Nec Corporation

Oea, Inc.

Toshio Shimada

Brent A Parks

Brian K Hamilton

James L Baglini

Toshiro Kitazaki

Masasuke Morita

A hybrid inflator comprises an inflator housing, a pressurized medium contained within the inflator housing, and a propellant contained within the inflator housing ranging from about 0.5 grams to about 20 grams. The pressurized medium is released from the inflator housing and the propellant is ignited to produce propellant gases.

Compact hybrid inflator

A keyboard apparatus comprises a row of control keys operated by the left-hand thumb of an operator, a row of control keys operated by the operator's right-hand thumb, a first group of data entry keys arranged in a matrix of three rows and five columns in a first working area to be operated by the operator's first to fourth left-hand fingers, and a second group of data entry keys arranged in the same manner as the first in a second working area to be operated by the operator's first to fourth right-hand fingers. The first and second working areas are oriented so that the columns of the first and second groups are generally aligned with the left- and right-hand fingers, respectively. Responsive to operation of each control key, the function of the data entry keys is changed so that when a first control key is operated virtual cursor keys are formed in one of the working areas and when a second control key is operated virtual ten digit keys are formed by some of the data entry keys in one of the working areas, and when a third control key is operated virtual instruction keys are formed in the working areas for entering basic processing instruction data, symbols and characters.

Keyboard apparatus having separate working areas with thumb-operated

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Tokyo, Japan

Toshio Shimada