Kevin L Robinson

US Patent:

20220181102, Jun 9, 2022

Filed:

Feb 22, 2022

Appl. No.:

17/651972

Inventors:

- Cupertino CA, US
Ari P. Miller - San Francisco CA, US
Edward J. Cooper - Campbell CA, US
Houtan R. Farahani - San Ramon CA, US
Kevin M. Robinson - Sunnyvale CA, US

International Classification:

H01H 13/14
H01H 13/7065
H01H 3/12

Abstract:

Key assemblies having a foldable stabilizer are disclosed. The stabilizer can be positioned under a keycap to help guide the keycap and limit rotation or movement when the key is pressed. The stabilizer can have a pointed-star shape with multiple folding axes and can have multiple points of connection or linkage to the keycap or other surrounding components. The stabilizer can unfold or flatten as the keycap is pressed and can fold as the keycap is raised.

US Patent:

20210149458, May 20, 2021

Filed:

Jan 26, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/158480

Inventors:

- Cupertino CA, US
Simon J. Trivett - Waterloo CA, US
Matthew S. Theobald - San Francisco CA, US
Dinesh C. Mathew - San Francisco CA, US
Robert Y. Cao - San Francisco CA, US
Ari P. Miller - San Francisco CA, US
Kevin M. Robinson - Sunnyvale CA, US
Houtan R. Farahani - Cupertino CA, US
Francesco Ferretti - Morgan Hill CA, US
John Raff - Menlo Park CA, US
Robert J. Lockwood - San Carlos CA, US
Genie Kim - Sejong, KR
Karan Bir - Bangalore, IN
Keith J. Hendren - San Francisco CA, US
Gurshan Deol - Santa Clara CA, US
Antonio Clarke - Cupertino CA, US
Prabhu Sathyamurthy - Austin TX, US
William A. Counts - Sunnyvale CA, US

International Classification:

G06F 1/18
G06F 1/16
H04M 1/02

Abstract:

An electronic device includes an enclosure formed of a plurality of layers cooperating to define an interior volume. The enclosure includes a first layer formed of a first material and defining a user input surface of the enclosure and a first portion of a side surface of the enclosure. The enclosure also includes a second layer, formed of a second material different from the first material, positioned below the first layer and defining a second portion of the side surface of the enclosure. The enclosure also includes a third layer, formed of a third material different from the first and second materials, positioned below the second layer and defining a bottom surface of the enclosure and a third portion of the side surface of the enclosure.

US Patent:

20200201399, Jun 25, 2020

Filed:

Aug 8, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/536014

Inventors:

- Cupertino CA, US
Ari P. Miller - San Francisco CA, US
Edward J. Cooper - Campbell CA, US
Houtan R. Farahani - San Ramon CA, US
Kevin M. Robinson - Sunnyvale CA, US
Riley E. Brandt - Menlo Park CA, US

International Classification:

G06F 1/16
G06F 3/02
H01H 13/18

Abstract:

Keyboards are disclosed that are retractable. Movable magnetic or mechanical linkage elements are configured to reposition keycaps and stabilizers between different relative positions. Structures in a movable layer can act on the keycaps or stabilizers to move the keycaps and stabilizers into a retracted position for storage and for saving space in an electronic device. The stabilizers can be scissor mechanisms, butterfly mechanisms, and similar devices. The movable layer can be moved in response to rotation of a hinge or other mechanical element in the electronic device.

US Patent:

20200203095, Jun 25, 2020

Filed:

Aug 8, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/536091

Inventors:

- Cupertino CA, US
Ari P. Miller - San Francisco CA, US
Edward J. Cooper - Campbell CA, US
Houtan R. Farahani - San Ramon CA, US
Kevin M. Robinson - Sunnyvale CA, US

International Classification:

H01H 13/14
H01H 13/7065

Abstract:

Key assemblies having a foldable stabilizer are disclosed. The stabilizer can be positioned under a keycap to help guide the keycap and limit rotation or movement when the key is pressed. The stabilizer can have a pointed-star shape with multiple folding axes and can have multiple points of connection or linkage to the keycap or other surrounding components. The stabilizer can unfold or flatten as the keycap is pressed and can fold as the keycap is raised.

US Patent:

20190101960, Apr 4, 2019

Filed:

Sep 27, 2018

Appl. No.:

16/145019

Inventors:

- Cupertino CA, US
Simon R. Trivett - Waterloo CA, US
Matthew S. Theobald - San Francisco CA, US
Dinesh C. Mathew - San Francisco CA, US
Robert Y. Cao - San Francisco CA, US
Ari P. Miller - San Francisco CA, US
Kevin M. Robinson - Sunnyvale CA, US
Houtan R. Farahani - Cupertino CA, US
Francesco Ferretti - Morgan Hill CA, US
John Raff - Menlo Park CA, US
Robert J. Lockwood - San Carlos CA, US
Genie Kim - Sejong, KR
Karan Bir - Bangalore, IN
Keith J. Hendren - San Francisco CA, US
Gurshan Deol - Santa Clara CA, US
Antonio Clarke - Cupertino CA, US
Prabhu Sathyamurthy - Austin TX, US
William A. Counts - Sunnyvale CA, US

International Classification:

G06F 1/18
H04M 1/02

Abstract:

An electronic device includes an enclosure formed of a plurality of layers cooperating to define an interior volume. The enclosure includes a first layer formed of a first material and defining a user input surface of the enclosure and a first portion of a side surface of the enclosure. The enclosure also includes a second layer, formed of a second material different from the first material, positioned below the first layer and defining a second portion of the side surface of the enclosure. The enclosure also includes a third layer, formed of a third material different from the first and second materials, positioned below the second layer and defining a bottom surface of the enclosure and a third portion of the side surface of the enclosure.