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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2019
Filed:
May. 13, 2016
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Craig C. Leong, Cupertino, CA (US);
Bradford J. Zercoe, Cupertino, CA (US);
Thai Q. La, Cupertino, CA (US);
Robert Y. Cao, Cupertino, CA (US);
Alex J. Lehmann, Cupertino, CA (US);
Dinesh C. Mathew, Cupertino, CA (US);
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Keyboard assemblies having reduced thicknesses and methods of forming the same. A keyboard assembly may include a printed circuit board (PCB) and a single membrane sheet adhered directly to the PCB. The single membrane sheet may substantially cover the PCB. The keyboard assembly may also include a group of dome switches coupled directly to the single membrane sheet. Another keyboard assembly may include a group of conductive pads and a group of membrane pads. Each of the group of membrane pads may be adhered directly to a corresponding one of the group of conductive pads. The keyboard assembly may also include a group of dome switches coupled directly to the membrane pads. Each of the group of dome switches may be coupled directly to a corresponding one of the group of membrane pads.