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4931601 Pressure switch having internal vent chamber  
Layers of a thin, electrically insulating material are bonded together to form a switch. The bottom layer of the switch has electrically conductive areas aligned with openings through a second...
4929804 Push button switch  
A push button switch which may be used, for example, as a zooming switch in a video camera, having a uniform electrical resistance/applied pressure characteristic and which can be manufactured...
4926172 Joystick controller  
A joystick controller apparatus comprises a lever mounted for pivotal motion in at least two directions, a guide defining a preselected shift pattern for the lever, and an indicating arrangement...
4924046 Trim switch  
A trim switch control for aligning a motor on a boat. The switch includes a housing in which a switch body is supported. A bridging member includes side lobes having domed contact engaging...
4920237 Membrane keyboards  
A membrane keyboard has two spaced flexible membranes (1 and 2) carrying contact pad assemblies. Acoustic pads (15) of expanding ink are printed on the top surface of the upper membrane (2) between...
4920342 Membrane switchcores with high resisitivity ink circuits  
A decodable alphanumeric membrane switchcore (12, 12a, 12b,100) of at least 36 key cells (55,122) including spaced circuits (16,17;105,115) having row and column traces (20-34, 40-47,51;106,116)...
4920343 Capacitive keyswitch membrane with self contained sense-to-ground capacitance  
A membrane capacitive keyboard of the type including a first flexible dielectric sheet and a second dielectric sheet having electrically conductive patterns thereon which form an array of...
4918264 Actuating mechanism and multiposition rubber or membrane switch device  
A switching device comprising a rubber switch, an operating member displaceable between at least two operative positions and a neutral position, and a cooperating member shiftable between the at...
4914999 Keyboard assembly for forming keyboard apparatus of electronic musical instrument  
A keyboard assembly for forming a keyboard apparatus of an electronic musical instrument, including a combination of at least two key units each having a plurality of key members and an elongated...
4916262 Low-profile, rubber keypad  
A low-profile rubber keypad with good tactile feel and illuminability includes a plurality of layers adhesively bonded to one another. The top layer of the keypad is a silicone rubber overlay...
4916275 Tactile membrane switch assembly  
A tactile membrane switch assembly that includes at least one switch site having inner and outer contacts and a snap dome switch wherein the assembly includes a flexible substrate of electrically...
4901614 Keyboard apparatus of electronic musical instrument  
A keyboard apparatus of an electronic musical instrument includes keys, mass members, and springs. Each key can pivot about a first pivot fulcrum. Each mass member can pivot about a second pivot...
4901074 Glass membrane keyboard switch assembly for domestic appliance  
A keyboard switch assembly includes a thin, flexible, glass top layer forming a membrane. Disposed on an inner surface of the glass membrane is a first conductive layer forming an electrode....
4899063 Power window switch for an automobile  
A power window switch for an automobile having a switching mechanism which includes a fixed contact plate and a circuit board secured within the inside of a resinous casing, the casing including a...
4896003 Multi-position electrical switch  
A multi-directional switch which is utilized for completing selected ones of a number of different electrical circuits is placed in a housing in which the different electrical circuits to be...
4894493 Membrane touch control panel assembly for an appliance with a glass control panel  
An appliance with a glass control panel is provided with a membrane touch control panel assembly which simulates the appearance of a glass capacitive touch panel, and which can tolerate relatively...
4894499 Electric push-button switch  
The electric push-button switch comprises a housing portion and a linearly moveable push-button portion. Guide columns at the housing portion and the push-button portion attain accurate linear...
4892981 Snap-in modular keypad apparatus  
A modular snap-in keypad apparatus includes a planar frame member having a plurality of button accommodating apertures and a plurality of mounting posts extending therefrom. An elastomeric key...
4892999 Calculator  
A see-through calculator or memory device comprises a transparent base, a see-through printed circuit board and a transparent switch panel. Liquid is housed in a cavity in the base, formed by...
4882471 Electronic equipment using a cover  
Electronic equipment includes a keyboard portion arranged on an electronic equipment body, for inputting data, a solar cell, arranged on the electronic equipment body, for supplying power, a cover...
4882581 Keyboard for a portable data terminal  
The portable terminal keyboard includes silicone rubber mixed with phosphorescent material used on the external exposed surface of the keyboard and conventional silicone rubber used for the moving...
4877925 Multi-stage push button switch device  
A multi-stage push button switch device includes a plurality of first and second push button members fixedly coupled to a base plate. Each first and second push button member includes a button...
4876415 Low cost keyboard with key tops defining surface of curved profile  
A keyboard having a plurality of rows of depressable keys whose key tops define a surface of concave profile curved about an axis. The concave profile is achieved with key tops and key stems of...
4876461 Self-referencing capacitive key cell structure and switchcore matrices formed therefrom  
In a capacitive switchcore of the type in which each key cell includes a contact switch in series with a key cell capacitor, an improvement is disclosed in which an intracell coactive loading...
