| 序号 | 专利名 | 申请号 | 申请日 | 公开（公告）号 | 公开（公告）日 | 发明人 |
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| 121 | Keyboard with keys for moving cursor | US09549080 | 2000-04-15 | US06313762B1 | 2001-11-06 | Robert J. Crowley; Donald N. Halgren |
| The present invention comprises a signal generator for sending an electrical signal from an expandable, flexible layer of material, the signal generator comprising an upper layer of flexible, resilient material and a lower layer of flexible, resilient material which between them define a cavity for enclosing an expandable material such as a cellular foam or gas, whereupon localized distortion of one of the layers of flexible material, effects a signal generation within the structure, which is transmissible through a proper circuit to an outside electrical device. A circuit may be arranged adjacent a plurality of said keys which senses when several of said keys are depressed in a skewed or sideways manner, so as to effect movement of a cursor or pointer on a monitor in communication with a processing unit and said keyboard. | ||||||
| 122 | Keyboard with keys for moving cursor | US974356 | 1997-11-19 | US06052071A | 2000-04-18 | Robert J. Crowley; Donald N. Halgren |
| The present invention comprises a signal generator for sending an electrical signal from an expandable, flexible layer of material, the signal generator comprising an upper layer of flexible, resilient material and a lower layer of flexible, resilient material which between them define a cavity for enclosing an expandable material such as a cellular foam or gas, whereupon localized distortion of one of the layers of flexible material, effects a signal generation within the structure, which is transmissible through a proper circuit to an outside electrical device. A circuit may be arranged adjacent a plurality of said keys which senses when several of said keys are depressed in a skewed or sideways manner, so as to effect movement of a cursor or pointer on a monitor in communication with a processing unit and said keyboard. | ||||||
| 123 | Impact absorbing keyboard, contoured to the natural shape of the hand and method of using | US957964 | 1997-10-21 | US5899616A | 1999-05-04 | Leslie S. Caplan |
| An ergonomic adaptation to a keyboard, including a plurality of pads, or key pillows, preferably formed together into a key pillow tablet. The key pillows either replace or fit over keys of a keyboard to advantageously alter the consistency, texture and/or shape of the traditional keys. In alternative embodiments, each of the key pillows may be formed individually to replace or fit over some or all of the keyboard keys. The key pillow tablet further includes raised pads at the front of the keyboard on which the palms may rest during typing to maintain a satisfactorily low angle of the fingers with respect to the elbow. The adaptation may either be an attachment to a keyboard or may be integrally formed to a keyboard during the keyboard's manufacture. | ||||||
| 124 | Keyboard with keys for moving cursor | US564631 | 1995-11-29 | US5691716A | 1997-11-25 | Robert J. Crowley; Donald N. Halgren |
| The present invention comprises a signal generator for sending an electrical signal from an expandable, flexible layer of material, the signal generator comprising an upper layer of flexible, resilient material and a lower layer of flexible, resilient material which between them define a cavity for enclosing an expandable material such as a cellular foam or gas, whereupon localized distortion of one of the layers of flexible material, effects a signal generation within the structure, which is transmissible through a proper circuit to an outside electrical device. A circuit may be arranged adjacent a plurality of said keys which senses when several of said keys are depressed in a skewed or sideways manner, so as to effect movement of a cursor or pointer on a monitor in communication with a processing unit and said keyboard. | ||||||
| 125 | Manually operated trigger or switch lever for electric appliance | US368725 | 1995-01-04 | US5579902A | 1996-12-03 | Willy Kress |
| For a manually operated trigger or switch lever for electric appliances, particularly hand-held electric appliances, such as a portable drill, screwdriver, drilling hammer, grinder, right angle grinder, etc., which, when the appliance is started up, is shifted by the action of pressure applied by the operator and, at the same time, brings about switching processes (switching on and off, accelerating, switching over, reversing) in the appliance, at least the surface of the trigger, which comes in contact with the fingers or a portion of the hand of the operator when pressure is exerted, has at least one elastomeric coating. | ||||||
| 126 | Illuminated soft feel button | US435756 | 1995-05-05 | US5536543A | 1996-07-16 | John Papandreou |
| An illuminated plastic lighting of alphanumeric symbols, such as letters, numbers or words, in soft feel buttons is provided, wherein a translucent rigid base portion is covered with a soft opaque plastic. The opaque plastic has the same thickness as a raised protrusion bearing the desired alphanumeric symbol. The opaque plastic coating is applied in a fluid condition to the top level of the alphanumeric symbol, for revealing the alphanumeric symbol through a recess in the opaque elastomeric coating material. A light source is placed at the bottom of the translucent base portion. The soft feel button is specially useful for making lighted buttons and more particularly, for soft feel buttons for automobile dashboards and the like. | ||||||
| 127 | Inflatable keyboard | US98851 | 1993-07-29 | US5459461A | 1995-10-17 | Robert J. Crowley; Donald N. Halgren |
| The present invention includes a flexible, pressurizable keyboard made of resilient layers of plastic material, with molded keys which are deformable when pressed so as to send a signal to an electrical device. The keys are arranged with a flexible electrical circuit thereattached, which when depressed, establish a proper complete circuit. | ||||||
| 128 | Switch controller | US978876 | 1992-11-19 | US5340953A | 1994-08-23 | Paul B. Krebs; Shawn R. Irwin |
