INGRESS PREVENTION FOR KEYBOARDS

Keyboards include mechanisms that prevent and/or alleviate contaminant ingress. In some embodiments, a keyboard assembly includes a substrate, a key cap, a movement mechanism moveably coupling the key cap to the substrate, and a guard structure coupled to the key cap operable to direct contaminants...

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Hauptverfasser:	LEONG, Craig C, LOCKWOOD, Robert J, WANG, Paul X, MATHEW, Dinesh C, ENDISCH, Denis, CAO, Robert Y, GAO, Zheng, LANCASTER-LAROQUE, Simon R, BIR, Karan, LEHMANN, Alex J, POSNER, Bryan W
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	CALCULATING COMPUTING COUNTING ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING PHYSICS
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Zusammenfassung:	Keyboards include mechanisms that prevent and/or alleviate contaminant ingress. In some embodiments, a keyboard assembly includes a substrate, a key cap, a movement mechanism moveably coupling the key cap to the substrate, and a guard structure coupled to the key cap operable to direct contaminants away from the movement mechanism. In other embodiments, a keyboard includes a base; a web that defines apertures; keys moveably coupled to the base within the apertures; and a gasket coupled to the keys, the gasket fixed between the web and the base, operable to block passage of contaminants into the apertures.