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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:
Aug. 20, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 27, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Charles A. Sellers, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Compaq Computer Corporation, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/16 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/16 ;
Abstract
A notebook computer has a keyboard including a deflectable base plate on the top side of which a series of parallel rows of depressible key structures are operatively mounted. The base plate is structurally reinforced, without increasing the overall height of the keyboard, using elongated stiffening ribs disposed within the interior of the keyboard. The ribs longitudinally extend parallel to the key rows, are anchored beam-like to the top side of the base plate, and are interdigitated with the key rows.