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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:
May. 31, 2022

Filed:

Dec. 04, 2020
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Michiel Knoppert, Amsterdam, NL;

Priyank Gajiwala, Austin, TX (US);

Thomas M. Hinskens, Utrecht, NL;

Assignee:

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

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 6/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/02 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01); H01L 41/09 (2006.01); G06F 3/0354 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/016 (2013.01); G06F 3/0213 (2013.01); G06F 3/0219 (2013.01); G06F 3/03547 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2013.01); H01L 41/09 (2013.01); G06F 2203/014 (2013.01);
Abstract

A coversheet layer of an information handling system, comprising a coversheet having a key location of a haptic keyboard and a haptic touchpad area on a C-cover for the information handling system including a magnet or ferromagnetic insert in the coversheet for alignment to a top replaceable overlay layer magnetically attachable to the coversheet, a support layer, a contact foil placed between the coversheet and support layer, a piezoelectric element placed between the contact foil and support layer to receive an applied mechanical stress at the key location or touchpad actuation location of the coversheet and generate an electric actuation signal and a controller of the information handling system operatively coupled to the contact foil to receive the electric actuation signal and send an electrical haptic response signal to the piezoelectric element to cause the piezoelectric element to generate haptic feedback.


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