PROTECTIVE LAYER SPANNING BETWEEN KEYS OF A KEYBOARD

    公开(公告)号:WO2020060599A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-03-26

    申请号:PCT/US2019/037261

    申请日:2019-06-14

    Applicant: APPLE INC.

    Abstract: Keyboards and other input devices are provided with at least one flexible layer that extends over or under the keycaps. The flexible layer spans interkey spaces and provides finger support and key definition as the user feels the top surface of the keycaps and flexible layer. The flexible layer therefore smooths the top surface of the keyboard, supports fingers during key travel, prevents ingress of contaminants, fluids, or debris into the keyboard, and provides a surface that can be used as a touch interface that coincides with the keyboard.

    INGRESS PREVENTION FOR KEYBOARDS
    2.
    发明申请
    INGRESS PREVENTION FOR KEYBOARDS 审中-公开
    防止键盘故障

    公开(公告)号:WO2018048657A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-03-15

    申请号:PCT/US2017/048878

    申请日:2017-08-28

    Applicant: APPLE INC.

    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.

    Abstract translation: 键盘包括防止和/或减少污染物进入的机构。 在一些实施例中,键盘组件包括基板,键帽,将键帽可移动地连接至基板的移动机构,以及联接至键帽的防护结构,其可操作以引导污染物远离移动机构。 在其他实施例中,键盘包括基座; 定义孔的网; 可移动地连接到孔内的基座的键; 以及联接到所述键上的垫圈,所述垫圈固定在所述腹板和所述底座之间,可操作以阻止污染物进入所述孔中。

    MANDREL FLEX CIRCUIT ROUTING
    4.
    发明申请
    MANDREL FLEX CIRCUIT ROUTING 审中-公开
    MANDREL FLEX电路路由

    公开(公告)号:WO2016179304A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-11-10

    申请号:PCT/US2016/030816

    申请日:2016-05-04

    Applicant: APPLE INC.

    CPC classification number: G06F1/1683

    Abstract: Cable assemblies for providing electrical communication between hinged sections of an electronic device are described. The cable assemblies can include a cover that covers one or more cables that run through a hinge region of the electronic device. The cable and cover can be drawn over a mandrel of the hinge region. The cover and the portions of the mandrel can be visible to a user at the hinge region of the electronic device. The cover can be sufficiently rigid to guide a path of the cable and protect the cable from bending beyond a prescribed angle during rotation of the electronic device at the hinge region. The cover can also be sufficiently rigid to prevent ceasing or folding of the cover and the cable during rotation of the electronic device at the hinge region. The cable assemblies can also include a hinged cover that can be pivoted to close a gap between two hinged sections of the electronic device.

    Abstract translation: 描述了用于在电子设备的铰接部分之间提供电连通的电缆组件。 电缆组件可以包括覆盖穿过电子设备的铰链区域的一个或多个电缆的盖。 电缆和盖可以被拉伸在铰链区域的心轴上。 在电子设备的铰链区域,用户可以看到盖子和心轴的部分。 盖可以足够刚性以引导电缆的路径并且在电子设备在铰链区域的旋转期间保护电缆不被弯曲超过规定的角度。 盖子也可以是足够刚性的,以防止在电子设备在铰链区域旋转期间盖子和电缆的停止或折叠。 电缆组件还可以包括可以枢转的铰接盖,以封闭电子设备的两个铰接部分之间的间隙。

    MULTI-FUNCTIONAL KEYBOARD ASSEMBLIES
    5.
    发明申请
    MULTI-FUNCTIONAL KEYBOARD ASSEMBLIES 审中-公开
    多功能键盘组合

    公开(公告)号:WO2014070518A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-05-08

    申请号:PCT/US2013/066109

    申请日:2013-10-22

    Applicant: APPLE INC.

    Abstract: Multi-functional keyboard assemblies include an array of keys formed from stacked component layers. A top portion of the key may be capable of travelling vertically with respect to a base of the key. The top portion can include a keycap and a circuitry module coupled to the keycap. The keys may be capable of receive at least two distinct types of inputs and/or receiving at least one type of input and providing at least one type of output. Such output may include use of one or more light sources, displays, and/or haptic feedback devices.

    Abstract translation: 多功能键盘组件包括由堆叠的组件层形成的键阵列。 键的顶部可以相对于键的基座垂直地行进。 顶部可以包括键帽和耦合到键帽的电路模块。 密钥可以能够接收至少两种不同类型的输入和/或接收至少一种类型的输入并且提供至少一种类型的输出。 这种输出可以包括使用一个或多个光源,显示器和/或触觉反馈装置。

    LOW-TRAVEL KEY MECHANISM FOR AN INPUT DEVICE
    6.
    发明申请
    LOW-TRAVEL KEY MECHANISM FOR AN INPUT DEVICE 审中-公开
    用于输入设备的低行程键机构

    公开(公告)号:WO2016183498A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-11-17

    申请号:PCT/US2016/032492

    申请日:2016-05-13

    Applicant: APPLE INC.

