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6133536 Key switch assembly  
A key switch assembly of the present invention comprises a housing, first and second contacts, and a metal dome. The housing forms an aperture inwardly recessed from a side surface thereof. The...
6111207 Kit for multi-configurable control panel design for office equipment  
A multi-configurable office machine, which includes a control panel subassembly having a plurality of user-activated key-switches for controlling functions of the office machine. A first control...
6102394 Button panel system for a gaming device  
A gaming device comprises a cabinet with a hinged door, a gaming unit housed within the cabinet for playing a game, and a button panel system. The button panel system includes a printed circuit...
6103979 Keyboard having plurality of keys therein, each key establishing different electric contacts  
A keyboard includes a plurality of keys, wherein each key has an elongated shape elongated in a first direction and selectively establishes two different electrical contacts as a result of being...
6087601 Modular multi-purpose switch  
Switch apparatus in the form of a family of like bases and interconnected housings each carrying two switch actuators and switch circuits. Conductive traces on each printed circuit board are...
6087600 Keypad for input of control commands  
This keypad for the input of control commands comprises a membrane keypad, a carrier, a keypad base and a key module. The switching operation, initiated by keys, takes place in a closed unit in the...
6087966 Keyboard device having height changeable key tops  
A keyboard device, in which the rotation of a cover to a closed position is transferred to racks via pawls attached to the shaft of the cover. The force applied by the pawls forces the racks to...
6080940 Push-button switch spring  
The present invention provides a spring integrally formed in a face plate of a housing for use with printed circuit board mounted operators having a central portion and J-shaped extensions....
RE36738 Selective multiple position switch with common pivoted operator  
A tilting member has a force bearing portion to which operating force is applied, and a supported surface. A supporting member has a supporting projection with which the supported surface of the...
6073341 Dome switch assembly system  
A machine method for providing a dome switch sub-assembly used for providing a keyboard-type user input to electronic devices. A spacer layer, attached to a retaining layer, having a plurality of...
6075213 Drive unit structure for keyboard assemblies  
A drive unit structure for a keyboard assembly is provided, which comprises a driven member having a flat sliding surface and pivotable about a fulcrum thereof, and an actuator disposed for sliding...
6066812 Layered structure for keyswitch  
A layered structure for a keyswitch includes a lower flex circuit layer, an upper flex circuit layer and a spacer layer therebetween. A plurality of projecting flanges are arranged radially and...
6064019 Resilient switch cover with integral actuator button  
A switch cover includes a resilient flexible membrane having an outer surface and an opposite inner surface for mounting onto a switch plate. The flexible membrane has at least one aperture...
6057517 Elastomeric keyboard incorporating a novel interconnect and back-lighting architecture  
The elastomeric keyboard incorporating a novel interconnect and back-lighting architecture of the present invention includes a printed circuit board and a novel multi-layer membrane switch matrix...
6057521 Suspended control panel  
A cost-effective ergonomic shaped suspended control panel for remotely controlling machinery, such as hoists or cranes. The suspended control panel has two curved housing portions and a curved...
6040534 Integrally molded switch lighting and electronics  
A display/switch/electronic control assembly includes a molded three-piece assembly in which displays/switches/electronics are integrally included on a flexible circuit material sandwiched between...
6040533 Switch arrangement for a vehicle seat  
A switch system for a vehicle seat for use while adjusting a vehicle seat, is composed essentially of an operating part and individual switch bodies. By adjusting the operating part, the position...
6038127 Keypad assembly using a lead screw assembly for moving a curved member  
An apparatus for moving a member between a retracted position and an extended position includes a housing, a movement mechanism, a linear lead screw, a first carriage, and a second carriage. The...
6034335 Analog touch screen with coating for inhibiting increased contact resistance  
Analog resistance touch switches and matrix type touch switches have contacts coated with a very thin film, which in use does not form an appreciable amount of an insulating oxide, to inhibit...
6031189 Keyboard device  
Disclosed is a keyboard device wherein arm portions formed at an interval are provided at one end or at the other end of the first or second lever section and wherein a connecting section for...
6023033 Keytop plate and method for producing the same  
A keytop plate comprises keytops (21) formed by integrally molding a molding resin part (25) with a synthetic resin film (23), and a molded elastomer sheet (molded elastomer member) (11) attached...
5980135 Keyboard with an optional metal support for strengthening its structure  
The present invention provides a keyboard which can take an optional metal support for strengthening its structure. It comprises a cover plate with a plurality of vertical housings, a base plate...
5982304 Piezoelectric switch with tactile response  
A piezoelectric keyswitch for providing tactile response comprises a bimorphic piezoelectric element anchored at its edge, and a keypad mounted on the bimorphic piezoelectric element spaced from...
5977888 Switching device of thin type and display device with switch  
A touch panel (4) and an operation part (30) are provided on display means (2). A permanent magnet (52) is mounted on a push button (32), and a magnetic metal plate (58) is mounted on a support...
RE36349 Control-key mechanism having improved operation feeling  
A tilting member has a force bearing portion to which operating force is applied, and a supported surface. A supporting member has a supporting projection with which the supported surface of the...
