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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2016
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Paul X. Wang, Cupertino, CA (US);
Zheng Gao, Cupertino, CA (US);
Craig C. Leong, Cupertino, CA (US);
Robert J. Lockwood, Cupertino, CA (US);
Bryan W. Posner, Cupertino, CA (US);
Robert Y. Cao, Cupertino, CA (US);
Simon R. Lancaster-Larocque, San Jose, CA (US);
Dinesh C. Mathew, Cupertino, CA (US);
Alex J. Lehmann, Cupertino, CA (US);
Denis Endisch, Cupertino, CA (US);
Karan Bir, Bangalor, IN;
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Keyboards include mechanisms that prevent and/or alleviate contaminant ingress. In some embodiments, a keyboard assembly includes a substrate, a key cap, a movement mechanism moveably coupling the key cap to the substrate, and a guard structure coupled to the key cap operable to direct contaminants away from the movement mechanism. In other embodiments, a keyboard includes a base; a web that defines apertures; keys moveably coupled to the base within the apertures; and a gasket coupled to the keys, the gasket fixed between the web and the base, operable to block passage of contaminants into the apertures.