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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2022

Filed:

Jan. 31, 2020
Applicant:

Dell Products, Lp, Round Rock, TX (US);

Inventors:

Priyank Gajiwala, Austin, TX (US);

Michiel Knoppert, Amsterdam, NL;

Thomas M. Hinskens, Utrecht, NL;

Assignee:

Dell Products, LP, Round Rock, TX (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/02 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); H01H 13/7065 (2006.01); H01H 13/85 (2006.01); H03K 17/967 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0202 (2013.01); G06F 3/016 (2013.01); H01H 13/7065 (2013.01); H01H 13/85 (2013.01); H03K 17/967 (2013.01); H01H 2215/052 (2013.01);
Abstract

A keyboard, touchpad, and palm rest haptic response system may comprise a coversheet to identify a keyboard, a touchpad, and a palm rest on a C-cover for an information handling system, a haptic palm rest and touchpad feedback assembly disposed beneath the haptic palm rest area including haptic touchpad, and a haptic keyboard feedback assembly disposed beneath the keyboard. Keyboard controller and palm rest and touchpad controller may receive piezo actuation signals from keyboard piezoelectric elements and touchpad and palm rest piezoelectric elements, respectively, and send a haptic feedback control signals to the respective keyboard piezoelectric elements or palm rest and touchpad piezoelectric elements to cause keyboard haptic feedback or palmrest or touchpad haptic feedback at an actuation location.


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