| A switch controller having a housing cover with a central ridge and opposed top surfaces which incline downwardly away from the central ridge. The top surfaces also incline on progressing from one end of the housing to the opposite end. A pair of footpads are mounted on the upper surface of the housing and incline consistently with their associated portions of the housing surfaces. The under surfaces of the footpads have spaced apart contact points thereon. Underlying the contact points are associated switches which are actuated by pressing downwardly on selected regions of the footpads. Fulcrum means are disposed between the associated pairs of contact points and switches to inhibit simultaneous actuation of adjacent switches. | ||||||
| 129 | Cushioning means for keyboard keys | US583519 | 1990-09-17 | US5290115A | 1994-03-01 | Karen K. Little |
| A cushioning apparatus for reducing the impact felt by the fingertips of a typist using a keyboard. A conventional keyboard includes a plurality of keys, each corresponding to at least one character or number, and each having a hard keytop. According to the invention, a pad is attached or applied to each keytop, each pad being substantially softer than the associated hard keytop. Each pad has a flat top surface, with a legend thereon indicating the keytop to which it is attached. Each pad also has a flat bottom surface, with adhesive applied thereto, and a single sheet of release paper removably applied to the adhesive for all the pads, the adhesive being provided for attaching the pad to the respective keytop, or to the top of another pad, to provide additional thickness of padding. | ||||||
| 130 | Artificial hand and digit therefor | US483180 | 1990-02-22 | US5200679A | 1993-04-06 | Douglas F. Graham |
| A robotic hand, claw manipulator or a prosthetic device includes plural artificial digits, each having a guide and plural phalanges. First and second cables have a first end fixedly connected to spaced first and second points on a digit distal tip, respectively, and a second end driven by a reversible motor. The cables are positioned and connected to the reversible motor, the two points and a guide arrangement so that in response to the motor being activated in a first direction the first cable exerts a tensile force on the first point and a compressive force on elements of the guide arrangement to cause one of the phalanges to be urged from a bent position toward a straight position and in response to the motor being activated in a second direction the second cable exerts a tensile force on the second point and a compressive force on elements of guide arrangement to cause the phalanx to be urged away from the straight position. | ||||||
| 131 | Force transducer | US404266 | 1982-08-02 | US4493219A | 1985-01-15 | Larry L. Sharp; Mark Klosinski |
| An energy conversion and transmission device is disclosed which, in its preferred embodiment, has a rigid substrate with a resistive area printed on its top surface, a spacer of non-conductive material with an aperture therethrough positioned in register with the rigid substrate resistive area, and a flexible substrate with a resistive area printed on its bottom surface in register with the aperture and the rigid substrate resistive area so that application of a force to the flexible substrate with an elastomeric actuator will move the flexible substrate resistive area to establish an electrical contact area with the rigid substrate resistive area, which electrical contact area increases and, thus, the resistivity of that area decreases as the applied force increases. Thus, when an electrical potential is applied across the two resistive areas, current flow through the two resistive areas increases as the applied force increases. Capacitive, inductive and other embodiments of the device are also disclosed. | ||||||
| 132 | Key-board switch unit | US249361 | 1981-03-31 | US4348557A | 1982-09-07 | Ryoichi Sado |
| The invention provides a novel key-board switch unit comprising a printed circuit board having fixed contact points and fixed terminals formed thereon and a covering sheet member having patch-like flexible contacting sheet members bonded on the lower surface thereof and fastened together by means of screw bolts or the like means with a spacer sheet having openings sandwiched therebetween, each of the flexible contacting sheet members being large enough to cover at least one fixed contact point and at least one fixed terminal. Different from conventional ones, the inventive switch unit is assembled together by fastening with screw bolts penetrating the fixed terminals on the printed circuit board so that most reliable electric connection is obtained across the opening in the spacer sheet between the fixed terminal and the flexible contacting sheet member on the covering sheet member which also serves as a movable contact point with the fixed contact point on the printed circuit board. | ||||||
| 133 | KEY SHEET | EP08791079 | 2008-07-11 | EP2172959A4 | 2012-08-22 | KUNTHADY TEDI; ARAI MASAMI; NISHI KENGO; TAKEZAWA YUTAKA; HIKITA ATUSHI |
| 134 | Decorative sheet, decorative molded body, decorative key sheet, and decorative sheet manufacturing method | EP08007693.8 | 2008-04-21 | EP2000327A3 | 2011-03-09 | Kunthady, Tedi; Arai, Masami |
Provided are a decorative sheet which is enhanced in durability of an edge portion of a soft feel layer thereof and which is unlikely to suffer breakage, a method of manufacturing such a decorative sheet, a decorative molded batly, and a decorative key sheet. A compressed portion (2a) formed by crushing a foam layer (2) in a thickness direction is provided at a side surface of an edge portion of a decorative sheet (A1) with a soft touch feeling. The compressed portion (2a) is exposed in the side surface at the end portion of the foam layer (2) constituting a soft feel layer (3), so a decorative sheet (A1) which is unlikely to suffer breakage can be obtained. Thus, a decorative sheet of higher durability can be provided as compared with a conventional decorative sheet with a soft touch feeling in which the foam layer (2) is exposed.
