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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2017
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Ryan Travis Evans, Bellevue, WA (US);
Bernard Maurice Schultz, III, Bothell, WA (US);
Ian Howe Lewis, Kenmore, WA (US);
Lars Tuborg Jensen, Redmond, WA (US);
John Charles Meyer, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
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.