| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 361679170 |
Detachable keyboard
| 32 |
| 361679120 |
Tiltable
| 31 |
| 361679150 |
Foldable keyboard
| 15 |
| 361679140 |
Split keyboard | 4 |
| 20100079938 | SPLIT KEYBOARD WITH A DUAL BATTERY PACK - A balanced portable device that includes a rectangular housing, a rectangular display, and a split keyboard is described. The rectangular housing has a top face and a bottom face and the rectangular display is located on the top face. The split keyboard is configured to receive input that is shown on the rectangular display. The split keyboard includes a first retractable keyboard on a first end of the bottom face and the first keyboard includes a first battery. The split keyboard also includes a second retractable keyboard on an opposing end of the bottom face and the second keyboard also includes a second battery. The first retractable keyboard and the second retractable keyboard substantially weigh the same. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20110157804 | NOTEBOOK COMPUTER - A notebook computer includes an main body defining a receiving groove therein, an auxiliary keyboard slidably accommodated in the receiving groove and electrically connected to the input part, and a cover pivotally connected to one side of the opening and configured for covering the opening when the auxiliary is received in the receiving groove. The auxiliary keyboard includes a number of auxiliary numeric keys arranged in rows and columns for inputting the numbers. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20140198444 | Ergonomic Rearward Keyboard - A keyboard that is attached on to the back of a mobile computing device, having keys that are facing rearward away from the user as the user holds and faces the display screen of the mobile computing device. When the user holds the mobile computing device with both hands at the bottom or side edges, his/her fingers are free to press the rearward-facing keys of the attached keyboard. The keys are divided into one partial field for the left-hand fingers and another partial field for the right-hand fingers. The keys within their respective partial fields are placed in mirror-opposite of the positions that would have been in a front-facing keyboard that is laid before the user. This rearward-facing key orientation allows the user to use the same rapid typing system, such as that of the QWERTY keyboard layout, on the rearward-facing keyboard as he/she would on a traditional front-facing keyboard. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20150085437 | ADJUSTABLE ERGONOMIC KEYBOARD - An adjustable keyboard having a number of keys ( | 03-26-2015 |
| 361679130 |
Collapsible key type | 2 |
| 20100142138 | TRANSMISSION STRUCTURE, INPUT DEVICE, AND DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM - A transmission structure disposed in an input device of a data processing system is disclosed. The transmission structure includes a fixed plate, a movable plate, a connection member, and a motor driving unit. The fixed plate is mounted in the input device and includes a set of grooves extending toward a first direction. The movable plate is movably disposed on a first surface of the fixed plate and includes a set of first pillars to be disposed in the set of grooves. The connection member is connected to the movable plate. The motor driving unit is connected to the connection member and drives the movable plate through the connection member to move toward the first direction or a second direction opposite to the first direction. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20160041588 | DEVICE WITH STAND - A device can include a processor; memory operatively coupled to the processor; a keyboard housing that includes a keyboard accessible to the processor and an extractable extension; and a display housing that includes a display operatively coupled to the processor and a keyboard housing recess, where, in a compact orientation, the keyboard housing seats in the keyboard housing recess and where, in an extended orientation, the keyboard housing and the extractable extension extend to form a base that supports the display housing at a viewing angle with respect to the base. | 02-11-2016 |
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| 20090279239 | MOBILE TERMINAL HAVING EXTENDIBLE KEYPAD - A mobile terminal is provided in which gaps between keys provided in a second main body change as a first main body moves. The mobile terminal includes a first main body; a second main body having a plurality of keys; and a hinge connecting the first main body and the second main body, wherein when the first main body opens from the second main body, the second main body extends and gaps between the plurality of keys are widened, and when the first main body closes on the second main body, the second main body retracts and the gaps between the plurality of keys are narrowed. Therefore, when the mobile terminal is opened, gaps between keys provided in the mobile terminal are widened and thus a user can more conveniently use the keys provided in the mobile terminal. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20100014236 | PORTABLE TERMINAL WITH KEYPAD LIFTING MECHANISM - A keypad lifting mechanism includes a first board, a guiding piece, a second board and a third board. The guiding piece defines a guiding hole. The guiding hole includes a transverse end portion. The second board includes at least one protrusion. A guiding post is formed on the second board for engaging in the guiding hole of the guiding piece. The third board includes at least one slope corresponding to the at least one protrusion. When the guiding piece is pushed away from the third board, the guiding post slides along the guiding hole of the guiding piece. The second board moves with the guiding piece when the guiding post reaching the transverse end portion of the guiding hole. The third board is raised by the at least one slope sliding up along the at least one protrusion of the second board. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20110051347 | MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal according to the present invention includes: a first housing; a second housing overlaid on the first housing; and a sliding support mechanism that supports the second housing in a manner as to slide with respect to the first housing. A plurality of input portions covered over by the second housing when the second housing is placed at a first position is provided on the first housing. The position of the second housing, that is viewed in the plane from above, can be switched by the sliding support mechanism among: the first position; a second position which is located at an upper right position with respect to the first position, and at which a part of the plurality of input portions is exposed; and a third position which is located at an upper left position with respect to the first position, and at which a part of the plurality of input portions that is different from the part exposed in case of the second position is exposed. