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US 8,500,348 B2Granted
Keyboard with ultra-durable keys
AssigneeLogitech Europe S.A.
InventorsOlivier Dumont, Baptiste Merminod, Alain Tabasso, Jean-Marc Flueckiger, Patrick Monney, Nicolas Chauvin, Gerd Schneider
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Abstract
A keyboard includes a plurality of keys, and a keyframe into which the plurality of keys are assembled. Each of the keys includes: i) a plunger on which a character is printed, and ii) a keycap made of a transparent material. The keycap covers at least a portion of a top of the plunger.
Claims7
A keyboard with reduced foreign-material penetration, the keyboard comprising:
- a plurality of keys each having a plunger and a keycap;
- a keyframe into which the plurality of keys are assembled by inserting the plurality of plungers into the keyframe;
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- a flexible membrane attached to each of the plurality of keys to prevent foreign materials from entering the keyboard from in-between the plurality of keys, wherein the flexible membrane is continuous without any holes formed therein, and wherein the flexible membrane is pinched between the plunger and the keycap for each of the plurality of keys.
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A keyboard comprising:
- a keyframe;
- a plurality of keys disposed in the keyframe;
- and
- a flexible membrane attached to each of the plurality of keys to prevent foreign materials from entering the keyboard from in-between the plurality of keys, wherein the flexible membrane is continuous without any holes formed therein, wherein each of the plurality of keys includes a plunger and a keycap, and wherein the flexible membrane is pinched between the plunger and the keycap for each of the plurality of keys.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.