| 序号 | 专利名 | 申请号 | 申请日 | 公开（公告）号 | 公开（公告）日 | 发明人 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 121 | COMPACT INPUT DEVICE | US13051691 | 2011-03-18 | US20110169667A1 | 2011-07-14 | Fletcher ROTHKOPF; Jan Moolsintong; Joseph Fisher; Wendell Sander; Erturk Kocalar |
| Compact input devices formed on flexible substrates are disclosed. The input devices may be formed using three or more conducting layers. By including three or more conducting layers, the diameter of the input device may be minimized. In addition, to improve the flexibility of portions of the input device mounted, some portions of the input device may be made to have fewer layers than other portions of the input device. | ||||||
| 122 | THIN FILM SWITCH WITH CHANGEABLE OUTLET JOINT | US12985355 | 2011-01-06 | US20110100789A1 | 2011-05-05 | Feng-Ting Hsu |
| A thin film switch with a changeable outlet joint includes two thin films, a touch circuit, and a soft flat cable. The two thin films have two opposite inner surfaces. The touch circuit includes a plurality of touch portions and an outlet end, which are disposed on the two opposite inner surfaces of the two thin films. Each couple of the touch portions switches to a conducting state when receiving a press action and transfers a signal to the outlet end. The outlet end has two first connecting pads. The first connecting pads are connected via a first connecting line. The first connecting pads and the first connecting line are disposed on the same one of the two opposite inner surfaces. The soft flat cable includes a connecting portion. The soft flat cable is connectably disposed on the outlet end through the connecting portion to form an outlet joint. | ||||||
| 123 | Self contained keypad assembly | US10829066 | 2004-04-21 | US07873394B2 | 2011-01-18 | Frank Gong; Curt D. Croley; Joseph Garcia, Jr. |
| Systems and methodologies are provided for fabrication of a self contained key pad module having a top cover and a bottom cover. The top cover and the bottom cover encapsulate and/or sandwich a stack of keypad components via an over mold procedure that is performed around the stack. The packed stack between the top cover and the bottom cover can include a flex member, an electro luminous panel, and a silicone membrane with a plurality of keys thereupon. | ||||||
| 124 | INFORMATION INPUT DEVICE | US12709386 | 2010-02-19 | US20100243422A1 | 2010-09-30 | Takeshi Arihara; Katsumi Edo |
| An information input device includes a flexible print substrate including first, second and third installation units, first and second coupling units coupling the first installation unit with the second installation unit and the second installation unit with the third installation unit respectively, so that the first, second, and third installation units are extended along a same axis, the first, the second, and the third installation units being folded to a bellows form and integrated through the first and the second coupling units, a sensor sheet, an operation plate configured to be pushably installed by means of the sensor sheet on an upper surface of the third installation unit, a push button configured to be pushably assembled through an operation hole formed in the operation plate; and a dome-shaped movable contact arranged on the second installation unit. | ||||||
| 125 | MEMBRANE CABLE AND KEYBOARD | US12507423 | 2009-07-22 | US20100021222A1 | 2010-01-28 | Kan Ping Lo; Wen Yu Tsai; Yun Nien Chai |
| The invention discloses a membrane cable including several metal wires, a cover body and a reinforcement plate. The cover body covers the metal wires, and the reinforcement plate is adhered to an external surface of the cover body. The cover body and the metal wires are bended toward the reinforcement plate, and the reinforcement plate can prevent the cover body and the metal wires from being over-bended. | ||||||
| 126 | Control panel assembly with moveable illuminating button and method of making the same | US10846067 | 2004-05-14 | US07173204B2 | 2007-02-06 | Robert M. Schmidt; Leonard E. Pagano; James B. Wright |
| A control panel assembly including at least one moveable button defining an outer surface. The control panel assembly also includes an electroluminescent film operatively supported on the outer surface of the button such that the electroluminescent film is adapted for selectively emitting light from the outer surface of the button. A method for making the control panel assembly is also disclosed. | ||||||
| 127 | Self contained keypad assembly | US10829066 | 2004-04-21 | US20050237229A1 | 2005-10-27 | Frank Gong; Curt Croley; Joseph Garcia |
