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Keyboard with magnetic key position return for an electronic device

US9195314B2 · kind B2 · utility

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2References

38Claims

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Assignee

Intel Corporation · US

Inventors

Sameer Sharma · Santa Clara, US
Douglas B. Satzger · Menlo Park, US
Gadi Amit · San Mateo, US
Yoshikazu Hoshino · San Francisco, US
Chadwick John Harber · San Francisco, US
Phil Houdek · San Francisco, US
Stanislav Moiseyenko · Mountain View, US
Daniel Clifton · San Francisco, US
Nathan Isaiah Jauvtis · San Francisco, US

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 19, 2012
Grant date	Nov 24, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 22, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01H2227/036
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Particular embodiments described herein provide for a keyboard assembly having a plurality of keys that include a key having one or more magnets, which are provided at a substantially outer portion of the key. The keyboard assembly can also include a top plate that comprises a ferrous material to attract the one or more magnets to the top plate.

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