Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Ryan Travis Evans

Ketan R Shah

Michael Cameron Gordon

Bernard Maurice Schultz, Iii

John Charles Meyer

Anne Maristella Pirie

Jason Edward Tripard

Ian Howe Lewis

Matthew Thomas Condon

Lars Tuborg Jensen

A fastener () for retaining a plurality of components () in an electronic device includes a body () with a bottom end and a top end, where the bottom end includes a mechanical interlocking feature () integrally formed with the bottom end and the top end includes a head () integrally formed with the top end. Between the head () and the mechanical interlocking feature (), the body includes an integrally formed shoulder (). A neck () is positioned between the shoulder () and the head () with a neck outer diameter that is less than a head outer diameter and a shoulder outer diameter.

Systems and methods retaining components in an electronic device

A computing device includes a support structure with at least one edge. The computing device includes a cover connected to the support structure. The cover extends to or beyond the at least one edge of the support structure by no more than between 0 and 100 microns over an edge length of at least 100 mm. A fabric cover includes a cover edge and a cover surface. The cover edge and/or the cover surface include an edge feature. A method of manufacturing a computing device is described. The method includes determining an edge of a computing device and based on the edge that was determined, cutting the fabric cover between 0 and 100 microns of the edge of the computing device over an edge length of the computing device of at least 100 mm.

Computing devices with formed edges and methods of manufacturing thereof

A computing device is described. The computing device includes a support structure with an interface surface that has a cross-sectional width. The computing device includes a cover adhered to the interface surface of the support structure along an entirety of the cross-sectional width of the interface surface. A method of manufacturing a computing device is described. The method includes applying an adhesive to a cover. A support structure of a computing device is heated. The support structure is cooled. While the support structure is heated and cooled, pressure is applied to the cover.

Computing devices with an adhered cover and methods of manufacturing thereof

An input device is described. The input device may include at least four key caps of a keyset and a keyboard cover surrounding the at least four key caps. Each key cap of the at least four key caps may be separated by at least one gap. The at least one gap may be between 0.075 mm and 0.525 mm. A method of manufacturing an input device is described. The method may include measuring at least four keycaps in a keyset. Each key cap of the at least four key caps may be separated on a side from a keyboard cover by a gap. The method may include cutting a substrate to fit between the at least four keycaps in the keyset such that the gap of each of the at least four keys is between 0.075 mm and 0.525 mm.

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