| Systems and methodologies are provided for fabrication of a self contained key pad module having a top cover and a bottom cover. The top cover and the bottom cover encapsulate and/or sandwich a stack of keypad components via an over mold procedure that is performed around the stack. The packed stack between the top cover and the bottom cover can include a flex member, an electro luminous panel, and a silicone membrane with a plurality of keys thereupon. | ||||||
| 128 | Flexible switch and method for producing the same | US10212811 | 2002-08-07 | US06700086B2 | 2004-03-02 | Yasuyoshi Serizawa; Minoru Kubota; Keizo Nishitani; Kenichiro Kawaguchi |
| In a flexible switch, a circuit member having an electrode is provided on a adhesive sheet. A spacer sheet, having a through hole situated so as to correspond to the electrode on the circuit member, is provided on the circuit member. A front sheet, having a projected portion, is provided on the spacer sheet, in which a contact portion provided on an inner face of the projected portion is brought into contact with the electrode through the through hole in the circuit member when the projected portion is depressed. At least one of the adhesive sheet, the circuit member, the spacer sheet, and the front sheet has flexibility. | ||||||
| 129 | Contact structure of substrates of touch panel and method of bonding the same | US09993858 | 2001-11-14 | US20020090798A1 | 2002-07-11 | Young-Soo Ahn; Young-Jin Oh |
| A contact structure of a touch panel having X-axis (Y-axis) potential compensating electrodes arranged along peripheries of the conductive film of a substrate; a FPC contact for another substrate constructed on an electrode arrangement defined by electrodes; the electrodes arranged along outermost peripheries of the transparent conductive film of the another substrate; and another FPC contact for the another substrate constructed on the electrode arrangement defined by the electrodes arranged on the film of the another substrate. A method for bonding the substrates of the touch panel includes forming an insulator layer around a flexible printed cable (FPC) contact formed on the electrodes; forming a new low resistive metal layer, to which the FPC is attached, on the insulator layer; forming dot spacers out of insulating material within the active area so as to achieve electric insulation between the substrates; connecting the FPC with a band region formed by the insulator layer and the low resistive metal layer, in order to apply signals to the substrates from the outside after the insulator layer, the low resistive: metal layer and the dot spacers have been formed between the substrates; and bonding together the substrate for reading an X coordinate and the another substrate for reading a Y coordinate so that the transparent conductive films can face each other, after connection between the insulator layer, the low resistive metal layer, the dot spacers and the FPC. | ||||||
| 130 | Two-position pushbutton switch | US09778243 | 2001-02-06 | US20010013463A1 | 2001-08-16 | Akira Asai; Shigenori Sato; Katsuichi Oba; Sachiko Homma |
| In a two-position pushbutton switch, a cushioning member is placed on at least one of first and second click springs, and the click spring is pressed via the cushioning member, thereby making a first press stroke long. A guide member is provided to guide the motion of a driving member. The driving member is slid along the guide member in the pressing direction of a key top. | ||||||
| 131 | Equipment control panel with operation signal generating switch | US09269558 | 1999-03-30 | US06185108B2 | 2001-02-06 | Michitaka Okura; Tomonori Miyajima |
| An equipment control panel (1) is provided which is capable of preventing malfunction of a control unit (11) arranged in a casing (5) of an equipment or a failure in operation thereof due to discharge of static electricity. An insulating spacer (33) including a conductive shield layer (35) is arranged on a flexible circuit board (15) formed on a main section (15B) thereof with a circuit pattern including contact sections. An insulating cover sheet member (45) is laminated on the insulating spacer (33). The conductive shield layer (35) is arranged so as to be substantially opposite to a circuit pattern (21). The conductive shield layer (35) is so formed that an outer peripheral edge thereof is positioned inside an outer peripheral edge of each of a main section (33B) of the insulating spacer (33) and the insulating cover sheet member (45). The conductive shield layer (35) is covered at the outer peripheral edge thereof with an adhesive layer (51) to keep the conductive shield layer (35) from being externally exposed. | ||||||
