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Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2010

Filed:

Apr. 19, 2006
Applicants:

Jonah A. Harley, Mountain View, CA (US);

Robert E. Wilson, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Arthur Stanley Brigham, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Joel F. Jensen, Redwood City, CA (US);

Sung Hoon Kim, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Inventors:

Jonah A. Harley, Mountain View, CA (US);

Robert E. Wilson, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Arthur Stanley Brigham, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Joel F. Jensen, Redwood City, CA (US);

Sung Hoon Kim, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An input device includes a positioning element and a spring member. The positioning element comprises a generally disc shaped member. The spring member is a generally annular shaped spring member that is generally planar and that defines a generally serpentine pattern. The spring member is positioned laterally outward relative to the positioning element and is configured to exert a biasing force radially inwardly toward the positioning element.


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