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| 135 | KEY SHEET | EP08791079.0 | 2008-07-11 | EP2172959A1 | 2010-04-07 | KUNTHADY, Tedi; ARAI, Masami; NISHI, Kengo; TAKEZAWA, Yutaka; HIKITA, Atushi |
Provided is a key sheet which has a soft touch feeling and in which elaborate and highly visible display portions can be provided. In a key sheet (23) including: a translucent base sheet (5); and a soft-feel layer which is laminated on a front surface side of the base sheet (5), includes a plurality of display portions (25a) representing key types such as letters, numerals, and symbols, and has a soft touch feeling, the soft-feel layer includes a translucent skin layer (24) having the soft touch feeling and decorative portions (25) which are provided on a back surface of the skin layer (24) and are visible through the skin layer (24). Further, light emitted from an inside of a device transmits through the base sheet (5) so as to reach the decorative portions (25), and hence it is possible to obtain an illumination-type key sheet (23) excellent in illumination property and of wider variety. |
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| 136 | Decorative sheet, decorative molded body, decorative key sheet, and decorative sheet manufacturing method | EP08007693.8 | 2008-04-21 | EP2000327A2 | 2008-12-10 | Kunthady, Tedi; Arai, Masami |
Provided are a decorative sheet which is enhanced in durability of an edge portion of a soft feel layer thereof and which is unlikely to suffer breakage, a method of manufacturing such a decorative sheet, a decorative molded batly, and a decorative key sheet. A compressed portion (2a) formed by crushing a foam layer (2) in a thickness direction is provided at a side surface of an edge portion of a decorative sheet (A1) with a soft touch feeling. The compressed portion (2a) is exposed in the side surface at the end portion of the foam layer (2) constituting a soft feel layer (3), so a decorative sheet (A1) which is unlikely to suffer breakage can be obtained. Thus, a decorative sheet of higher durability can be provided as compared with a conventional decorative sheet with a soft touch feeling in which the foam layer (2) is exposed.
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| 137 | Key switch | EP01308927.1 | 2001-10-19 | EP1205954B1 | 2007-05-09 | Tsuji, Akihiro, R & D Center of |
| 138 | Buffering protective handheld controller | EP04001665.1 | 2004-01-27 | EP1560238B1 | 2007-02-28 | Huang, Hsien-Ta |
| 139 | INNENAUSSTATTUNGSTEIL FÜR EIN FAHRZEUG UND VERFAHREN ZU SEIN ER HERSTELLUNG | EP04707217.8 | 2004-02-02 | EP1592575A2 | 2005-11-09 | RAKERS, Michael; STOSCHEK, Olaf; KARACSONYI, Tamas; CZINKI, Alexander; GÜNTHER, Benjamin; CARSTEN, Holger; KURT, Hasan; GALL, Hugues; SCHMAUL, Michael; BELLENBERG, Christoph; VAN DEN BEUKEL, Arie; HELMICH, Philipp; SCHULZ, Joachim; VISSERS, Johannes |
| An interior fitting for a vehicle, particularly for a motor vehicle, comprises a supporting body, which is provided, at least in areas, with a sensor-functional planar structure and with a covering layer that is located on the side facing the interior. Different output signals can be generated by means of the planar structure according to the location of action thereupon. According to the invention, the covering layer is flexibly designed and completely covers the sensor-functional planar structure. | ||||||
| 140 | FOIL-TYPE SWITCHING ELEMENT | EP03799545.3 | 2003-12-08 | EP1570498A1 | 2005-09-07 | BIECK, Werner; CHABACH, Driss; DECOSTER, Yves; KIRSCH, Aloyse |
| A foil-type switching element comprises a first carrier foil and a second carrier foil arranged at a certain distance from each other by means of a spacer, said spacer comprising at least one recess defining an active area of the switching element. At least two electrodes are arranged in the active area of the switching element between said first and second carrier foils in such a way that, in response to a pressure acting on the active area of the switching element, the first and second carrier foils are pressed together against the reaction force of the elastic carrier foils and an electrical contact is established between the at least two electrodes. According to the invention at least one of said first and second carrier foils comprises a multi-layered configuration with an inner supporting foil and an outer elastic activation layer for introducing a force acting on the switching element into a central region of said active area of said switching element. | ||||||
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