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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2014
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Jim Tom Belesiu, Mill Creek, WA (US);
Timothy C. Shaw, Sammamish, WA (US);
David Otto Whitt, III, Sammamish, WA (US);
Rob Huala, Bellevue, WA (US);
Christopher Harry Stoumbos, Sammamish, WA (US);
Joel Lawrence Pelley, Bellevue, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Input device layer and nesting techniques are described. In one or more implementations, an input device includes a pressure sensitive key assembly including a substrate having a plurality of hardware elements secured to a surface. The input device also includes one or more layers disposed proximal to the surface, the one or more layers having respective openings configured to nest the one or more hardware elements therein.