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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 1982
Filed:
Jan. 21, 1980
Applicant:
Inventor:
Edward I Nelson, Sunrise, FL (US);
Assignee:
Burroughs Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
200 / ; 2001 / ; 200283 ; 200340 ;
Abstract
A keyswitch comprising a housing, a plunger which slides in a channel in the housing, a pair of crossed, opposing cantilever beams which have their fixed ends attached to the housing floor and which with their free ends make springing contact with the plunger, and a pair of electrical contacts each of which is attached to a respective cantilever beam. The keyswitch may also include a cam element to achieve switching and a third contact element to create a bounceless switch.