Keyboard Patents

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A gallery of patents that describe technologies or illustrate designs relating to IBM and family keyboards, typewriters and keypunches. This includes keyswitch/actuator designs, ornamental designs (overall appearance), integrated pointing devices such as TrackPoints, and host systems such as PCs, laptops, terminals, consoles and electronic typewriters. All illustrations provided are from the patents themselves, which are believed to be within the public domain. A total of 112 patents have been recorded. The patent list is currently filtered to 2 patent(s).

U.S. Design Patent 194,845 (USD194845S)

A patent diagram of IBM's Data processing system operator's station from a front-left perspective

Applied 18 Jul 1962

Published 19 Mar 1963

Expired ~1977

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Name	Data processing system operator's station
Inventors	Clarence F. Graser, Walter F. Kraus, William S. Sheppley, Jr.
Assignees	IBM
Description	An ornamental design depicting an IBM 7040 or 7044 Data Processing System Operator Console and its Selectric-based keyboardless output typewriter.

U.S. Design Patent 211,578 (USD211578S)

A patent diagram depicting IBM's data display console from a head-on perspecive,A patent diagram depicting IBM's data display console from a right-side perspective

Applied 18 Apr 1966

Published 2 Jul 1968

Expired ~1982

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Name	Data display console
Inventors	Seton Cottier, Walter F. Kraus, Ernest Wittner
Assignees	IBM
Description	An ornamental design depicting an IBM 2260 Display Station with its Card Punch derived keyboard.