Divided Or Split Axis Patents (Class D14/393)
Adjustable (Class D14/394)
  • Foldable keyboard input device
    Patent number: 6714403
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a keyboard input device that has a key arrangement similar as an ordinary keyboard, and that can securely protects key tops when folding. The present invention is characterized as follows. A keyboard unit is divided into a first keyboard unit and a second keyboard unit so as to be foldable, the first keyboard unit is pivotably supported by the second keyboard unit so as to pivot about a position slightly inside from an end of a coupling side of the second keyboard unit, a cover for covering an area from the end of the coupling side of the second keyboard unit when the first keyboard unit and the second keyboard unit are superimposed is slidably attached to the first keyboard unit, and an end plate for covering the end of the coupling side of the second keyboard unit and the first keyboard unit when the first keyboard unit and the second keyboard unit are superimposed is pivotably coupled between the cover and the second keyboard unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2004
    Assignee: Alps Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeru Furuki, Kazutoshi Watanabe, Takahiro Kawauchi
  • Keyboard
    Patent number: D453334
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2002
    Assignee: P. C. D. Maltron Ltd.
    Inventor: Stephen William Hobday
  • Foldable keyboard
    Patent number: D470493
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2003
    Assignee: Logitech Europe S.A.
    Inventors: Keith J. Tritschler, Jean-Marc Flueckiger, Denis Pavillard, Patrick Monney
  • Wireless keyboard for portable telephone
    Patent number: D470845
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2003
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sang Min Hyun
  • Wireless keyboard
    Patent number: D545821
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Valtteri Eroma, Janne Loiske
  • Keyboard which is connectable to an electronic device
    Patent number: D557263
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2007
    Inventor: Paul Griffin
  • Qwerty keypad for a wireless communications device
    Patent number: D558202
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2007
    Assignee: Kyocera Wireless Corp.
    Inventors: Kwanghyun David Choi, Thomas Alan Arnold, Brett Kayzar
  • Computer keyboard
    Patent number: D482037
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2003
    Inventor: Alfredo Buhler
  • Computer keyboard
    Patent number: D492309
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2004
    Inventor: Alfredo Buhler
  • Split keyboard
    Patent number: D493464
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2004
    Inventor: William J. Kollasch
  • Computer keyboard
    Patent number: D583375
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2008
    Inventor: Alfredo Buhler
  • Split ergonomic support with keyboard
    Patent number: D494590
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Inventor: Grant Vincent Richter
  • Keyboard
    Patent number: D585063
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2009
    Assignee: Kinesis Corporation
    Inventors: William Hargreaves, Drew Carlson, Mark Ando, Jerry Yamamoto, Jon Biggs, Carsten Buus
  • Computer keyboard
    Patent number: D500318
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2004
    Inventor: Alfredo Buhler
  • Keyboard
    Patent number: D599351
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventor: Gil Manalo
  • Notebook computer
    Patent number: D605646
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2009
    Assignee: Compal Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Chia-Lin Chan, Ming-Chung Liu, Chang-Kai Liu, Li-Fang Chen, Hong-Tien Wang, You-Chi Liu
  • Keyboard
    Patent number: D615976
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Ergowerx LLC
    Inventors: Paul Lacotta, John Moldauer, Adam Sanchez, William Fiebel
  • Curved keyboard
    Patent number: D626961
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Inventor: David Michael Prokop
  • Laptop computer
    Patent number: D643839
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Inventor: Maria Aguado-Tilley
  • Keyboard with touch display
    Patent number: D656939
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Inventor: David Michael Prokop
  • Keyboard
    Patent number: RE43485
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Kinesis Corporation
    Inventors: William R. Hargreaves, Drew Carlson, Mark S. Ando, Jerry Yamamoto, Jonathan H. Biggs, Carsten Buus
