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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2007
Dan Odell, Kirkland, WA (US);
Krishna Darbha, Seattle, WA (US);
Richard E. Compton, Lake Forest Park, WA (US);
Glen C. Larsen, Issaquah, WA (US);
Kurt Allen Jenkins, Sammamish, WA (US);
Dan Odell, Kirkland, WA (US);
Krishna Darbha, Seattle, WA (US);
Richard E. Compton, Lake Forest Park, WA (US);
Glen C. Larsen, Issaquah, WA (US);
Kurt Allen Jenkins, Sammamish, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A keyboard for use with a computing device and a method of manufacturing a keyboard key are provided. One disclosed keyboard includes a plurality of keys, each key having a key cap including a perimeter wall and a void positioned within the perimeter wall and opening to a top of the key cap. Each key further includes a cushion having a top portion configured to be contacted by a digit of a user and a bottom portion configured to be fitted within the void in the key cap. The cushion being may be configured to absorb an impact force directed against the key during a keystroke.