US 11,914,428 B1
Portable information handling system keyboard assembly having separable palm rest
Jace W. Files, Round Rock, TX (US); John Trevor Morrison, Round Rock, TX (US); and Jheng-Ting Ye, New Taipei (TW)
Assigned to Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed by Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed on Dec. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/081,155.
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/02 (2006.01); G06F 3/0354 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 1/1662 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0213 (2013.01); G06F 3/03547 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An information handling system comprising:
a housing having first and second housing portions rotationally coupled by a hinge;
a motherboard disposed in the first housing portion;
a processor coupled to the motherboard and operable to execute instructions that process information;
a memory coupled to the motherboard and interfaced with the processor, the memory storing the instructions and information; and
a keyboard assembly having plural keys, a housing cover, a keyboard membrane having key input sensors disposed between the plural keys and the housing cover to detect the key press inputs and a palm rest, the palm rest coupled to the housing cover by electrically activated adhesive.