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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2013
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Timothy C. Shaw, Sammamish, WA (US);
Flavio P. Ribeiro, Bellevue, WA (US);
Glennis E. Covington, Redmond, WA (US);
Christian C. Gadke, Lake Oswego, OR (US);
Xuezhong Wu, Bellevue, WA (US);
Bradley R. Martin, Auburn, WA (US);
Francie Judith Zant, Seattle, WA (US);
Scott M. Mail, Seattle, WA (US);
James C. Marshall, Puyallup, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Input device configurations are described. In one or more implementations, an input device includes a sensor substrate having one or more conductors and a flexible contact layer spaced apart from the sensor substrate. The flexible contact layer is configured to flex to contact the sensor substrate to initiate an input of a computing device. The flexible contact layer includes a force concentrator pad that is configured to cause pressure to be channeled through the force concentrator pad to cause the flexible contact layer to contact the sensor substrate to initiate the input.