Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention may encompass electronics assemblies of computer peripheral devices. The assemblies may include an outer top case. The assemblies may include a mechanical support layer disposed on an inner side of the outer top case. The assemblies may include a membrane layer coupled with the mechanical support layer. The membrane layer may include a printed trace on at least one surface of the membrane layer. The assemblies may include a ground plane positioned on an opposite side of the membrane layer as the outer top case such that the mechanical support layer and the membrane layer are disposed between the outer top case and the ground plane.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention may encompass electronics assemblies of computer peripheral devices. The assemblies may include a mechanical support layer. The assemblies may include a membrane layer coupled with the mechanical support layer. The membrane layer may include a printed trace on at least one surface of the membrane layer. The assemblies may include an electrical contact that is coupled with the mechanical support layer and that sandwiches the membrane layer between the mechanical support layer and the electrical contact. The electrical contact may be electrically coupled with the printed trace.

Abstract: A keyboard comprising a top case and a bottom case comprised of a transparent material and including: a plurality of recesses each configured to receive one of a plurality of light emitting diodes (LED); a plurality of cavities that extend linearly and radially from a middle portion of the bottom case toward an outer edge of the keyboard, where light emitted by the LEDs is directed radially towards and out of the outer edge of the keyboard, due in part to the emission pattern of the corresponding LED and by adjacent cavities of the plurality of cavities; and a plurality of screw bosses configured to receive screws that securedly couple the top case to the bottom case, wherein the bottom case is coupled to the top case forming an outer housing for the keyboard.

Abstract: A keyboard comprising a top case and a bottom case comprised of a transparent material and including: a plurality of recesses each configured to receive one of a plurality of light emitting diodes (LED); a plurality of cavities that extend linearly and radially from a middle portion of the bottom case toward an outer edge of the keyboard, where light emitted by the LEDs is directed radially towards and out of the outer edge of the keyboard, due in part to the emission pattern of the corresponding LED and by adjacent cavities of the plurality of cavities; and a plurality of screw bosses configured to receive screws that securedly couple the top case to the bottom case, wherein the bottom case is coupled to the top case forming an outer housing for the keyboard.

Abstract: A keyboard comprising a top case and a bottom case comprised of a transparent material and including: a plurality of recesses each configured to receive one of a plurality of light emitting diodes (LED); a plurality of cavities that extend linearly and radially from a middle portion of the bottom case toward an outer edge of the keyboard, where light emitted by the LEDs is directed radially towards and out of the outer edge of the keyboard, due in part to the emission pattern of the corresponding LED and by adjacent cavities of the plurality of cavities; and a plurality of screw bosses configured to receive screws that securedly couple the top case to the bottom case, wherein the bottom case is coupled to the top case forming an outer housing for the keyboard.