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Patent No.:

US 10134539 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2018

Filed:

Sep. 28, 2015

Venting system and shield for keyboard

Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Craig C. Leong, Cupertino, CA (US);

Bradford J. Zercoe, Cupertino, CA (US);

Thai Quoc La, Cupertino, CA (US);

Nicholas I Reid, Cupertino, CA (US);

Keith J. Hendren, San Francisco, CA (US);

John M. Brock, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Matthew W. Blum, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Primary Examiner:

Ahmed Saeed

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 13/06 (2006.01); H01H 13/02 (2006.01); H01L 33/50 (2010.01); H01H 13/70 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/02 (2006.01); H01H 3/12 (2006.01); H01H 13/79 (2006.01); H01H 13/80 (2006.01); H01H 13/803 (2006.01); H01H 13/83 (2006.01); H01H 13/86 (2006.01); H01H 13/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 13/06 (2013.01); G06F 1/1662 (2013.01); G06F 3/0202 (2013.01); H01H 3/125 (2013.01); H01H 13/023 (2013.01); H01H 13/04 (2013.01); H01H 13/70 (2013.01); H01H 13/7006 (2013.01); H01H 13/79 (2013.01); H01H 13/80 (2013.01); H01H 13/803 (2013.01); H01H 13/83 (2013.01); H01H 13/86 (2013.01); H01L 33/50 (2013.01); H01H 2203/004 (2013.01); H01H 2203/038 (2013.01); H01H 2203/056 (2013.01); H01H 2205/016 (2013.01); H01H 2205/024 (2013.01); H01H 2207/04 (2013.01); H01H 2211/028 (2013.01); H01H 2213/01 (2013.01); H01H 2213/016 (2013.01); H01H 2215/038 (2013.01); H01H 2219/036 (2013.01); H01H 2219/052 (2013.01); H01H 2219/06 (2013.01); H01H 2219/062 (2013.01); H01H 2221/076 (2013.01); H01H 2227/026 (2013.01); H01H 2229/046 (2013.01); H01H 2239/004 (2013.01);
Abstract

A venting system for a keyboard assembly is disclosed. A keyboard assembly including a printed circuit board defining a set of apertures, and a group of switch housings coupled to the printed circuit board. Each switch housing of the group of switch housings may define a switch opening positioned above one of the set of apertures of the printed circuit board. The keyboard assembly may also include a shield defining at least one channel of a venting system formed below the printed circuit board. The at least one channel may be in fluid communication with at least one aperture, and at least one of the switch openings positioned above the at least one aperture.

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