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7115827 Button structure and design method for latching prevention  
A latch-free button structure and its design method that can be applied to most electronic devices. The button includes a body, a wing plate, a positioning plate and a contact rod. The top end of...
7102086 Switch arrangement  
A switch arrangement is disclosed. The arrangement comprises a number of switches arranged on a substrate, each switch having a resiliently deformable conductive dome for making an electrical...
7102088 Multi-direction switch  
A multi-direction switch ( 10 ) includes a housing ( 1 ), first fixed contacts ( 23, 24, 25, 26 ), common fixed contacts ( 22 ), a second fixed contact ( 21 ), a first movable contact ( 5 ), a...
7102087 Key top  
A key top comprising a key stem provided at a lower portion of the key top to be inserted into a rubber cup unit; and a first spring provided at a lower end of the key stem, and comprising a plate...
7098414 Integrated touch sensor and light apparatus  
A touch sensor is physically integrated with a light emitting device to provide a switching device with built-in backlighting. In some embodiments, the touch sensor and the light emitting device...
7098411 Electronic module for universal garage door opener and assembly method  
An electronic module that is activated by the touch of a button for sending a wireless signal to a remote receiver. The module has a housing with an upper portion that is secured in relation to a...
7091429 Privacy keypad  
A privacy keypad providing privacy for keypad character entry and concealment of a joint in an escutcheon. A privacy keypad may include a faceplate, a keypad disposed on the faceplate, and at least...
7087847 Elastomer keypad and bezel  
A switch comprising one or more keys mounted on a mat is disclosed. Each of the one or more keys includes a top section, a bottom section and an undercut region formed between the top section, the...
7078632 Four-directional switching device  
A four-directional switching device includes a driving member 2 , a pair of hollow protruding portions 6 b , and other pair of hollow protruding portions 6 b . The driving member 2 covers an...
7070349 Thin keyboard and components for electronics devices and methods  
A keypad assembly, the keypad assembly including a keycap layer 110 having multiple user interface key caps flexibly coupled to a carrier portion, a luminescent layer 120 disposed toward a...
7067757 Multi-tier keypad assembly  
A multi-tier keypad includes at least a first circuit board having a first circuit and a second circuit board having a second circuit, wherein the second circuit board is disposed adjacent to the...
7060915 Multiple switching device  
A miniature switching device has an operating member ( 14 ) with an upstanding button ( 26 ) that can be rapidly slid in any one of four horizontal directions to close any one of four switches in a...
7060920 Multi-stage click switch  
A multi-stage click switch ( 21 ) includes a contact circuit member ( 25 ) having switch contact portions ( 41 a , 41 b , 42 a and 42 b ) disposed respectively in opposed relation to pressing...
7057125 Backlighting keyboard  
A backlighting keyboard includes a light guide board with multiple fastening members formed at an upper surface, multiple light refracting areas formed at a bottom surface, multiple openings...
7049530 Key top and method for manufacture thereof  
The object of the present invention is to provide a method of manufacturing a metallic switch with high productivity. A transparent printed layer ( 4 ) is patterned and formed on a metalizing layer...
7045722 Key structure of computer keyboard  
A key structure is provided. The present key structure includes a key cap, a scissor-type frame, an elastic contact body, a membrane circuit board, and a bottom board. A plurality of flanges is...
7034237 Portable electronic instrument including at least one control member arranged for also transmitting electric signals  
There is disclosed a portable electronic instrument ( 1 ) including a case ( 2 ) and a user interface ( 11 to 15 ) for selecting the functions of said portable electronic instrument, this user...
7034232 Keysheet module  
A keysheet module is provided which comprises: a one-sided printed circuit board having a plurality of wiring patterns formed on one side thereof; and contact switches, LEDs for illuminating a...
7030323 Expandable and contractible keyboard with adjustable key sizes  
A keyboard which may be utilized in either an expanded or contracted state. A keyboard is comprised of an expandable and compressible housing which supports a plurality of elastic belts. Keyswitch...
7026567 Touch panel  
A touch panel is provided. The touch panel includes a first flexible substrate with a first surface, a second substrate with a second surface facing the first surface, and a masking structure with...
7019242 Electroluminescent metal dome keypad  
The present invention relates to an EL metal dome keypad which comprises a plurality of domes which are disposed at positions corresponding to fixed contact terminals of a printed circuit board and...
7015834 Pushbutton input device, remote control equipped with pushbutton input device, and method of manufacturing pushbutton unit used for pushbutton input device  
A remote control is equipped with a pushbutton unit including a plurality of transverse linking sections linking pushbuttons in a transverse direction and a bridge section connecting the transverse...
7009121 Keyboard, especially for electronic payment terminals, and keypad  
A one-piece keyboard housing in a simple but compact manner is provided by using an internal gas pressure injection molding process (air mold process). With this process, the keyboard housing can...
7005588 Keyboard and a method for manufacturing it  
A keyboard comprising at least one flap forming a key, the flap being pressed against a contact point when depressed from above, and rising back after the depressing. The flap is attached by its...
