer.
Claims12
A method for assembling a keyboard, comprising:
- forming a subassembly by:
- mounting a plurality of keys on a switch plate;
- and
- mounting a PCB layer to a bottom side of the switch plate;
- mounting the subassembly in a gasket layer, wherein the gasket layer comprises a peripheral wall and a bottom floor integrally formed with the peripheral wall;
- coupling the switch plate with the peripheral wall of the gasket layer;
- mounting a bottom case to a bottom side of the gasket layer;
- mounting a top case over the subassembly and the gasket layer;
- and
- coupling the top case and the bottom case to each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.