Patent 7286341 was granted and assigned to Quanta Computer on October, 2007 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A keyboard device applicable on a computer device and includes a first side with a first pivoting unit and a second side with a second pivoting unit. The position of the first side is opposite to that of the second side. Both of the first side and the second side are connected with the base of the computer device via their respective pivoting unit. Therefore, the keyboard can be rotated relative to the base via the first pivoting unit and the second pivoting unit making the conversion steps from normal notebook operation status to tablet PC operation status easier and vice versa.