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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:
Mar. 08, 1983
Filed:
Mar. 11, 1981
Applicant:
Inventor:
Sidney H Martin, Mellor, GB;
Assignee:
International Computers Limited, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2001 / ; 200 / ; 200 / ;
Abstract
A membrane switch assembly in which portions of a membrane 14 mounted on a base member 11 are belled-outwardly to provide cavities 15, which are positioned so as to overly the location at which conductors 21, 22 are to be connected. The formation of each belled out portion is such that each portion carries electrical contactor means 16, 20 and such that the portion has a circumscribing region 18 which on compression of the portion to cause switch operation allows the membrane 14 to collapse at this region before the membrane is fully compressed.