| 132 | Membrane touch control panel assembly for an appliance with a glass control panel | US267507 | 1988-11-04 | US4894493A | 1990-01-16 | John M. Smith; Howard R. Bowles |
| 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 harsh temperature environments such as on the backsplash of a range. | ||||||
| 133 | Flexible printed circuit assembly with torsionly rotated conductors | US239105 | 1988-08-31 | US4885430A | 1989-12-05 | Ralph W. Kinser, Jr.; David L. Shriver; Judith A. Layman |
| Conductors of a flexible printed circuit routed through a hollow two axis articulated hinge allow a calculator with rotating case halves to possess a keyboard portion in each half of the case. The conductors routed through the hollow articulated hinge are generally centered about one axis of hinge rotation for approximately half the length of the axis, whereupon they transition by either a U-turn or a jog to continue as centered about the other axis of hinge rotation. The conductors may be an integral part of a flexible membrane keyboard assembly having portions located in both halves of the calculator's case. Strain reliefs at the locations where the conductors traverse the case halves, and two in the hinge, at about the center thereof, limit and apportion the torsional flexing experienced by the conductors. The torsional flexing experienced by the flexible conductors increases the number of cycles of rotation they can undergo without breaking, as compared to conventional bending. The hollow articulated hinge allows one case half to rotate one full revolution about the other, so that the calculator can be opened and held in one hand. By being within the hollow hinge the conductors are protected from injury. | ||||||
| 134 | Multifunction switch incorporating NCAP liquid crystal | US620378 | 1984-06-12 | US4789858A | 1988-12-06 | James L. Fergason; Charles W. McLaughlin |
| A switch apparatus comprising a nematic curvilinearly aligned phases liquid crystal material located between a pair of electrode means wherein a flexible substrate having a conductive segment formed therein may be positioned in a spaced substantially parallel relation to one of the electrode means. The flexible substrate has sufficient flexibility to deflect toward one of the electrode means in response to the application of pressure thereto so that at least a portion of the flexible substrate is deflected toward one of the electrode means to operatively couple the conductive segment to the electrode means to effect an input of information and to cause a display of the same. | ||||||
| 135 | Apparatus for selective backlighting of keys of a keyboard | US12210 | 1987-02-06 | US4772769A | 1988-09-20 | William G. Shumate |
| An apparatus for selective backlighting individual transluscent keys of a terminal keyboard includes a horizontal, double-sided printed circuit board having a number of right angle LEDs equal to the number of backlit keys mounted on its bottom surface. A plurality of clearance holes in the printed circuit board admit a plurality of vertical light pipes that are integral with a transparent substrate. Integral alignment bosses on a bottom surface of the substrate fit precisely in corresponding holes of the printed circuit board. Each light pipe has a rectangular cross section and a 45 degree inclined bottom surface. A horizontal light beam emitted by a LED passes through a vertical wall of a light pipe, strikes its inclined bottom surface, and is reflected up through the light pipe into a recess within a key. The substrate supports a rubber sheet in which the keys are molded and a switch contact layer with printed conductors thereon. Depression of a key presses a conductive shorting pad against the printed conductors, actuating a switch. | ||||||
| 136 | Modular touch sensitive data input device | US860287 | 1986-05-02 | US4771277A | 1988-09-13 | Peter F. Barbee; Jack L. Galloway |
| A touch sensitive data input device is provided for use with the screen of a cathode ray tube. The device has an annular bezel that loosely supports a firm clear backing plate. A rear transparent sheet element that has a coefficient of thermal expansion different from that of the backing plate is loosely retained against the backing plate to avoid deformation induced by differential thermal expansions. A closely spaced apart front transparent element is placed adjacent the rear transparent sheet, their respective adjacent surfaces having mutually orthogonal electrically conductive strips that make local electrical contact when a force is applied to the front element. An annular frame over the front element is secured to the bezel. In one aspect of the invention, a gasket with both sides coated with a resilient bonding material seals the frame to the bezel to protect the zone between the transparent front and rear elements from contamination by environmental pollutants. | ||||||
