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Minebea Company, Limited

Nmb, U.s.a. Inc.

Richard Acosta

Toshisada Takeda

Chatree Sitalasai

Charles L Fauble

Yoshinori Kobayashi

Casey Peterson

An apparatus for a hinged key switch is presented which operates around a hinged pivot point located external to the four points of the key cap, and which comprises a rubber spring providing a vertical bias and an arm with an extension which acts as a stopper when it abuts a raised portion of the mounting plate. The rubber spring is integrally formed from a rubber sheet which is supported on one side by the mounting plate and on the other by the back plate. The stopper extends vertically downward from the key cap and acts to limit the movement of the key in the vertical direction. A horizontal extension from a lower portion of the key cap further extends downward and through a slot in the mounting plate and has a hook which abuts an underside of the mounting plate, such extension from the key cap acting as the pivot point around which the key rotates.

Hinge key switch

A portable foldable keyboard comprised of two housings, each of which contains a key assembly, and a central hinge. The two housings can be slid together when the keyboard is unfolded and they interlock to form a sturdy keyboard having the standard QWERTY keyswitch layout.

Foldable keyboard

Wireless keyboard

A vibration dampening device is of two-piece construction with each piece having an outer plastic backing sheet for a layer of vibration dampening foam material secured to the inner surface of the backing sheet. A layer of pressure sensitive adhesive material is disposed on the inner surface of the vibration dampening foam material, such adhesive material being initially covered by a protective tape. The protective tape is pulled off of the adhesive material of each of such pieces and the two pieces aligned vertically over adjacent strings on either side of the racquet. Thereafter, the two pieces are pressed tightly towards each other to cause the pressure-sensitive adhesive material to adhere together and thereby anchor the two pieces as an integral unit upon the strings.

Vibration dampener for rackets

Disclosed is an establishment designed to facilitate dispensing food or other commodities to customers in automobiles from drive-up stations or windows. The establishment has two of its sides joined in a curved segment with one dispensing window on the curved segment, and dispensing windows on adjacent sides. Multiple egress lanes are disposed such that at least one lane is accessable from each dispensing window even while automobiles are parked at the other windows. The use of a curved segment rather than the typical corner arrangement facilitates using multiple egress lanes to significantly increase traffic flow.

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Newbury Park, CA, United States of America

Richard Acosta