6987231 Multifunctional pushbutton switch  
A multifunctional pushbutton switch for a vehicle steering wheel has a plurality of pushbutton switching units that have pushbutton surfaces located close to each other in a shared operating...
6982389 Decoupled pushbuttons  
A pushbutton configuration includes at least two neighboring pushbuttons, connecting webs, and spring legs. The connecting webs are in the form of constricted film hinges. The length of the...
6970347 Method and system for tooless keyboard assembly into an information handling system housing  
Tooless assembly of a keyboard into an information handling system housing is performed by dropping the keyboard into an opening of the housing so that tabs and hooks of the keyboard align with tab...
6967292 Key sheet  
A key sheet is equipped with a keytop exposed through an operational opening with no partition frame formed in the casing of an apparatus, the keytop being adapted to be depressed into the casing,...
6965511 System and method for personalizing an electrical device  
The present disclosure relates to a system and method for personalizing an electrical device. In one arrangement, the system comprises an electrical device having a plurality of button openings...
6964532 Key array structure  
A key array structure comprises a key array constituted by connecting a plurality of key members arranged in an array, it is characterized in that an elastic element is connected between each two...
6958711 Keyboard  
A keyboard includes a plurality of key elements arranged in rows and columns in a matrix-like manner. Each key element has first and second break contacts which are decoupled for safety reasons and...
6956561 Keypad backlighting of mobile terminal  
A keypad backlighting apparatus includes an electroluminescence layer for lighting an input device of an electronic apparatus. The input device may be a keypad and the electronic apparatus may be a...
6953900 Multifunctional switch  
A multifunctional switch, especially a keyed seat adjusting switch, includes an actuating element which is positioned in a rotational manner and can be displaced in a crosswise manner in a housing...
6939066 Hand-held, freestanding, double-sided electronic keyboard  
This invention is a keyboard apparatus with front and back key functionality. The body of the apparatus is held in the hands, supported by the palms. This leaves both of the thumbs and all of the...
6940030 Hinge key switch  
An apparatus for a hinged key switch is presented which operates around a hinged pivot point located external to the four points of the key cap, and which comprises a rubber spring providing a...
6930260 Switch matrix  
A switch matrix is disclosed for keypads used in devices such as primary control points for automation systems in homes vehicles, or businesses. The switch matrix preferably includes a support...
6917000 Signal input device  
A signal input device includes a bottom shell, a printed conducting track unit arranged on a top surface of the bottom shell, the printed conducting track unit having a plurality of contact...
6914203 Operation button structure  
In the operation button structure, pressing switch contact portions are satisfactorily pressed by a tilting button operating member even if the button operating member and the switch contact...
6911608 Keypads and key switches  
A keypad with both elevated and non-elevated key regions, and key switches disposed beneath both types of key regions. The non-elevated key regions each provide corresponding character output based...
6906273 Switch assembly  
A switch assembly movable between a closed position and open position includes a multilayer circuit. The multilayer circuit includes a first layer having a first conductive material disposed...
6894682 Connection structure for connecting between touch panel and external conductor  
Improves the connection between a touch panel and an external harness. A first electrode cable ( 11 ) and a third electrode cable ( 13 ) are disposed on a first ITO film ( 20 ) on a glass...
6894234 Seat adjusting mechanism  
A device for controlling motor operation for adjusting a car seat using at least two switches wherein one switch is a multi-function switch and the other switch is a selector switch. The...
6888075 Push-button switch  
A plurality of operation members, each having an operation end and a switch-operating actuation end, are placed on a plane in a dispersed manner so as to freely rock independently, and the...
6888079 Multifunctional pushbutton switch  
A multifunctional pushbutton switch for a vehicle steering wheel has a plurality of pushbutton switching units with pushbutton surfaces that are close to each other in a common operating surface....
6881908 Flexibly designable keyboard and a method of producing the same  
A keyboard of the present invention satisfies any desired specifications, i.e., a desired number and a desired arrangement of key switches. A switch circuit board and frame members are respectively...
6869240 Keyboard input device  
A keyboard input device equipped with a pointing device featuring excellent water-proof performance and is capable of highly precisely detecting the angle of tilt and the direction of tilt of the...
6867380 Electronic apparatus  
An electronic apparatus, which performs properly with reliability even in an operation through blind-touch, is provided. The electronic apparatus includes a first switch section made up of at least...
6864881 Key switch-replaceable keyboard mounting arrangement  
A key switch-replaceable keyboard mounting arrangement. The arrangement includes a keyboard shell having an array of contacts on its inside. Rows of keys are suspended in the keyboard shell and...
6857800 Method for inputting different characters by multi-directionally pressing a single key more than one time  
The invention is to provide a method for inputting different characters by multi-directionally pressing one single key of a portable electronic device more than one time, the key having a plurality...
6852934 Ergonomic snow plow control system  
Ergonomic plow control system has a housing which can be mounted to a component in a cab of a vehicle; and a switch pad having control keys, the pad mounted in the housing such that the keys are...