161 |
Electronic apparatus |
JP16316982 |
1982-09-21 |
JPS5953962A |
1984-03-28 |
SUWA KANAME |
PURPOSE:To obtain a key input part having an excellent characteristics, by inserting an elastic metallic thin plate on which plural key inputting movable contacts are formed, into a frame of an electronic apparatus made of an insulating high polymer. CONSTITUTION:A metallic thin plate 1 is formed by etching, pressing, etc., from a metallic material abounding in elasticity, such as phosphor bronze, stainless steel, etc. Plural semi-spherical dome parts 1a are formed toward the upper direction, on a key input part of this thin plate 1, and a recessed part 1b which projects downward on the contrary is formed in the center part of the dome part 1a, namely, the top part, respectively. This recessed part 1b constitutes a contact part of a key movable contact. On the other hand, as for a frame 2, when ABS resin, styrol resin, etc. are used as its material, the thin plate 1 is insert molded by injection molding. In this way, it is possible to obtain a key input part which decreases the number of parts, is assembled easily and is excellent in its operability. |
162 |
Electronic apparatus |
JP16316782 |
1982-09-21 |
JPS5953960A |
1984-03-28 |
SUWA KANAME |
PURPOSE:To decrease remarkably the number of parts, and to simplify the assembling process, by inserting an elastic metallic thin plate into a frame of an electronic apparatus made of an insulating high polymer and forming a key inputting movable contact on this thin plate. CONSTITUTION:For instance, in case when a thermoplastic material such as ABS resin, styrol resin, etc. is used for a material of a frame 2, a metallic thin plate 1 is inserted molded by injection molding. Also, the uppermost part of a dome part 1a is on the almost same face as the upper face of the frame 2, the side of a recessed part 1b forms an exposed face, too, the upper and lower faces of a connecting part 1c are also exposed, and a key inputting movable contact is contituted. These connecting parts 1c are cut and separated after insert molding, and electric conduction between key blocks and between outside frames is cut off. Also, a surface sheet 4 consists of transparent polyvinyl chloride, etc. having moderate flexibility, and is loaded on a printed substrate 3 together with a resistance, a capacitor, etc. |
163 |
JPS5024770A - |
JP7594473 |
1973-07-05 |
JPS5024770A |
1975-03-17 |
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164 |
ELECTRIC SWITCH |
US15711661 |
2017-09-21 |
US20180082805A1 |
2018-03-22 |
Gerhard FANGMANN |
An electric switch used in an electric device having a motor is provided. The electric switch comprises a switch housing, a plunger extending from the switch housing and switching from an off position into an on position of at least one contact of a contact system arranged within the switch housing via a movement, a circuit board; and a changeover device for changing a direction of rotation of the motor. The changeover device comprises a position encoder operated from outside, the position encoder is directly connected to a contact arm via two contact tongues; one contact tongue interacts with one conducting path to create a contact for the clockwise rotation of the motor in one position of the position encoder, and/or the other contact tongue interacts with other conducting paths to create a contact for the counterclockwise rotation of the motor in another position of the position encoder. |
165 |
Low EMI keypad circuitry |
US13233214 |
2011-09-15 |
US09240295B2 |
2016-01-19 |
Hong Chean Choo; Kien Beng Tan; Gee Heng Loh |
Disclosed is keypad circuitry operable to detect a pressed key while reducing electromagnetic interference (EMI). The keypad circuitry is operable to reduce EMI in two ways: a) reducing the voltage swing occurring at the row circuitry and column circuitry of the keypad, and b) reducing the number of signal transitions by restricting the signal transitions to occurring at the column and row corresponding to a pressed key. By limiting signal transitions to occurring only at the row and column corresponding to a pressed key, fewer signal transitions occur, and thus, less EMI is produced. Additionally, reduced voltage swings at the row circuitry and column circuitry results in reduced EMI. |
166 |
ACCESSORY CONTROLLER FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES |
US14507666 |
2014-10-06 |
US20150021148A1 |
2015-01-22 |
Christopher D. Prest; Claudio V. Di Leo; Jahan C. Minoo |
