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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 30, 1978

Filed:

Sep. 27, 1976
Applicant:
Inventor:

Masaharu Satoh, Minoo, JA;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
3403 / ; 200310 ; 307116 ; 357 74 ;
Abstract

A light emitting diode has a metal casing connected to the cathode electrode thereof to protect the light emitting diode from the ambient conditions. Detector circuitry is provided for detecting touch operation by an operator to the metal casing of the light emitting diode. A driver is responsive to the output of the detector circuitry for enabling the light emitting diode when the touch operation is effected to the metal casing of the light emitting diode.


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Satoh, Masaharu. (1978). Key input means having a switching element made of a light emitting diode (U.S. Patent No. 4092640). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/4092640

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