Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Scissor mechanism features for a keyboard
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Application No.: US14667117Application Date: 2015-03-24
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Publication No.: US09779889B2Publication Date: 2017-10-03
- Inventor: William P. Yarak, III , Euan S. Abraham , Erik T. Stefansson , John M. Brock
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: APPLE INC.
- Current Assignee: APPLE INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP
- Main IPC: H01H3/12
- IPC: H01H3/12 ; H01H13/70

Abstract:
A key supported by a scissor mechanism including interlocking scissor members assembled to mutually pivot along a pivot track. A first scissor member may include a pivot track and an up-stop track and a second scissor member may include at least a first and second extension portion positioned within the pivot track and the up-stop track respectively. When the key is depressed, the first extension portion may slide and at least partially pivot or rotate within the pivot track, and the second extension portion may slide within the up-stop track.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150270073A1 SCISSOR MECHANISM FEATURES FOR A KEYBOARD Public/Granted day:2015-09-24
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