Accessories such as headsets for electronic devices are provided. A headset may be provided with a button controller assembly that has user-actuated buttons and a microphone. The microphone may be formed by mounting a microphone transducer on a printed circuit board. A housing may be mounted over the transducer to form a sealed cavity for the transducer. Circuitry may be mounted on portions of the printed circuit board that extend beyond the edges of the microphone housing. The button controller assembly may have dome switches. The dome switches may have a housing that encloses dome switch components and that forms a structural internal part for the button controller. The dome switch housing structure may have tabs or other engagement features that mate with corresponding engagement features in a button member. The button member may be pressed by a user to actuate a desired dome switch. |
167 |
Accessory controller for electronic devices |
US14188633 |
2014-02-24 |
US08853581B2 |
2014-10-07 |
Christopher D. Prest; Claudio V. Di Leo; Jahan C. Minoo |
Accessories such as headsets for electronic devices are provided. A headset may be provided with a button controller assembly that has user-actuated buttons and a microphone. The microphone may be formed by mounting a microphone transducer on a printed circuit board. A housing may be mounted over the transducer to form a sealed cavity for the transducer. Circuitry may be mounted on portions of the printed circuit board that extend beyond the edges of the microphone housing. The button controller assembly may have dome switches. The dome switches may have a housing that encloses dome switch components and that forms a structural internal part for the button controller. The dome switch housing structure may have tabs or other engagement features that mate with corresponding engagement features in a button member. The button member may be pressed by a user to actuate a desired dome switch. |
168 |
ACCESSORY CONTROLLER FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES |
US14188633 |
2014-02-24 |
US20140166453A1 |
2014-06-19 |
Christopher D. Prest; Claudio V. Di Leo; Jahan C. Minoo |
Accessories such as headsets for electronic devices are provided. A headset may be provided with a button controller assembly that has user-actuated buttons and a microphone. The microphone may be formed by mounting a microphone transducer on a printed circuit board. A housing may be mounted over the transducer to form a sealed cavity for the transducer. Circuitry may be mounted on portions of the printed circuit board that extend beyond the edges of the microphone housing. The button controller assembly may have dome switches. The dome switches may have a housing that encloses dome switch components and that forms a structural internal part for the button controller. The dome switch housing structure may have tabs or other engagement features that mate with corresponding engagement features in a button member. The button member may be pressed by a user to actuate a desired dome switch. |
169 |
INPUT DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH SAME |
US13819554 |
2011-08-25 |
US20130154942A1 |
2013-06-20 |
Takashi Okada |
An input device includes a substrate, a key top, a magnet, magnetic sensors, and electromagnetic converters. The substrate includes first and second surfaces. The key top is arranged on a first surface side, slides from a reference position in directions parallel to the substrate, and moves in a perpendicular direction. The magnet is fixed on a substrate side, and moves together with the key top. The magnetic sensors are fixed on the second surface, are respectively arranged apart in different directions parallel to the substrate, and detect a position of the magnet. The electromagnetic converters are fixed on the second surface, are respectively arranged apart in different directions parallel to the substrate, are arranged at positions different from the magnetic sensors, and generate magnetic force in a direction in which the magnet is away from the substrate in the perpendicular direction, in accordance with a supply of electrical power. |
170 |
LOW EMI KEYPAD CIRCUITRY |
US13233214 |
2011-09-15 |
US20130069805A1 |
2013-03-21 |
Hong Chean Choo; Kien Beng Tan; Gee Heng Loh |
Disclosed is keypad circuitry operable to detect a pressed key while reducing electromagnetic interference (EMI). The keypad circuitry is operable to reduce EMI in two ways: a) reducing the voltage swing occurring at the row circuitry and column circuitry of the keypad, and b) reducing the number of signal transitions by restricting the signal transitions to occurring at the column and row corresponding to a pressed key. By limiting signal transitions to occurring only at the row and column corresponding to a pressed key, fewer signal transitions occur, and thus, less EMI is produced. Additionally, reduced voltage swings at the row circuitry and column circuitry results in reduced EMI. |
171 |
Accessory controller for electronic devices |
US12703172 |
2010-02-09 |
US08314354B2 |
2012-11-20 |
Christopher D. Prest; Claudio Di Leo; Jahan Minoo |
