Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Input device with overlapping key structure
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Application No.: US15985046Application Date: 2018-05-21
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Publication No.: US10802602B2Publication Date: 2020-10-13
- Inventor: Kuo Hsiang Chen , Etienne Julien-Laferriere , Feng Hao Lin , Cheng Kai Yuan
- Applicant: Logitech Europe S.A.
- Applicant Address: CH Lausanne
- Assignee: Logitech Europe S.A.
- Current Assignee: Logitech Europe S.A.
- Current Assignee Address: CH Lausanne
- Agency: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
- Main IPC: H01H13/44
- IPC: H01H13/44 ; G06F3/02 ; H03K17/96 ; H01H13/704 ; H01H13/7073

Abstract:
An input device having an overlapping key structure includes a plurality of keys, each of the plurality of keys configured to actuate a respective key switch in response to an applied mechanical force; and a key support frame, where each of the plurality of keys includes a spring arm portion coupled to the key support frame at a first end of the each of the plurality of keys such that the each of the plurality of keys deflects through a range of motion in response to the applied mechanical force, and each of the plurality of keys overlaps with another one of the plurality of keys such that each of the plurality of keys is included in an envelope of a two-dimensional cross section of the range of motion of another one of the plurality of keys when viewed from a direction perpendicular to the two-dimensional cross section.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190354197A1 INPUT DEVICE WITH OVERLAPPING KEY STRUCTURE Public/Granted day:2019-11-21
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