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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2022
Filed:
May. 07, 2019
Dell Products, Lp, Round Rock, TX (US);
Jason S. Morrison, Chadron, NE (US);
Laurent A. Regimbal, Georgetown, TX (US);
Dell Products, LP, Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
An electro-permanent magnet key assembly may comprise an electro-permanent magnet generating a magnetic field when a direction of current applied to an electrically conductive wire coiled around a low-coercivity magnet, and a pair of scissor plates operably connected to the electropermanent magnet, such that the scissor plates rotate away from one another in the presence of downward force on a key cap situated atop the scissor plates. The top surface of the key cap may lie flush with adjacent keys of a keyboard when the key cap is in a neutral position. The electro-permanent magnet key assembly may further comprise a ferromagnetic flange operably connected to one of the scissor plates having angled overlap protrusions situated adjacent to the electropermanent magnet when the key cap is not in the neutral position, such that the angled overlap protrusions are attracted toward the magnetic field to return the key cap to the neutral position.