Keyboard

Inventors: Yury Lahutsik (Limassol, CY); Dzmitry Zakreuski (Limassol, CY); Mikhail Krupiankou (Limassol, CY); Yury Litvak (Limassol, CY); Vasily Borysyonok (Limassol, CY); Raman Sakovich (Limassol, CY); Siarhei Kostevitch (Limassol, CY)

Assignee: Clevetura LTD

G06F3/04186 G06F3/0213 G06F3/03547 G06F3/0446 H03K17/9622 G06F3/0443 G06F2203/04103

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Patent No.: US 12699486
App. No.: 19/380,607
Granted: Aug 4, 2026
Kind: B2

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Abstract

There is described a touch sensor for a keyboard, the touch sensor comprising one or more holes. Also described is a keyboard comprising the touch sensor as well as methods of manufacturing the touch sensor and the keyboard.

Claims (26)

1 . A keyboard comprising:

a base plate;

a touch sensor comprising one or more holes; and

one or more keys, wherein each key is associated with a corresponding keypress mechanism;

wherein the touch sensor is located between the base plate and the keypress mechanisms;

wherein the keypress mechanisms are connected to the base plate via one or more connection structures; and

wherein the connection structures pass through the holes in the touch sensor.

2 . The keyboard of claim 1 , wherein the holes are arranged in dependence on the sensor elements and/or wherein the holes are arranged so as not to disrupt the operation of the sensor elements.

3 . The keyboard of claim 1 , wherein the holes are arranged so as to not overlap the edges of the sensor elements.

4 . The keyboard of claim 1 , wherein the holes are arranged so as to be contained entirely within the sensor elements.

5 . The keyboard of claim 1 , wherein the holes are arranged so as to not overlap any intersection of two or more sensor elements.

6 . The keyboard of claim 1 , wherein one or more of the holes are arranged so as to allow the passage of light from a backlight layer.

7 . The keyboard of claim 6 , comprising the backlight layer.

8 . The keyboard of claim 1 , wherein one or more of the holes are arranged so as to allow the passage of a transmittal mechanism that is depressed when one of the keys is pressed.

9 . The keyboard of claim 1 , wherein the holes are arranged so as to allow the draining of a liquid from the keyboard.

10 . The keyboard of claim 1 , wherein the touch sensor comprises a plurality of holes of different sizes.

11 . The keyboard of claim 10 , wherein the size of each hole depends on a purpose of that hole.

12 . The keyboard of claim 1 , wherein the touch sensor comprises a capacitive touch sensor.

13 . The keyboard of claim 1 , wherein the touch sensor comprises a plurality of rows and columns of sensor elements.

14 . The keyboard of claim 13 , wherein the sensor elements comprise electrodes.

15 . The keyboard of claim 14 , wherein the touch sensor is arranged so that each key of the keyboard relates to an integer number of rows and columns of sensor elements.

16 . The keyboard of claim 15 , wherein the keyboard comprises gaps between two or more keys of the keyboard; and wherein the touch sensor is arranged so that each key and a corresponding gap relates to an integer number of rows and columns of electrodes.

17 . The keyboard of claim 1 , wherein the holes are arranged in a regular pattern and/or a rhombus pattern.

18 . The keyboard of claim 1 , comprising one or more transmittal mechanisms located on the touch sensor, the transmittal mechanisms being arranged to deform when pressed.

19 . The keyboard of claim 18 , wherein transmittal mechanisms are located on top of at least a subset of the holes.

20 . The keyboard of claim 1 , wherein the touch sensor comprises a single sheet of material that is sized so as to lie beneath a plurality of keys of the keyboard.