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Keyboard that includes shape memory material

US11551891B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims

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Assignee

Intel Corporation · US

Inventors

Prakash Kurma Raju · Bengaluru, IN
Raghavendra Doddi · Bengaluru, IN
Prasanna Pichumani · Kanchinakote, IN
Sachin Bedare · Kanchinakote, IN
Bijendra Singh · Bengaluru, IN
Gopinath Kandasamy · Bengaluru, IN

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 27, 2019
Grant date	Jan 10, 2023
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 30, 2041

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01H2235/01
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Particular embodiments described herein provide for an electronic device that can include a key height activation engine and a keyboard. The keyboard can include a plurality of keys and one or more of the plurality of keys can include a key height mechanism. The key height mechanism includes a shape memory material and when the key height mechanism is activated by the key height activation engine, the shape memory material raises the one or more of the plurality of keys that includes the key height mechanism from a first height to a second height.

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