USB579104I5 - - Google Patents

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USB579104I5
USB579104I5 US57910475A USB579104I5 US B579104 I5 USB579104 I5 US B579104I5 US 57910475 A US57910475 A US 57910475A US B579104 I5 USB579104 I5 US B579104I5
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Priority to US05/579,104 priority Critical patent/US3982081A/en
Priority to IT26731/75A priority patent/IT1042167B/it
Priority to ES1975214829U priority patent/ES214829Y/es
Priority to JP50106115A priority patent/JPS5153283A/ja
Priority to FR7527067A priority patent/FR2283781A1/fr
Priority to BR7505640*A priority patent/BR7505640A/pt
Priority to DE19752539322 priority patent/DE2539322A1/de
Priority to CA234,955A priority patent/CA1038772A/en
Publication of USB579104I5 publication Critical patent/USB579104I5/en
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Publication of US3982081A publication Critical patent/US3982081A/en
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Expired - Lifetime 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
    • H01H13/807—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 spatial arrangement of the contact sites, e.g. superimposed sites
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J5/00—Devices or arrangements for controlling character selection
    • B41J5/08—Character or syllable selected by means of keys or keyboards of the typewriter type
    • B41J5/10—Arrangements of keyboards, e.g. key button disposition
    • B41J5/105—Constructional details of keyboard frames, e.g. adjusting or fixation means
    • 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
    • H01H13/702—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 with contacts carried by or formed from layers in a multilayer structure, e.g. membrane switches
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H2221/00—Actuators
    • H01H2221/052—Actuators interlocked
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H2221/00—Actuators
    • H01H2221/064—Limitation of actuating pressure
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H2225/00—Switch site location
    • H01H2225/024—Common site to all actuators, e.g. auxiliary
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H2229/00—Manufacturing
    • H01H2229/038—Folding of flexible printed circuit
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T29/00—Metal working
    • Y10T29/49—Method of mechanical manufacture
    • Y10T29/49002—Electrical device making
    • Y10T29/49105—Switch making
US05/579,104 1974-09-04 1975-05-20 Keyboard assembly with overlapped flexible printed circuit cable switch Expired - Lifetime US3982081A (en)

Priority Applications (8)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US05/579,104 US3982081A (en) 1974-09-04 1975-05-20 Keyboard assembly with overlapped flexible printed circuit cable switch
IT26731/75A IT1042167B (it) 1974-09-04 1975-08-29 Assieme di tastiere
ES1975214829U ES214829Y (es) 1974-09-04 1975-09-02 Un conjunto de teclado.
FR7527067A FR2283781A1 (fr) 1974-09-04 1975-09-03 Ensemble de clavier
JP50106115A JPS5153283A (bs) 1974-09-04 1975-09-03
BR7505640*A BR7505640A (pt) 1974-09-04 1975-09-03 Montagem de teclado
DE19752539322 DE2539322A1 (de) 1974-09-04 1975-09-04 Tastaturanordnung
CA234,955A CA1038772A (en) 1975-05-20 1975-09-08 Keyboard assembly

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US50312774A 1974-09-04 1974-09-04
US05/579,104 US3982081A (en) 1974-09-04 1975-05-20 Keyboard assembly with overlapped flexible printed circuit cable switch

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US50312774A Continuation 1974-09-04 1974-09-04

Publications (2)

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USB579104I5 true USB579104I5 (bs) 1976-01-27
US3982081A US3982081A (en) 1976-09-21

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US05/579,104 Expired - Lifetime US3982081A (en) 1974-09-04 1975-05-20 Keyboard assembly with overlapped flexible printed circuit cable switch

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US (1) US3982081A (bs)
JP (1) JPS5153283A (bs)
BR (1) BR7505640A (bs)
DE (1) DE2539322A1 (bs)
ES (1) ES214829Y (bs)
FR (1) FR2283781A1 (bs)
IT (1) IT1042167B (bs)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE3105973A1 (de) * 1980-02-19 1982-01-07 Pitney-Bowes, Inc., 06926 Stamford, Conn. Abgeschirmte tastatur

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FR2283781A1 (fr) 1976-04-02
BR7505640A (pt) 1976-08-03
US3982081A (en) 1976-09-21
JPS5153283A (bs) 1976-05-11
IT1042167B (it) 1980-01-30
ES214829Y (es) 1976-12-01
ES214829U (es) 1976-07-16
DE2539322A1 (de) 1976-03-18

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