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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:
Nov. 30, 1999
Filed:
May. 22, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
341 22 ; 341 20 ; 400472 ;
Abstract
A keyboard of a notebook type computer that is small in size yet has a smooth key-in operation. The keyboard includes a plurality of keys including English letter key, with each of the keys having keytops arranged in transverse lines and vertical rows in a matrix manner, with a small gap between every two adjacent keytops. An arrangement of the keytops of the English letter keys is such that a pitch in a transverse direction is larger than that in a vertical direction, and a size of an upper surface of the keytop of the English letter key is such that a length in the transverse direction is larger than a length in the vertical direction.