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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 27, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kenneth E Coulon, Plano, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H / ; H01H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
200 / ; 200343 ; 200344 ;
Abstract
A low profile and light weight keyboard for portable electronic devices, such as notebook computers having a dual scissor movement. In one embodiment, the movement comprises an inner 318 and outer member 333, which connect at four pivot points. The two scissors appear as adjacent portions of the inner and outer members which are connected at a pivot point 308, and connected to each other with 'living hinges.' 310 The inner and outer movement members are attached or bonded to the keycap 302 and base 312 with the living hinge 310.