Patent ID: 9348425
Filing Date: 2016-05-24
CPC Classification: G06F,H01H

Claim Text:
1. A glass keyboard, comprising: a patterned glass sheet having a plurality of glass keys arranged in a keyboard layout, each of the glass keys comprising one or more cantilevered glass tabs integrally formed in the patterned glass sheet, each glass tab being deflectable from a plane of the patterned glass sheet; a conductive layer arranged in opposing and spaced-apart relation to the patterned glass sheet, the conductive layer having a plurality of contact pads in positions corresponding to the glass tabs; a plurality of pressure pads disposed between the cantilevered glass tabs and the contact pads and configured to selectively transfer contact pressure from the cantilevered glass tabs to the contact pads when the cantilevered glass tabs are selectively deflected from the plane of the patterned glass sheet, the pressure pads being compressible; and a tip structure attached to each pressure pad for contacting the corresponding contact pad of the conductive layer when the corresponding cantilevered glass tab is deflected against the pressure pad.