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Key switch arrangement for computer keyboards

US5739776A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 8, 1996
Grant dateApr 14, 1998
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Expiry dateAug 8, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01H2239/016
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A key switch arrangement for a computer keyboard of the type having a left key switch unit and a right key switch unit, the key switch arrangement including a chamber defined between the left key switch unit and the right key switch unit, a crescent spacebar and a tap key and a backspace key respectively mounted in the chamber between the left key switch unit and the right key switch unit, a power switch mounted in one key switch unit near the border, and a wrist pad at the front side for resting the wrists.

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