    Abstract: A key mechanism for an electronic device includes a switch housing and a hinged structure. As one example, the hinged structure can be a butterfly hinge. The switch housing includes switch pin retaining mechanisms on opposing sides of the switch housing. The hinged structure includes two separate wings that are positioned adjacent to each other such that a cavity is formed between the two wings. The two wings are coupled together by coupling elements. The wings of the hinged structure can include switch housing pins on each arm of the wing that extend into the cavity and couple to the switch pin retaining mechanisms in the switch housing. Various configurations of switch pin retaining mechanisms and switch housing pins can be used to attach the hinged structure to the switch housing.

    Abstract translation: 电子设备的键机构包括开关壳体和铰链结构。 作为一个示例,铰链结构可以是蝴蝶铰链。 开关壳体包括在开关壳体的相对侧上的开关销保持机构。 铰链结构包括彼此相邻定位的两个单独的翼,使得在两个翼之间形成空腔。 两个翼通过耦合元件联接在一起。 铰链结构的机翼可以包括在机翼的每个臂上的开关壳体销,其延伸到空腔中并且耦合到开关壳体中的开关销保持机构。 可以使用开关销保持机构和开关壳体销的各种配置来将铰链结构附接到开关壳体。

    METHOD TO DESIGN THE INTEGRATED FULL COVERAGE LCD MODULE COVER GLASS
    8.
    发明申请
    METHOD TO DESIGN THE INTEGRATED FULL COVERAGE LCD MODULE COVER GLASS 审中-公开
    设计集成式全覆盖液晶模块盖玻璃的方法

    公开(公告)号:WO2014035769A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-03-06

    申请号:PCT/US2013/056047

    申请日:2013-08-21

    Applicant: APPLE INC.

    Abstract: The described embodiments relate generally to liquid crystal displays (LCDs), and more particularly to methods for extending a glass portion of a display to an edge of a display housing. In one embodiment, a thin cover glass layer is provided between a color filter glass layer and an upper polarizer. The thin cover glass layer is supported along an edge of the display by a filler material that can include a foam dam and a glass spacer or adhesive filler. The filler material allows the cover glass layer to be supported without damaging any drivers or circuits located on an underlying thin film transistor glass layer. In another embodiment, a glass spacer circuit with integrated drivers and circuitry on its lower surface can support the cover glass along the edge of the display.

    Abstract translation: 所描述的实施例通常涉及液晶显示器(LCD),更具体地涉及用于将显示器的玻璃部分延伸到显示器外壳的边缘的方法。 在一个实施例中,在滤色器玻璃层和上偏振器之间设置薄盖玻璃层。 薄盖玻璃层沿着显示器的边缘被填充材料支撑,填料可以包括泡沫坝和玻璃间隔物或粘合剂填料。 填充材料允许覆盖玻璃层被支撑,而不会损坏位于下面的薄膜晶体管玻璃层上的任何驱动器或电路。 在另一个实施例中,在其下表面上具有集成驱动器和电路的玻璃间隔物电路可以沿着显示器的边缘支撑盖玻片。

    KEYBOARD ASSEMBLIES HAVING REDUCED THICKNESSES AND METHOD OF FORMING KEYBOARD ASSEMBLIES
    10.
    发明申请
    KEYBOARD ASSEMBLIES HAVING REDUCED THICKNESSES AND METHOD OF FORMING KEYBOARD ASSEMBLIES 审中-公开
    具有减小厚度的键盘组件和形成键盘组件的方法

    公开(公告)号:WO2016183488A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-11-17

    申请号:PCT/US2016/032472

    申请日:2016-05-13

    Applicant: APPLE INC.

    Abstract: Keyboard assemblies having reduced thicknesses and methods of forming the same. A keyboard assembly may include a printed circuit board (PCB) and a single membrane sheet adhered directly to the PCB. The single membrane sheet may substantially cover the PCB. The keyboard assembly may also include a group of dome switches coupled directly to the single membrane sheet. Another keyboard assembly may include a group of conductive pads and a group of membrane pads. Each of the group of membrane pads may be adhered directly to a corresponding one of the group of conductive pads. The keyboard assembly may also include a group of dome switches coupled directly to the membrane pads. Each of the group of dome switches may be coupled directly to a corresponding one of the group of membrane pads.

    Abstract translation: 具有减小厚度的键盘组件及其形成方法。 键盘组件可以包括印刷电路板(PCB)和直接粘附到PCB的单个膜片。 单个膜片可以基本上覆盖PCB。 键盘组件还可以包括直接耦合到单个薄膜片的一组圆顶开关。 另一个键盘组件可以包括一组导电垫和一组膜垫。 一组膜垫中的每一个可以直接粘附到一组导电垫中的对应的一个。 键盘组件还可以包括直接耦合到膜垫的一组圆顶开关。 一组圆顶开关中的每一个可以直接耦合到一组膜垫中的对应的一个。

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