| 137 | Sheet membrane keyboard and electronic apparatus using same | US784720 | 1985-10-07 | US4736190A | 1988-04-05 | Charles M. Fiorella |
| The present invention is a simplified membrane keyboard employing a single flexible sheet. This membrane keyboard is employed in an electronic apparatus having an external case with a nonconducting keyboard surface. This nonconducting keyboard surface has a plurality of depressions corresponding to key switch positions. The keyboard surface is covered by a keyboard sheet. This keyboard sheet has a flexible membrane with opposed first and second surfaces, the first surface disposed adjacent to and substantially covering the keyboard surface of the external case. An interconnection pattern is placed upon the first surface of the flexible membrane. This interconnection pattern has a plurality of conductors and most particularly has a pair of conductors in proximity at each key switch position. Pressure applied to the second surface of the flexible membrane causes the flexible membrane to flex until the two conductors contact a conductive layer disposed in the bottom of the corresponding depression. This contact causes electrical conduction between the two conductors, thereby giving rise to a closed key operation. In a preferred embodiment graphic matter identifying the key areas of the flexible sheet, that is those areas overlying the depressions, is applied to the second surface of the flexible sheet. This invention is adapted for use in calculators, electronic learning aids, electronic games, small computer systems and other electronic apparatuses which employ keyboards. | ||||||
| 138 | Membrane switch combined with electroluminescent lamp panel | US861485 | 1986-05-09 | US4683360A | 1987-07-28 | Thomas L. Maser |
| An assembly combining a membrane switch and an electroluminescent lamp panel in which the lamp panel is attached to a circuit layer of the membrane switch. | ||||||
| 139 | Low cost electronic apparatus construction method | US702755 | 1985-02-19 | US4635354A | 1987-01-13 | Michael J. Chrobak; Doyle R. Evans |
| The present invention is a low cost electronic apparatus construction method which may be employed for hand held calculators, electronic learning aids and electronic games. This technique involves a simplification in the construction of the apparatus including reduction in the number of piece parts necessary for the assembly. The primary electrical circuit interconnection pattern of the electronic apparatus is printed upon a part of the case of the apparatus which must be nonconducting. This printed circuit pattern together with the construction of the back case includes connection portions for electrical connection to the major components of the apparatus which may include an integrated circuit, a display device and an electrical power source. The primary circuit pattern printed on the back case includes a plurality of interleaved comb key switch positions. The keyboard is constructed employing a plurality of keys aligned in registration with the key switch portions, each key having a shorting bar for causing electrical connection across the key switch portion when the key is depressed. The top case of the apparatus has an aperture for viewing the display device and a plurality of apertures for the keys. In an alternative embodiment, this top case also includes an aperture enabling light to shine on a photovoltaic power cell employed to generate the electric power needed to operate the apparatus. | ||||||
| 140 | Membrane switch | US678985 | 1984-12-06 | US4607147A | 1986-08-19 | Yasuichi Ono; Yoshitada Amagishi; Moritoshi Nakamura |
| A membrane switch comprises an insulating substrate on the surface of which thin-film-like electrodes are formed with a connecting lug section provided integrally at one end of the substrate. Thin-film-like conductive layers continuing from the electrodes are extending up to the connecting lug section and the extended end portions of the conductive layers compose a connecting terminal section. | ||||||
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