GB1201045A - Electrical switches - Google Patents

Electrical switches

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Publication number
GB1201045A
GB1201045A GB49889/67A GB4988967A GB1201045A GB 1201045 A GB1201045 A GB 1201045A GB 49889/67 A GB49889/67 A GB 49889/67A GB 4988967 A GB4988967 A GB 4988967A GB 1201045 A GB1201045 A GB 1201045A
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United Kingdom
Prior art keywords
plate
dome
contacts
over
insulating
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Expired
Application number
GB49889/67A
Inventor
Douglas Louis Ashton Driver
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STC PLC
Original Assignee
Standard Telephone and Cables PLC
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Filing date
Publication date
Priority to CS41879D priority Critical patent/CS41879A/cs
Application filed by Standard Telephone and Cables PLC filed Critical Standard Telephone and Cables PLC
Priority to GB49889/67A priority patent/GB1201045A/en
Priority to US772166A priority patent/US3590195A/en
Priority to DE19681806241 priority patent/DE1806241A1/en
Priority to FR1590517D priority patent/FR1590517A/fr
Publication of GB1201045A publication Critical patent/GB1201045A/en
Expired legal-status Critical Current

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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H13/00—Switches having rectilinearly-movable operating part or parts adapted for pushing or pulling in one direction only, e.g. push-button switch
    • H01H13/70—Switches having rectilinearly-movable operating part or parts adapted for pushing or pulling in one direction only, e.g. push-button switch having a plurality of operating members associated with different sets of contacts, e.g. keyboard
    • H01H13/78—Switches having rectilinearly-movable operating part or parts adapted for pushing or pulling in one direction only, e.g. push-button switch having a plurality of operating members associated with different sets of contacts, e.g. keyboard characterised by the contacts or the contact sites
    • H01H13/785—Switches having rectilinearly-movable operating part or parts adapted for pushing or pulling in one direction only, e.g. push-button switch having a plurality of operating members associated with different sets of contacts, e.g. keyboard characterised by the contacts or the contact sites characterised by the material of the contacts, e.g. conductive polymers
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H13/00—Switches having rectilinearly-movable operating part or parts adapted for pushing or pulling in one direction only, e.g. push-button switch
    • H01H13/02—Details
    • H01H13/12—Movable parts; Contacts mounted thereon
    • H01H13/14—Operating parts, e.g. push-button
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    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H13/00—Switches having rectilinearly-movable operating part or parts adapted for pushing or pulling in one direction only, e.g. push-button switch
    • H01H13/70—Switches having rectilinearly-movable operating part or parts adapted for pushing or pulling in one direction only, e.g. push-button switch having a plurality of operating members associated with different sets of contacts, e.g. keyboard
    • H01H13/7013—Switches having rectilinearly-movable operating part or parts adapted for pushing or pulling in one direction only, e.g. push-button switch having a plurality of operating members associated with different sets of contacts, e.g. keyboard in which the movable contacts of each switch site or of a row of switch sites are formed in a single plate
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H13/00—Switches having rectilinearly-movable operating part or parts adapted for pushing or pulling in one direction only, e.g. push-button switch
    • H01H13/70—Switches having rectilinearly-movable operating part or parts adapted for pushing or pulling in one direction only, e.g. push-button switch having a plurality of operating members associated with different sets of contacts, e.g. keyboard
    • H01H13/78—Switches having rectilinearly-movable operating part or parts adapted for pushing or pulling in one direction only, e.g. push-button switch having a plurality of operating members associated with different sets of contacts, e.g. keyboard characterised by the contacts or the contact sites
    • H01H13/80—Switches having rectilinearly-movable operating part or parts adapted for pushing or pulling in one direction only, e.g. push-button switch having a plurality of operating members associated with different sets of contacts, e.g. keyboard characterised by the contacts or the contact sites characterised by the manner of cooperation of the contacts, e.g. with both contacts movable or with bounceless contacts
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
    • H04M1/02—Constructional features of telephone sets
    • H04M1/23—Construction or mounting of dials or of equivalent devices; Means for facilitating the use thereof
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    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H2201/00—Contacts
    • H01H2201/004—Wiping action
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    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H2201/00—Contacts
    • H01H2201/022—Material
    • H01H2201/03—Composite
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H2209/00—Layers
    • H01H2209/016—Protection layer, e.g. for legend, anti-scratch
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H2215/00—Tactile feedback
    • H01H2215/034—Separate snap action
    • H01H2215/036—Metallic disc
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H2217/00—Facilitation of operation; Human engineering
    • H01H2217/024—Profile on actuator
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H2225/00—Switch site location
    • H01H2225/014—Switch site location normally closed combined with normally open
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H2229/00—Manufacturing
    • H01H2229/024—Packing between substrate and membrane
    • H01H2229/026—Riveting
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H2229/00—Manufacturing
    • H01H2229/024—Packing between substrate and membrane
    • H01H2229/028—Adhesive
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H2231/00—Applications
    • H01H2231/022—Telephone handset
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H2237/00—Mechanism between key and laykey
    • H01H2237/006—Guided plunger or ball

