Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Bistable retractable buttons
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Application No.: US18054283Application Date: 2022-11-10
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Publication No.: US12009162B2Publication Date: 2024-06-11
- Inventor: Riley E. Brandt , Richard H. Koch , Zhipeng Zhang , John C. DiFonzo , Michael B. Wittenberg
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: APPLE INC.
- Current Assignee: APPLE INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Dorsey & Whitney LLP
- Main IPC: H01H13/84
- IPC: H01H13/84 ; G06F3/02 ; H01H36/00

Abstract:
An electronic device includes an enclosure and a keyboard positioned within the enclosure. The keyboard includes a substrate and a key mechanism. The key mechanism includes a keycap support mechanism, a keycap supported by the keycap support mechanism and movable relative to the substrate, a ferromagnetic component attached to the keycap support mechanism, and a selectively magnetizable magnet. The selectively magnetizable magnet system may include a magnetizable material and a coil configured to selectively magnetize and demagnetize the magnetizable material. The key mechanism may include a collapsible dome biasing the keycap toward the extended position.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230068455A1 BISTABLE RETRACTABLE BUTTONS Public/Granted day:2023-03-02
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