Patents by Inventor Richard E. Compton

Richard E. Compton has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Reduced impact keyboard with cushioned keys
    Patent number: 8132976
    Abstract: A keyboard for use with a computing device and a method of manufacturing a keyboard key are provided. One disclosed keyboard includes a plurality of keys, each key having a key cap including a perimeter wall and a void positioned within the perimeter wall and opening to a top of the key cap. Each key further includes a cushion having a top portion configured to be contacted by a digit of a user and a bottom portion configured to be fitted within the void in the key cap. The cushion being may be configured to absorb an impact force directed against the key during a keystroke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Dan Odell, Krishna Darbha, Richard E. Compton, Glen C. Larsen, Kurt Allen Jenkins
  • REDUCED IMPACT KEYBOARD WITH CUSHIONED KEYS
    Publication number: 20090148219
    Abstract: A keyboard for use with a computing device and a method of manufacturing a keyboard key are provided. One disclosed keyboard includes a plurality of keys, each key having a key cap including a perimeter wall and a void positioned within the perimeter wall and opening to a top of the key cap. Each key further includes a cushion having a top portion configured to be contacted by a digit of a user and a bottom portion configured to be fitted within the void in the key cap. The cushion being may be configured to absorb an impact force directed against the key during a keystroke.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2007
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dan Odell, Krishna Darbha, Richard E. Compton, Glen C. Larsen, Kurt Allen Jenkins