Divided Or Split Axis Patents (Class D14/393)
  • 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
  • Patent number: D442589
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2001
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Carl J. Ledbetter, Hugh E. McLoone, Jan Hippen, I-Chiang Sun, Kennard E. Nielsen
  • Patent number: D442590
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2001
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Carl J. Ledbetter, Hugh E. McLoone, Jan Hippen, I-Chiang Sun
  • Patent number: D443272
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2001
    Assignee: Logitech Europe S.A.
    Inventors: Peter Sheehan, Brian Stephens, Keith Tritschler
  • 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
  • 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
  • Patent number: D470845
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2003
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sang Min Hyun
  • Patent number: D545821
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Valtteri Eroma, Janne Loiske
  • Patent number: D557263
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2007
    Inventor: Paul Griffin
  • 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
  • Patent number: D482037
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2003
    Inventor: Alfredo Buhler
  • Patent number: D492309
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2004
    Inventor: Alfredo Buhler
  • Patent number: D493464
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2004
    Inventor: William J. Kollasch
  • Patent number: D494590
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Inventor: Grant Vincent Richter
  • Patent number: D500318
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2004
    Inventor: Alfredo Buhler
  • Patent number: D428613
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2000
    Inventor: Kuo-An Chen
  • Patent number: D428888
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2000
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Carl J. Ledbetter, Allen Han, Hugh E. McLoone, Kennard Nielsen
  • Patent number: D428889
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2000
    Assignee: Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tao Kuan Chen
  • Patent number: D429727
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2000
    Inventor: Lap Yan Leung