公开(公告)号：AU2017324647B2

公开(公告)日：2020-02-06

申请号：AU2017324647

申请日：2017-08-28

Applicant: APPLE INC

Inventor： WANG PAUL X ,  GAO ZHENG ,  LEONG CRAIG C ,  LOCKWOOD ROBERT J ,  POSNER BRYAN W ,  CAO ROBERT Y ,  LANCASTER-LAROQUE SIMON R ,  MATHEW DINESH C ,  LEHMANN ALEX J ,  ENDISCH DENIS ,  BIR KARAN

IPC: G06F1/16

Abstract: Keyboards include mechanisms that prevent and/or alleviate contaminant ingress. In some embodiments, a keyboard assembly includes a substrate, a key cap, a movement mechanism moveably coupling the key cap to the substrate, and a guard structure coupled to the key cap operable to direct contaminants away from the movement mechanism. In other embodiments, a keyboard includes a base; a web that defines apertures; keys moveably coupled to the base within the apertures; and a gasket coupled to the keys, the gasket fixed between the web and the base, operable to block passage of contaminants into the apertures.

公开(公告)号：AU2017324647A1

公开(公告)日：2018-10-04

申请号：AU2017324647

申请日：2017-08-28

Applicant: APPLE INC

Inventor： WANG PAUL X ,  GAO ZHENG ,  LEONG CRAIG C ,  LOCKWOOD ROBERT J ,  POSNER BRYAN W ,  CAO ROBERT Y ,  LANCASTER-LAROQUE SIMON R ,  MATHEW DINESH C ,  LEHMANN ALEX J ,  ENDISCH DENIS ,  BIR KARAN

IPC: G06F1/16

Abstract: Keyboards include mechanisms that prevent and/or alleviate contaminant ingress. In some embodiments, a keyboard assembly includes a substrate, a key cap, a movement mechanism moveably coupling the key cap to the substrate, and a guard structure coupled to the key cap operable to direct contaminants away from the movement mechanism. In other embodiments, a keyboard includes a base; a web that defines apertures; keys moveably coupled to the base within the apertures; and a gasket coupled to the keys, the gasket fixed between the web and the base, operable to block passage of contaminants into the apertures.