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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.:

US 8947864 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2015

Filed:

May. 14, 2014

Flexible hinge and removable attachment

Applicant:

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);

Inventors:

David Otto Whitt, III, Sammamish, WA (US);

Eric Joseph Wahl, Kirkland, WA (US);

David C. Vandervoort, Seattle, WA (US);

Todd David Pleake, Sammamish, WA (US);

Rob Huala, Bellevue, WA (US);

Summer L. Schneider, Portland, OR (US);

Robyn Rebecca Reed McLaughlin, Seattle, WA (US);

Matthew David Mickelson, Seattle, WA (US);

Joel Lawrence Pelley, Bellevue, WA (US);

Timothy C. Shaw, Sammamish, WA (US);

Ralf Groene, Kirkland, WA (US);

Hua Wang, Sammamish, WA (US);

Christopher Harry Stoumbos, Sammamish, WA (US);

Karsten Aagaard, Monroe, WA (US);

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);

Attorneys:

Jeremy Snodgrass

Judy Yee

Micky Minhas

Primary Examiner:

Ramon Barrera

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/02 (2006.01); H05K 5/02 (2006.01); H04M 1/02 (2006.01); H04M 1/725 (2006.01); G05B 11/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); H01H 13/704 (2006.01); H01H 13/82 (2006.01); G06F 3/00 (2006.01); H01H 13/702 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/01 (2013.01); G06F 3/0202 (2013.01); G06F 1/1684 (2013.01); H05K 5/0226 (2013.01); H05K 5/0234 (2013.01); G06F 1/1618 (2013.01); G06F 1/1654 (2013.01); G06F 1/1669 (2013.01); G06F 1/1681 (2013.01); G06F 1/1683 (2013.01); H04M 1/0216 (2013.01); H04M 1/0254 (2013.01); H04M 1/72527 (2013.01); G05B 11/01 (2013.01); G06F 3/0416 (2013.01); H01H 13/704 (2013.01); H01H 13/82 (2013.01); G06F 3/0414 (2013.01); G06F 3/002 (2013.01); H01H 13/702 (2013.01); H04M 1/0245 (2013.01);
Abstract

Fabric outer layer techniques are described. In one or more implementations, an apparatus includes, an input portion having one or more keys configured to generate signals to be processed by a computing device as inputs, a connection portion that is configured to be removable attachable to the computing device and including at least one communication contact configured to form a communicative coupling with the computing device to communicate the generated signals, a flexible hinge that is configured to flexibly and communicatively connect the connection portion to the input portion, and first and second outer fabric layers that are configured to act as an outer surface of the one or more keys of the input portion and the flexible hinge and are physically secured to the connection portion.

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