Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Yajing Liu

David Michael Lane

Thomas Joseph Longo

Michael Gordon Oldani

David Paul Platt

Michael Francis Deily

Karsten Aagaard

Katherine Bailey

Ketan R Shah

Anthony James Hewett

Scott Jeffrey Korn

Cesar Ambriz Rios

Christopher Alan Schafer

Alex Sai Cheong Cheng

Katherine Margaret Bailey

Low-profile keysets and input devices having such low-profile keysets are described. In one example, the input device includes a support structure having a first and second surface; a bezel having a first and second surface, wherein the first surface of the bezel is adjacent to the first surface of the support structure, and the bezel comprises at least one opening; at least one key cap positioned within the at least one opening of the bezel, wherein each key cap is configured to move between a first and second position to trigger a function of the input device; and a fabric cover layer positioned adjacent to the second surface of the bezel, such that the bezel and the at least one key cap are positioned between the fabric cover layer and the support structure, the fabric cover layer is only adhered to the second surface of the bezel.

Low-profile keysets and input devices

Aspects of the present disclosure include connection mechanisms for a peripheral computing device to connect with a mobile computing device. The peripheral computing device may include a device interface component that defines part of the connection mechanisms, and an electrical connection protrusion extending from the device interface component and configured to insert in a corresponding electrical receptacle of a computing device. The device interface component may also include a magnetically connectable docking member configured to magnetically attract or to be magnetically attracted to a corresponding docking component on the computing device. The device interface component may further include a support rail configured to support the electrical connection protrusion and the magnetically connectable docking member. The support rail may comprise a shoulder configured to define a pivot point to guide connecting the peripheral computing device with the computing device.

Computing device connection mechanism

Low-profile input devices

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Yajing Liu