4864085 Keyboard switch  
A membrane switch sheet is disposed on a base plate and an adhesive layer is formed all over the membrane switch sheet. A positioning sheet, which has positioning holes respectively corresponding...
4864084 Membrane-type touch panel  
In a membrane-type touch panel including a pair of circuit layers having facing conductive circuit patterns normally separated by spacers defining voids through which regions of the circuit...
4862499 Deformable membrane keypad assembly for public telephones  
A telephone keypad assembly including a one-piece deformable membrane for sealing the keypad assembly from the environment. The deformable membrane has an upper surface for mating with keypad...
4857887 Laminated piezoelectric keyboard  
The keyboard comprises piezoelectric crystal elements arranged between laminates provided with conducting strips. A voltage is generated when pressure is applied to the elements. The keyboard is...
4857683 Membrane switchcores with key cell contact elements connected together for continuous path testing  
Flexible membrane switchcores (100, 100a,100b) including a conductive first circuit (180) having first traces (171-178;194;196) and a conductive second circuit (185) having second traces...
4855548 Keybutton guide assembly for a keyboard  
A keybutton guide assembly for a full sized keyboard with full travel keybuttons has a structure including a keybutton having a spring actuator engaging a spring finger at a location spaced away...
4851618 Keyboard  
A keyboard comprises a base plate carrying contact circuits and provided with a plurality of holes, and a key holding frame integrally provided with key housings for receiving keys, vertically...
4847452 Key switch structure for a thin-gage electronic device  
A key switch structure is provided which improves the reliability of the elasticity of the switch. A front film has a metal front panel adhered to its underside. A switch panel pattern is formed in...
RE32977 Key-holding structure of keyboard with curved operating surface of keys  
A keyboard assembly having key-switches, comprising a key holder plate supporting multiple keys in plural rows and movably across the thickness of the plate, and further comprising an upper casing...
4845319 Key switch assembly  
A key switch assembly for direct mounting on a PCB or similar substrate. The key switch has a body with depending mounting pin having retainers thereon to secure the key switch at apertures in the...
4845323 Flexible tactile switch  
A conformal electrical sensor switch for determining the presence or absence of weight, such as a person in a bed, comprises flexible, parallel sensing strips positioned to make contact when...
4839474 Switches and keyboards  
A low profile switch or keypad has one or more touch buttons of circular or polygonal shape in plan formed integrally with and raised from a surrounding membrane of elastomeric material by a wall...
4837412 Keyboard of a membrane contact type  
A keyboard of a membrane contact type comprises a membrane contact unit having movable contacts, fixed contacts disposed respectively opposite to the movable contacts, and a printed wiring board...
4837411 Spring switch  
An electrical switch assembly comprises a first, domed, flexible contact member plus at least one second, flexible, finger-type contact member positioned under the first contact member in normally...
4836786 Demonstration calculator  
A hand-held calculator for use in conducting classroom demonstrations of the operation thereof, including use of the operation instruction key means. The calculator comprises a frame, a keyboard...
4831219 Keyboard  
A keyboard including a plurality of key switches and a plurality of keys mounted slidably on the keyboard over the key switches, each key overlying one of the key switches and the top of each key...
4831218 Universal binary keyboard system  
A keyboard apparatus including a plurality of nested, identically configured, keys for use in computer keyboards, typewriters, electronic switches and the like. The keyboard apparatus preferably...
4822959 Electrical switch having a snap-acting switch element  
A switch element including a ribbon-type spring member having a plurality of interconnected inner and outer loops and stressed to cause the member to take a substantially dome-shaped configuration...
4820887 Membrane keyboard blockout apparatus  
A membrane keyboard blockout apparatus for a keyboard having an array of a plurality of flexible key members in respective ones of a plurality of apertures arranged in a grid forming the keyboard...
4820908 Combined calculator and puzzle game device  
A combined calculator and puzzle game device including a calculator cover-board which is provided with guide pieces confined to intersecting guide grooves. Game pieces which have projecting necks...
4818829 Integrally molded composites of silicone rubber  
Novel composite products formed by bonding a flowable elastomer, such as silicone rubber, to a transparent or translucent silicone rubber preform are described. These products have utility in the...
4818827 Low force membrane switch  
The invention is directed to a membrane switch comprising a first layer 30 of flexible insulating material and a second layer 50 having relatively inflexible characteristics, each layer 30, 50...
4818828 Electronic keyboard  
A full sized electronic keyboard with full travel keybuttons provides switches for controlling an electronic typewriter or for controlling other devices. The keyboard has a structure designed for...
4814561 Elastic member for supporting a key top in a push button switch construction  
An elastic key top construction for supporting a key top comprising a key top push or support section on which the key top is mounted, a projection disposed below the key top support section, a...
4810860 Electronic instrument  
An electronic instrument comprises a printed circuit substrate on which electrical parts are actually mounted, a frame placed on the front side of the printed circuit substrate and having openings...
4809126 Electrostatic discharge proof keypad  
A keypad which prevents electrostatic discharge from occurring in electronic equipment such as printers, computers and the like. The keypad includes a switch mechanism positioned on the circuit...