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110063788 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING SLIDABLE KEYPAD - A portable electronic device includes a housing, a resisting member and a keypad. The housing has a receiving recess running through two sides of the housing. The resisting member is formed on the bottom of the receiving recess. The keypad has a plurality of receiving cavities formed at the bottom surface. The keypad is hold by engagement of a receiving cavity with the resisting member and can slid by pushing of the keypad until another receiving cavity receives the resisting member. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110102995 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH SLIDABLE KEYBOARD - An electronic device includes a lid and a main body rotatably connected to each other. The main body includes a lower housing, an upper housing, a keyboard, a cover disposed on the upper housing, and a driving member. The keyboard is disposed on the upper housing and includes a first keyboard and a second keyboard coupled to each other. The driving mechanism is used to drive the first keyboard and the second keyboard to switch between a fist position and a second position. In the first state, a portion of the first keyboard is shielded by the cover, and in the second state, the first keyboard and the second keyboard are totally exposed. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110211308 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VARIABLE FORM HANDHELD COMPUTER CONFIGURABLE VIA MODULAR KEYBOARD - A variable form handheld computer may be configurable either as a short form handheld computer or as long form handheld computer. The variable form handheld computer comprises a variable form housing frame configurable as either a short form housing frame or a long form housing frame. The variable form housing frame comprises a plurality of handheld computing modules comprising a display module, a circuitry module, a battery module and a variable form keyboard, the variable form keyboard configurable either as a short form keyboard or a long form keyboard. The long form housing frame securely frames the handheld computing modules when the variable form keyboard is configured as the long form keyboard, and the short form housing frame securely frames the plurality of computing modules when the variable form keyboard is configured as the short form keyboard. The variable form handheld computer is configurable as the long form handheld computer using the long form housing frame, and is configurable as the short form handheld computer using the short form housing frame. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20140002978 | Method For Switching State And Electronic Device | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140029189 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A portable electronic device comprises an upper member, a lower member having two guiding grooves, two supports and two connecting members. One end of each support is pivoted to the upper member with a first pivot portion. The other end of each support is pivoted to the lower member with a second pivot portion. One end of each connecting member is pivoted at one side of the upper member, and the other end thereof is restricted in the guiding groove and capable of reciprocally sliding in the guiding groove. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140139990 | Hybrid Computer - A hybrid computer system is provided. The hybrid computer includes a display portion attached to a base portion via hinge. The display portion can be folded flat against the base portion such that the display screen faces outwards, for use in a tablet computer configuration. The display portion can alternatively be tilted upwards relative to the base portion, with the display portion being hinged at a front edge of the display and in a middle section of the base portion. When the display is articulated upwards, a support structure can be deployed between the backside of the display and the base portion, in order to provide physical support to the display and resistance against hinge movement in response to a user pressing on the display to engage touchscreen functionality. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140254080 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND KEYBOARD THEREOF - An electronic apparatus includes a first body, a second body, a keyboard, at least one pair of body linkages and at least one pair of keyboard linkages. The second body is pivoted at the first body and has a second side facing the first body. The keyboard is adjacent to and movable connected to the second body. The keyboard side of the keyboard and the second side are located at the same side. The body linkages are protruded from the first side and movably connected to the second body. The keyboard linkages are opposite to each other and movably disposed at the keyboard and two side-edges of the second body. When the first body is extended relatively to the second body, the keyboard is able to move to a side of the second body near to the first body. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140313657 | PERIPHERAL UNIT ADAPTED TO VARIABLY SIZED HANDHELD HOST DEVICES - A peripheral unit comprises a housing having a portion configured to engage with a handheld host device of various sizes and electrical configurations. An attachment mechanism is associated with the housing, being used to selectively secure the housing to the handheld host device to form a one-piece apparatus suitable for handheld use. The attachment mechanism is secured to the host device by selective adjustment of the size to adapt to a host device. In addition, the peripheral unit may provide a universal connection to at least one electrical connector of the host device, to provide added input-output functions to the operation of the combined system. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140340825 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes a case, a display unit and a flexible input unit. The case has a front side and a first lateral side. The case has an opening located on the first lateral side. The display unit is disposed on the front side. The flexible input unit has a first end and a second end opposite to each other. The flexible input unit is disposed through the opening to cause the first end to be disposed inside the case while the second end outside the case. The flexible input unit is capable of moving in the case, so as to cause the second end to be close to or away from the opening. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140355188 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH A LIFTABLE KEYBOARD - A portable electronic device includes a host module, a display module, a keyboard module and at least one pivoting module. The keyboard module is disposed on a cover of the host module. The keyboard module includes a supporting component, a frame disposed on the supporting component and a plurality of keycaps disposed on the frame. The at least one pivoting module is installed inside the host module and pivoted to the display module. The pivoting module includes a pivoting component pivoted to the display module, a linking component connected to the pivoting component and a driving device. The driving device is connected to the keyboard module and the linking component. When the display module rotates in a first rotating direction, the linking components moves with the pivoting component, so as to drive the driving device to drive the frame to press the plurality of the keycaps in a first direction. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140355189 | Electronic Device and Input Control Method - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a first housing, a second housing, a first controller and a second controller. The first housing includes a top surface on which a hardware keyboard is disposed. The second housing includes a front surface on which a display is disposed and is set in a first position or a second position. The first controller enables the hardware keyboard when the second housing is set in the first position and disables the hardware keyboard when the second housing is set in the second position. The second controller disables a software keyboard displayed on the screen when the second housing is set in the first position, and enables the software keyboard when the second housing is set in the second position. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140362508 | COVER FOR A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A cover for a portable electronic device includes a keyboard for electrically communicating with the portable electronic device. The cover includes a back cover body for coupling to a back side of the portable electronic device, and a front cover body coupled to the back cover body and foldable relative thereto. The back cover body is movable relative to the portable electronic device such that a first portion of the back cover body slides away from a back side of the portable electronic device. The front cover body is foldable to stack a keyboard portion, on which the keyboard is disposed, and a support portion of the front cover body. The first portion of the back cover body, the support portion, and the keyboard portion are stacked when the keyboard is exposed for use. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20140368984 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE CASE AND METHOD OF USE - The present invention relates to improved protective cases for hand-held electronic devices. More specifically, the present invention relates to cases that protect and modify the functionality of an electronic device. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20150009611 | SLIDE HOUSING FOR AN ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION DEVICE - An electronic communication device having a touch-sensitive display panel in a display module and a keypad in a keypad module is disclosed. The two modules are connected to one another and can be moved relative to one another into an open position and a closed position. The touch-sensitive display panel is on the outside of the display module in the closed position. Guide members on both sides of the keypad of the keypad module can operatively interact with guide members associated with the display module. The keypad module has a rotatable traction member that can operatively interact with a fixed traction member of the display module. The display module is mounted on the keypad module so as to be able to slide or move. In fully slid-out position, the display module can be rotated or tilted or folded against the keypad module in a manner similar to a laptop PC. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150036274 | Input Device Layers and Nesting - 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. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20160085273 | COMPUTING DEVICE HEAT MANAGEMENT - The description relates to computing devices, such as mobile computing devices. One example can include a housing containing a processor. This example can also include a transition component configured to automatically change a distance between the processor and a proximate region of the housing based upon a state of the processor. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160116945 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH STORABLE KEYBOARD - An electronic device with a storable keyboard includes an electronic device, a casing enclosing the electronic device, and a keyboard. The keyboard is couplable to the electronic device to provide electronic input to the electronic device. The casing includes a defined space for storing the keyboard. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160161987 | Display Panel Responsive Key Retraction - A deck supports depressable keys. The keys can be resiliently biased to a raised state. A display panel can be pivotally coupled to the deck for movement between a deployed position and a closed position. A retraction mechanism comprises a retraction frame and a retraction drive. The retraction frame is translatable between a releasing position along the depressable keys to actuate the depressable keys to the raised state and a retracting position moving to move the depressable keys to the retracted state. The retraction drive translates the retraction frame towards the retracting position in response to pivoting of the display panel towards the closed position | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160187933 | Fabric Adhesion to an Apparatus - Techniques for fabric adhesion to an apparatus are described. According to one or more embodiments, an apparatus is laminated with fabric utilizing one or more fabric layers. In at least some embodiments, multiple adhesive zones are defined on a fabric layer. Each adhesive zone, for instance, has a particular set of properties, such as a particular location on a fabric layer, a particular adhesive thickness, a particular adhesive type, and so forth. In at least some embodiments, different adhesive zones differ from one another based on one or more of their respective properties and thus enable different fabric characteristics to be specified at different adhesive zones. | 06-30-2016 |
