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US 9,870,066 B2Granted
Method of manufacturing an input device
AssigneeMicrosoft Technology Licensing, LLC
InventorsDavid Otto Whitt, III, Matthew David Mickelson, Joel Lawrence Pelley, Amey M. Teredesai, Timothy Carlyle Shaw, Christopher Strickland Beall, Christopher Harry Stoumbos
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Abstract
Input device manufacture techniques are described. In one or more implementations, a plurality of layers of a key assembly is positioned in a fixture such that one or more projections of the fixture are disposed through one or more openings in each of the one or more layers. The positioned plurality of layers is secured to each other.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- positioning a carrier proximal to a fixture, the carrier having positioned therein a key assembly disposed between first and second outer layers and a connection portion having a magnetic coupling device configured to be secured to a computing device, the positioning performed to align and secure the magnetic coupling device to a portion of the fixture;
- positioning layers of the key assembly in the fixture that has one or more projections disposed through one or more openings in each of the layers that are secured to each other to form the key assembly;
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- performing one or more operations to secure the first and second outer layers of the positioned carrier.
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A system comprising:
- a carrier positioned proximal to a fixture, the carrier having positioned therein a key assembly disposed between first and second outer layers and a connection portion having a magnetic coupling device configured to be secured to a computing device, the carrier positioned to align and secure the magnetic coupling device to a portion of the fixture, the first and second outer layers being secured to the positioned carrier, and
- a plurality of layers of the key assembly positioned in the fixture that has one or more projections disposed through at least one opening in each of the plurality of layers that are secured to each other to form the key assembly.
A system comprising:
- a carrier positioned proximal to a fixture, the carrier including a first side and a second side attached to each other using a hinge, the carrier having positioned therein a key assembly disposed between first and second outer layers and a connection portion having a magnetic coupling device configured to be secured to a computing device, the carrier positioned to align and secure the magnetic coupling device to a portion of the fixture, the first and second outer layers being secured to the carrier, and
- key assembly layers positioned in the fixture that has one or more projections disposed through at least one opening in each of the key assembly layers to align the key assembly layers that are secured to each other to form the key assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.