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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2016
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
David I. Rosen, Bellevue, WA (US);
Joshua C. Grant, Kirkland, WA (US);
Eugene Lee, Bellevue, WA (US);
David O. Whitt, III, Sammamish, WA (US);
Hua Wang, Sammamish, WA (US);
Filipp Demenschonok, Seattle, WA (US);
Rahul Marwah, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Examples include discreet wiring coupling a physical keyboard to a mobile device. The keyboard includes a user interface component including a first housing body aligned substantially along a first axis, a device interface component including a second housing body aligned substantially along a second axis, and one or more conductors coupling the user interface component to the device interface component. A hinge assembly includes a first hinge body coupled to the first housing body such that the hinge assembly is movably coupled to the user interface component and a second hinge body coupled to the second housing body such that the hinge assembly is movably coupled to the device interface component. The conductors include a first segment extending substantially along the first axis and a second segment extending substantially along the second axis. Aspects enable a user to use a physical keyboard to provide input to the mobile device.