Keyboard With Chord Or Fixed Hand Configuration Patents (Class D14/391)
  • Mobile device
    Patent number: 7153049
    Abstract: An apparatus has a keyboard panel with a QWERTY array of alphabetic key actuation indicia. The apparatus further has a QWERTY array of keys that are free of alphabetic key actuation indicia, and are located adjacent to corresponding alphabetic key actuation indicia on the keyboard panel. Other parts of the apparatus include an output device responsive to actuation of the keys, and a processing device operatively coupled between the keys and the output device. Summarized alternatively, the apparatus includes a keyboard with keys arranged in arcuate horizontal rows. The keys in each row have centerlines projecting radially from a respective common centerpoint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventor: Velimir Pletikosa
  • Keyboard for a mobile device
    Patent number: 7056043
    Abstract: An apparatus has a keyboard panel with a QWERTY array of alphabetic key actuation indicia. The apparatus further has a QWERTY array of keys that are free of alphabetic key actuation indicia, and are located adjacent to corresponding alphabetic key actuation indicia on the keyboard panel. Other parts of the apparatus include an output device responsive to actuation of the keys, and a processing device operatively coupled between the keys and the output device. Summarized alternatively, the apparatus includes a keyboard with keys arranged in arcuate horizontal rows. The keys in each row have centerlines projecting radially from a respective common centerpoint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventor: Velimir Pletikosa
  • Ergonomic two-thumb keyboard
    Patent number: D502180
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2005
    Inventor: Thom Gambaro
  • Keyboard
    Patent number: D440566
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2001
    Assignee: Shin Jiuh Corp.
    Inventor: Chin-Wen Chou
  • Keyboard having keys arranged in alphabetical order
    Patent number: D509505
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2005
    Inventors: Bryan Brazil, Anthony R. Ferguson
  • One hand computer keyboard
    Patent number: D449611
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2001
    Inventor: Robert Rollin Kendall
  • Keyboard for handheld device
    Patent number: D514571
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2006
    Assignee: Handspring, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey C. Hawkins, Peter N. Skillman, Phillip Hobson, David Hoenig, Cathal Loughnane
  • Computer keyboard
    Patent number: D516070
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignee: Bloomberg LP
    Inventors: Helmars Ozolins, Masamichi Udagawa, Alfonso Castagna, Christopher Stewart, Sigrid Moeslinger
  • Computer keyboard
    Patent number: D522513
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Inventor: Jack Lo
  • Three dimensional input device
    Patent number: D456408
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2002
    Inventor: Russell Leigh Common
  • Keyboard
    Patent number: D456409
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2002
    Inventor: Kenneth Mason
  • One handed computer keyboard
    Patent number: D525622
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2006
    Inventor: Leslie William Manthe, III
  • Keyboard
    Patent number: D526319
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2006
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Shigeki Ohno
  • Keyboard
    Patent number: D528117
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Yosuke Shimizu
  • Computer keyboard with height adjustable keypad
    Patent number: D529503
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Inventor: Yvette T. Davis
  • Illuminated keyboard
    Patent number: D461808
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Inventor: Leonard C Achan, Jr.
  • Keyboard device for computers, electronic games, and the like
    Patent number: D532012
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2006
    Inventor: Daniel Ike Voros
  • Integrated keyboard
    Patent number: D469435
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2003
    Assignee: Logic Controls, Inc.
    Inventor: Jackson Lum
  • Keyboard with roller
    Patent number: D471909
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: Logitech Europe S.A.
    Inventor: Keith J. Tritschler
  • Computer data input device
    Patent number: D475050
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2003
    Assignee: DSM Computer AG
    Inventor: Rolf-Deiter Klein
  • Keyboard
    Patent number: D480398
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2003
    Assignee: VPR Matrix, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven K. Lee, Ferdinand A. Porsche
  • Integrated keyboard
    Patent number: D487088
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2004
    Assignee: Logic Controls, Inc.
    Inventors: Jackson Lum, Shang Qiang Wu
  • Computer keyboard
    Patent number: D492308
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2004
    Assignee: Bloomberg LP
    Inventors: Helmars E. Ozolins, Masamichi Udagawa, Alfonso Castagna, Christopher J. H. Stewart, Sigrid G. Moeslinger
  • Keyboard for use with a handheld electronic device
    Patent number: D497907
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventor: Jason T. Griffin