Accessories such as headsets for electronic devices are provided. A headset may be provided with a button controller assembly that has user-actuated buttons and a microphone. The microphone may be formed by mounting a microphone transducer on a printed circuit board. A housing may be mounted over the transducer to form a sealed cavity for the transducer. Circuitry may be mounted on portions of the printed circuit board that extend beyond the edges of the microphone housing. The button controller assembly may have dome switches. The dome switches may have a housing that encloses dome switch components and that forms a structural internal part for the button controller. The dome switch housing structure may have tabs or other engagement features that mate with corresponding engagement features in a button member. The button member may be pressed by a user to actuate a desired dome switch. |
172 |
Portable Electronic Apparatus |
US13001486 |
2009-06-26 |
US20110105100A1 |
2011-05-05 |
Kensaku Tanaka; Takashi Ito |
A portable electronic apparatus capable of reliably determining whether a load detected by detecting units is caused by water pressure or by some other pressure and performing predetermined control according to the determination. A portable telephone apparatus (1) is provided with operation detecting units (101) and a control unit (103). The operation detecting units (101) are detecting units for detecting pressure caused by a pressing operation. When a pressure is detected by at least one of the operation detecting units (101), the control unit (103) performs first control (for example, control caused by detection of pressure other than water pressure). When even pressures are simultaneously detected by the operation detecting units (101), the control unit (103) performs second control (for example, control caused by detection of water pressure) different from the first control. |
173 |
DEVICE ACTUATED BY KEY OPERATIONS |
US12263192 |
2008-10-31 |
US20090115642A1 |
2009-05-07 |
Tetsuji Omura; Nobuyuki Higashiyama; Hideki Mizuhara |
A PDA as an apparatus actuated by key operations comprises: a substrate; an exothermic semiconductor device provided on a first major surface of the substrate; a plurality of switches provided on a second major surface of the substrate; a key mat located on the side of the second major surface of the substrate; a plurality of pressure conveying portions protruding from one of the major surfaces of the key mat toward each of the plurality of switches, the one of the major surfaces facing the second major surface of the substrate; and a key that is provided on the other major surface of the key mat and that can be pressed down to the key mat. A contact face between the particular switch located within a certain range of the distance from the semiconductor device, and the pressure conveying portion corresponding to the particular switch, has a smaller area as compared to that of a contact face between the non-particular switch, which is a switch other than the particular switch, and the pressure conveying portion corresponding to the non-particular switch. |
174 |
Key sheet module |
US11509081 |
2006-08-24 |
US07528325B2 |
2009-05-05 |
Hidehiko Ide; Isao Miyashita |
A key sheet module comprising a single-sided printed wiring board including a front surface on which a plurality of wiring patterns are provided and a plurality of holes provided at predetermined positions, rear-surface connection parts for the wiring patterns being exposed from the holes on a rear surface of the single-sided printed wiring board, an insulating layer provided on the front surface of the single-sided printed wiring board and having openings, patterns for switching of the wiring patterns and front-surface connection parts of the wiring patterns being exposed in the openings, the front-surface connection parts being connected by a front-surface jumper and the rear-surface connection parts being connected by a rear-surface jumper, respectively. |
175 |
Switch arrays and systems employing the same to enhance system reliability |
US11757271 |
2007-06-01 |
US07439465B2 |
2008-10-21 |
Wayne Parkinson |
An input system is delineated comprising an array of touch regions. At least one touch region is aligned with a sensing structure. The sensing structure comprises a first conductive region; a second conductive region aligned with the first conductive region, the second conductive region including a first conductive pattern forming a first switch terminal and a second conductive pattern forming a second switch terminal, the first conductive pattern separated by a space from the second conductive pattern; and a third conductive region between the first conductive region and the second conductive region, the third conductive region electrically coupling the first switch terminal to the second switch terminal to provide a first indication when the switch is open and a second indication when the switch is closed. Also delineated is a control panel including a plurality of such switches, as well as an appliance including such a control panel. |
176 |
Portable electronic apparatus and BGA package protective device |
