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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2020
Applicant:
Kingston Technology Corporation, Fountain Valley, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P., Spring, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 13/85 (2006.01); H01H 13/86 (2006.01); H01H 13/7073 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 13/85 (2013.01); H01H 13/7073 (2013.01); H01H 13/86 (2013.01);
Abstract
Key switches of the inventive subject matter are designed to give users the tactile feel of key switches from expensive mechanical keyboards without drawback typically associated with alternative key switches. In some embodiments, key switches described in this application are designed to function with a sheet of membrane switches. These embodiments feature a plunger and rocker combination that prevents the pressure from a user's key press from being directly transferred to a membrane switch, thereby reducing wear and tear.