5969320 Keyboard  
A keyboard includes a keyboard membrane where the membrane comprises a top layer, a spacer layer and a bottom layer. The spacer layer has interconnecting voids that are connected to the atmosphere...
5969644 Keyboard  
A keyboard has an upper case, a lower case, and a stacked functional structure formed by stacking and fastening together a membrane switch sheet, a rubber sheet and a housing supporting keys in...
5952629 Switch apparatus  
A switch apparatus has a fixed contact including a contact pattern formed on a printed substrate and a movable contact provided above and opposing the fixed contact. A switching operation is...
5945646 Multi-switch device for controlling vehicle subsystems  
A multi-switch control device is useful for controlling a variety of functions on a variety of vehicle subsystems or peripheral devices. The control device includes a specifically contoured base...
5934454 Thin keyboard having multiple hinge members per keyswitch  
A keyboard apparatus is provided for small and lightweight computers and the like. Keyswitches and a keyboard assembly comprise a sheet member having a plurality of key faces fixed thereon in a...
5936554 Computer input device with interactively illuminating keys  
An interactively illuminating computer input device for a computer is disclosed. In one embodiment the device is a keyboard. The keyboard has a bi-directional communication link between the...
5933671 Camera with touch sensitive switch  
A touch sensitive electronic switch for a camera comprises a pair of front and rear cover parts of the camera that constitute separate electrical conductors which when temporarily bridged by one's...
5929401 Curved keyboard keypad and contact structure  
A keypad is disclosed having a rigid plate with openings. A flexible sheet of the keypad has keys which protrude through the openings of the rigid plate. The keypad further includes a rigid...
5924553 Keyswitch assembly  
A keyswitch assembly suitable for being disposed on a computer keyboard that can prevent wobbling of its key cap when the key cap is at its elevated position. The keyswitch comprises a key cap...
5923007 Switch assembly including rocker switch with integrated center selector switch  
A switch assembly (100) includes a first switch (102), a second switch (104) and a third switch (106). The switch assembly further includes a rocker actuator (108) having a first rocker arm (152)...
5921382 Magnetically enhanced membrane switch  
A magnetically enhanced membrane switch operator is constructed with a rigid ferromagnetic base plate. This base plate is spaced from a rigid ferromagnetic cover plate, which has an opening through...
5917437 Keyboard  
A keyboard according to the present invention, which includes one or more keys and corresponding electromechanical converting elements, is characterized in that it includes a film construction (42)...
5914468 Keyboard unit and key switch  
A keyboard unit having a base plate, and a plurality of key switches provided on the base plate. Each of the key switches has an electric contact provided within a membrane sheet on the base plate,...
5912443 Membrane type keyboard with improved multiple key arrangement  
In a keyboard which drives membrane switches by selectively depressing key tops, hinge portions are formed integrally with a housing in an array of hinge receiving holes made therein in...
5905485 Controller with tactile sensors and method of fabricating same  
A controller with a plurality of tactile sensors and a method of fabricating the controller is disclosed. The controller may be used for one, two or three parameter control in applications...
5905235 Key assembly  
A key assembly (10) comprises a depressible key (16) having a depending projection (22), a pair of electrical terminals (36), and a domed contact membrane (30) snappable between two positions for...
5901837 Push button switch and manufacturing method of the same  
A link member consists of a set of frame bodies assembled in an X shape when seen from the side so as to be swingable each other. A base member is provided to support the link member. At least one...
5902972 Three function rocker/push switch  
The invention includes a three-position switch having a keycap connected to a housing for pivotal movement, and slidable movement in a vertical direction. The keycap is connected to the housing so...
5900599 Switch for display  
A display switch includes switch elements disposed on a display which is capable of electrically changing images displayed thereon. Above the switch elements are disposed a plurality of buttons...
5898147 Dual tact switch assembly  
A dual action, convex disc push-button switch assembly providing tactile feedback to the operator. Each convex disc contact comprises four tabs, each tab of which is fitted and secured in the base...
5898141 Selection switch panel for vending and dispensing equipment  
A switch panel for use in dispensing equipment which includes a switch plate having a plurality of switch positions with each having an area for receiving and mounting a first electrical switch...
5892191 Sheet-like switch with nonoverlapping conductive patterns  
A sheet-like switch is disclosed in which the migration of silver can be prevented without requiring the provision of an overcoat. An upper electrode sheet is formed by disposing upper contacts and...
5887704 Switching arrangement for a motor vehicle control panel  
A switch arrangement for a control panel placed on the dashboard or a central console in a motor vehicle. The switch arrangement comprises a housing for at least one switch having an actuating...
5880418 Method and apparatus for a multi-function manual controller  
Right and left handpieces have five manually operated control switches each and are pivotally connected, face-to-face, with contactors in each handpiece face contacting contacts in the other to...
5879088 Computer keyboard with adjustable force keystroke feature using air pressure  
A computer keyboard 10 having a plurality of keys 18 at desired locations being supported above a support plate 20 having a plurality of apertures 22 at the desired locations. A membrane keyswitch...