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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2002
Harold Welch, San Jose, CA (US);
Wing Kong Low, Cupertino, CA (US);
Benjamin Lyon, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Duncan Kerr, San Francisco, CA (US);
Thai LA, San Jose, CA (US);
Brian Berkeley, Saratoga, CA (US);
Harold Welch, San Jose, CA (US);
Wing Kong Low, Cupertino, CA (US);
Benjamin Lyon, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Duncan Kerr, San Francisco, CA (US);
Thai La, San Jose, CA (US);
Brian Berkeley, Saratoga, CA (US);
Apple Computer, Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A keyboard and methods of making the same. The keyboard comprises of a bottom conducting base plate, an illumination layer, a transparent top conducting layer, a light transmissive keyboard membrane, and a plurality of input keys. The illumination layer is deposited on the bottom conducting base plate. The transparent top conducting layer is deposited on the illumination layer. The light transmissive keyboard membrane is disposed on the transparent top conducting layer. And, the plurality of input keys is disposed on the light transmissive keyboard membrane wherein each of the plurality of input keys has a keyswitch mechanism and a keycap including an upper strike surface attached to the keyswitch mechanism.