Small form-factor keyboard using keys with offset peaks and...

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2008-07-01

2008-07-01

Enad, Elvin G (Department: 2832)

Electricity: circuit makers and breakers

Multiple circuit control

Multiple switch

C200S512000, C400S489000

Reexamination Certificate

active

11144098

ABSTRACT:
A small form-factor keyboard or keypad for key structures is provided in which individual key structures have a contact surface on which there is a center reference and a peak. The center reference and the peak or offset, so that an offset distance between the center reference and the peak is greater than or equal to zero. The offset distance for at least two or more key structures in the plurality of key structures may different. The difference in the offset distance may be based on a position of the individual key structures relative to a first reference line.

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International Search Report and Written Opinion of the International Searching Authority in International Application PCT/US2006/021217, European Patent Office, May 2, 2007, 8 pages.

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