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Push-Button Switches (AREA)

Abstract

1,201,045. Retractive switches. STANDARD TELEPHONES & CABLES Ltd. 2 Nov., 1967, No. 49889/67. Heading H1N. A push-button is a dome-shaped projection 2 on a plate of springy material 1 integral with the dome and fixed in position about the dome, pressure on dome 2 causing a snap action deformation of the dome, the remainder of plate 1 remaining undeformed, the deformed material resuming its original shape with a snap action on release of the pressure. As shown, the domes 2 are the moving contacts for engagement with fixed contacts 4, formed by sprinted circuit, withterminals 6 on an insulating plate 5 separated from plate 1 by insulating spacer 3, the plates being bonded by epoxy resin at their edges, and rivets 7 may be used. The springy material of plate 1 may be nickel silver or in some applications plastics. A non-oxidizing stud 9, Fig. 2 (not shown), may be mounted on the underside of domes 2 when plate 1 is of oxidizing material. To provide a wiping action the fixed contacts may be small pieces of metal 10, Fig. 3 (not shown), mounted by resilient straps 11, Fig. 3, to the conductors 12, Fig. 3, An apertured faceplate may fit over plate 1. In a second embodiment, beneath the plate 1 is a locating plate 16 locating balls 17 of resilient insulating material such as hard rubber which bear on moving contacts on contact springs 13 formed in a metal plate spaced from the printed circuit board 5 and on top of plate 1 is a transparent sheet of flexible insulating material 18 marked with push-button indicia with an apertured face-plate 8 over that. The contacts may be change-over contacts.
GB49889/67A 1967-11-02 1967-11-02 Electrical switches Expired GB1201045A (en)

Priority Applications (5)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
CS41879D CS41879A (en) 1967-11-02
GB49889/67A GB1201045A (en) 1967-11-02 1967-11-02 Electrical switches
US772166A US3590195A (en) 1967-11-02 1968-10-31 Oilcan pushbutton switch
DE19681806241 DE1806241A1 (en) 1967-11-02 1968-10-31 Pressure switch for telecommunication systems
FR1590517D FR1590517A (en) 1967-11-02 1968-11-04

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB49889/67A GB1201045A (en) 1967-11-02 1967-11-02 Electrical switches

Publications (1)

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GB1201045A true GB1201045A (en) 1970-08-05

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US (1) US3590195A (en)
CS (1) CS41879A (en)
DE (1) DE1806241A1 (en)
FR (1) FR1590517A (en)
GB (1) GB1201045A (en)

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GB2140622A (en) * 1983-05-10 1984-11-28 Adco Ind Components A keyboard assembly
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GB2140622A (en) * 1983-05-10 1984-11-28 Adco Ind Components A keyboard assembly
US4771139A (en) * 1986-06-27 1988-09-13 Desmet Gregory L Keyboard with metal cover and improved switches
GB2324414A (en) * 1997-04-15 1998-10-21 Motorola Gmbh Keypad arrangement
GB2324414B (en) * 1997-04-15 2001-09-12 Motorola Gmbh Keypad arrangement

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
FR1590517A (en) 1970-04-13
CS41879A (en)
DE1806241A1 (en) 1969-08-14
US3590195A (en) 1971-06-29

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Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
PS Patent sealed [section 19, patents act 1949]
PLNP Patent lapsed through nonpayment of renewal fees