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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:
Jul. 19, 1983
Filed:
Jun. 08, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:
Donald A Long, Anderson, IN (US);
Thomas R Sowash, Anderson, IN (US);
Assignee:
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2001 / ; 200292 ; 200340 ;
Abstract
A printed circuit board carrying a keyboard switch is mounted perpendicularly to a switch panel. An actuator having a push button portion extending through an aperture in the panel is pivotally mounted for movement about an axis parallel to both the panel and the circuit board. An operator portion of the actuator extends into contact with the switch so that a force on the push button generally parallel to the circuit board effects switch operation in a direction perpendicular to the circuit board.