US10489498 |
2002-06-07 |
US07436676B2 |
2008-10-14 |
Toshihiro Higuchi; Shotaro Nagaike; Taku Yamada; Yoji Inomata |
A portable electronic device in which microswitches (12) controlled by operation buttons (11) are mounted on one side of a printed circuit board (13), and circuit elements accommodated in BGA packages (14), (15) and (16) are soldered on the other side of the printed circuit board. In the portable electronic device, a shield wall (22) for surrounding the BGA packages (14), (15) and (16) is mounted on the printed circuit board (13), a first protrusion portion (18b) for holding down the shield wall (22) on the printed circuit board (13) is protruded from a case (18) of the portable electronic device (10), and second protrusion portion (18c) for holding down surfaces of the BGA packages (14); (15) and (16) on the printed circuit board (13) is protruded from the case (18) of the portable electronic device (10). With such a construction, the BGA packages are prevented from being peeled off from the printed circuit board (13). Further, even when the push buttons are frequently depressed in playing a game, the soldering parts of the BGA packages mounted on the back side of the operation button can be maintained in good conditions. |
177 |
Method of manufacturing a switch panel to be disposed close to a magnetic sensor |
US11591578 |
2006-11-02 |
US07350285B2 |
2008-04-01 |
Hideki Mitsuoka; Hiromichi Koyama |
A method of manufacturing a movable contact unit includes manufacturing a movable contact, sticking the movable contact to a base sheet made of insulating resin, and applying demagnetization to the movable contact so that the residual magnetic flux density is smaller than the operation magnetic flux density of the magnetic sensor. In manufacturing the movable contact, elastic metal plate material is processed into a downwardly opening dome shape to form the movable contact. In a method of manufacturing a switch panel, the movable contact unit is overlaid on a wiring board having a contact, including pair an outer fixed contact and a central fixed contact, that corresponds to the movable contact so that the lower end of the outer periphery of the movable contact is mounted on the outer fixed contact. |
178 |
SWITCH ARRAYS AND SYSTEMS EMPLOYING THE SAME TO ENHANCE SYSTEM RELIABILITY |
US11757271 |
2007-06-01 |
US20070278082A1 |
2007-12-06 |
Wayne Parkinson |
An input system is delineated comprising an array of touch regions. At least one touch region is aligned with a sensing structure. The sensing structure comprises a first conductive region; a second conductive region aligned with the first conductive region, the second conductive region including a first conductive pattern forming a first switch terminal and a second conductive pattern forming a second switch terminal, the first conductive pattern separated by a space from the second conductive pattern; and a third conductive region between the first conductive region and the second conductive region, the third conductive region electrically coupling the first switch terminal to the second switch terminal to provide a first indication when the switch is open and a second indication when the switch is closed. Also delineated is a control panel including a plurality of such switches, as well as an appliance including such a control panel. |
179 |
Keyboard and membrane switch for keyboard |
US11543905 |
2006-10-06 |
US20070209920A1 |
2007-09-13 |
Masahiro Yanagi; Shigemi Kurashima; Hideki Iwata; Takashi Yuba; Masahiro Kaneko; Yuriko Segawa; Takashi Arita |
A disclosed keyboard includes a housing with a base member, a top plane member, and a membrane switch installed inside the housing. The membrane switch has a first resin sheet, a second resin sheet, and a spacer resin sheet arranged between the first and second resin sheets. The membrane switch includes a UWB flat antenna that has an antenna element pattern formed on the first resin sheet, a microwave transmission line extending from the antenna element pattern, and a ground pattern arranged in a position facing the antenna element pattern. |
180 |
Method for manufacturing low cost electroluminescent (EL) illuminated membrane switches |
US10608370 |
2003-06-27 |
US07255622B2 |
2007-08-14 |
William C. Stevenson; James Lau |
A method for manufacturing low cost electroluminescent (EL) illuminated membrane switches is disclosed. The method includes the steps of die cutting, embossing or chemically etching the metal foil surface of a metal foil bonded, light transmitting flexible electrical insulation to simultaneously form one or more front capacitive electrodes, membrane switch contacts and electrical shunt, electrical distribution means and electrical terminations that together form a flexible printed circuit panel. This continuous flexible printed circuit substrate is then used with a precisely positioned indexing system. |