  • Keyboard
    Patent number: D721365
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Young Soo Kim, James Iming Tsai
  • Keyboard
    Patent number: D721366
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Young Soo Kim, James Iming Tsai
  • Keyboard
    Patent number: D721367
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Young Soo Kim, James Iming Tsai
  • Keyboard
    Patent number: D721368
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Young Soo Kim, James Iming Tsai
  • Keyboard
    Patent number: D721369
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Young Soo Kim, James Iming Tsai
  • Keyboard
    Patent number: D750081
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Sang Hyun Jeong, Wei Zheng, Sheau Jiun Yang
  • Folding keyboard
    Patent number: D795873
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: Shenzhen Hastech Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wei Jiang, Yunfu Luo, Shumeng Cai, Tianxiang Zheng
  • Computer keyboard
    Patent number: D799486
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Inventor: Alfredo Buhler
  • Ergonomic keyboard
    Patent number: D833434
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Inventor: Hau Pham
  • Computer keyboard
    Patent number: D836111
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Inventor: Alfredo Buhler
  • Keyboard
    Patent number: D890756
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Inventor: Christie Scott Wall
  • Keyboard
    Patent number: D894186
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Pro-Boards, LLC
    Inventor: Brian H. Potts
  • Keyboard
    Patent number: D914682
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Inventor: Salim Bhojani
  • Keyboard
    Patent number: D925533
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Beijing Jingheng Tengwei Kejian Trading Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jin Zhang
  • Mobile computer
    Patent number: D934864
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Dynabook Inc.
    Inventor: Chou Lihsuan
  • Keyboard with built-in mouse
    Patent number: D936055
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: SHENZHEN QIANHAI PATUOXUN NETWORK AND TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventor: Ying Wei
  • Keyboard
    Patent number: D944251
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Benjamin S. Peterson, Patrick T. Gaule, Min Fang, Aditha May Adams, Simon Cameron Dearsley
  • Keyboard
    Patent number: D944252
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Benjamin S. Peterson, Patrick T. Gaule, Min Fang, Aditha May Adams, Simon Cameron Dearsley
  • Keyboard with built-in mouse
    Patent number: D952632
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: SHENZHEN QIANHAI PATUOXUN NETWORK AND TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fawei Tan, Ying Wei
  • Keyboard
    Patent number: D959430
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Logitech Europe S.A.
    Inventors: Tanyel Yalazoglu, Sylvain Sauvage, Martin Caspar Rüegg, Jasper Phua
  • One-handed keyboard
    Patent number: D967821
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Inventor: Xiancheng Tang
  • Keyboard
    Patent number: D970502
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Logitech Europe S.A.
    Inventors: Nicholas Jinkinson, Marcel Twohig, Stone Wang, Jasper Phua, Olivia Hildebrand
  • Keyboard
    Patent number: D981411
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Logitech Europe S.A.
    Inventors: Tanyel Yalazoglu, Sylvain Sauvage, Martin Caspar Rüegg, Jasper Phua
  • Ergonomic keyboard
    Patent number: D985567
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: CLOUD NINE ERGO LLC
    Inventor: Blake Olson
  • Keyboard
    Patent number: D1000442
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Logitech Europe S.A.
    Inventors: Nicholas Jinkinson, Marcel Twohig, Stone Wang, Jasper Phua, Olivia Hildebrand
  • Keyboard
    Patent number: D1002617
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Logitech Europe S.A.
    Inventors: Nicholas Jinkinson, Marcel Twohig, Stone Wang, Jasper Phua, Olivia Hildebrand
  • Keyboard
    Patent number: D1004589
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Logitech Europe S.A.
    Inventors: Tanyel Yalazoglu, Sylvain Sauvage, Martin Caspar Rüegg, Jasper Phua
  • Keyboard
    Patent number: D1018541
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Inventor: Harold Eugene Collier
  • Keyboard
    Patent number: D1019646
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: SHENZHEN HASTECH INDUSTRIES CO., LTD
    Inventor: Jinlu Zhang