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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. 30, 2023

Filed:

Jan. 08, 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:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/02 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01); H01H 13/85 (2006.01); G06F 3/0354 (2013.01); H01H 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/016 (2013.01); G06F 3/0202 (2013.01); G06F 3/03547 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2013.01); H01H 13/85 (2013.01); H01H 2003/008 (2013.01);
Abstract

A haptic keyboard of an information handling system may include a coversheet to identify a key location of the haptic keyboard; 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 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 an electric actuation signal from the piezoelectric element placed under the mechanical stress via the contact foil; and send an electrical response signal to the piezoelectric element to cause the piezoelectric element to generate haptic feedback at the key location.


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