Let ’s be clear , when I say the MacBook has an irritating trouble I ’m not babble out about the paltry number of Thunderbolt ports , the deficiency of an SD circuit board slot , or the fact that they ’re priced way too eminent for such distressing processors . The most bothersome problem with the MacBook and the MacBook Pro is that the keyboard on each can be play to their knee by a god dang dirty dog . But now , apatentfound byThe Sunsuggests a fix could be on the way for next version of Apple ’s laptop computer .
Currently , if you have a penchant for croissant , toast , or Frosted Mini - Wheats , a undivided speck of detritus from your meal can spell the conclusion of a typing seance . The job is that the keyboard on the MacBook and MacBook Pro are A-one shoal . When you campaign a key it only moves ( or “ travels ” ) less than a millimeter . A normal keyboard on a laptop has a travel distance of 1.5 to 2 millimetre while the travel on a fancy mechanical keyboard is often 3 mm or more . traveling is one of the many ways you judge whether a keyboard feels nice to type on , and Apple ’s shallow travel has garner choler since it was introduce with the MacBook in 2015 .
It ’s also give it much less room for computer error . So when a crumb catch under the key , it ca n’t amply depress properly . Instead , it stops incite all together and you have to take a minute to knock the skunk ( or Baroness Dudevant or one fleck of dirt ) out or arrive at for the canned atmosphere .
Photo: Alex Cranz (Gizmodo)
Apple ’s patent of invention paint a picture three primary idea . One is to apply a membrane between the mechanism that moves the key ( also experience as a electric switch ) and the keycap . That ’s a fishy one to undertake to patent as a number of keyboard makers already do something similar , include Apple . TopreandRazerboth make “ hybrid ” permutation that integrate a membrane and a mechanical component , too . This latest Apple hybrid would simply add another membrane to specifically protect the mechanically skillful elements .
The second melodic theme Apple has is using a penetrate tissue layer that would , it appear , emit gas or air with each keypress , effectively pass the key of junk .
The third melodic theme is to make , fundamentally , an sunshade around the keycap that funnels dust out from the key electric switch .
All three theme , implement in a broad variety of ways , can be find in the patenthere . The patent was filed back on September 8th , 2016 , and only became public yesterday . When , or if , it arrives in future Apple laptops stay to be get wind .
[ The Sun , h / tCNET ]
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