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Patent No.:

US 10871828 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2020

Filed:

Mar. 28, 2018

Device having integrated interface system

Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Christiaan A. Ligtenberg, San Carlos, CA (US);

Brett W. Degner, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Ron A. Hopkinson, Campbell, CA (US);

Asif Hussain, San Jose, CA (US);

Dinesh C. Mathew, San Francisco, CA (US);

Mikael M. Silvanto, San Francisco, CA (US);

Chang Zhang, San Jose, CA (US);

Zheng Gao, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Robert Y. Cao, San Francisco, CA (US);

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

Simon R. Lancaster-Larocque, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

APPLE INC, Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Amine Benlagsir

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H03K 17/96 (2006.01); H01H 13/785 (2006.01); H01H 13/85 (2006.01); H01H 13/86 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/0354 (2013.01); H03K 17/94 (2006.01); G06F 3/02 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01); H03K 17/98 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); H01L 41/09 (2006.01); H01H 13/703 (2006.01); H01H 13/705 (2006.01); G06F 1/26 (2006.01); H01H 3/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/016 (2013.01); G06F 1/165 (2013.01); G06F 1/1616 (2013.01); G06F 1/1662 (2013.01); G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06F 3/0213 (2013.01); G06F 3/0216 (2013.01); G06F 3/03547 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2013.01); G06F 3/0412 (2013.01); G06F 3/0414 (2013.01); G06F 3/0416 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/04886 (2013.01); G06K 9/00375 (2013.01); H01H 13/703 (2013.01); H01H 13/705 (2013.01); H01H 13/785 (2013.01); H01H 13/85 (2013.01); H01H 13/86 (2013.01); H01L 41/09 (2013.01); H03K 17/943 (2013.01); H03K 17/9622 (2013.01); H03K 17/9643 (2013.01); H03K 17/9647 (2013.01); H03K 17/98 (2013.01); G06F 1/169 (2013.01); G06F 1/266 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04102 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04105 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04106 (2013.01); H01H 3/125 (2013.01); H01H 2201/036 (2013.01); H01H 2215/05 (2013.01); H01H 2215/052 (2013.01); H01H 2219/002 (2013.01); H01H 2219/004 (2013.01); H01H 2219/046 (2013.01); H01H 2219/056 (2013.01); H01H 2223/002 (2013.01); H03K 2217/94089 (2013.01); H03K 2217/96003 (2013.01); H03K 2217/9653 (2013.01);
Abstract

A portable computer includes a display portion comprising a display, a base portion pivotally coupled to the display portion and including a glass top case. The glass top case defines an exterior surface and a keyboard opening through the glass top case from the exterior surface to an interior surface. The portable computer further includes a keyboard positioned at least partially within the keyboard opening and comprising a substrate, a key configured to move relative to the substrate, and a fabric cover disposed over the key and defining a user interface surface of the key.

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