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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:
Dec. 02, 1986
Filed:
Jun. 18, 1984
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard H Noens, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Leonard E Russell, Algonquin, IL (US);
Assignee:
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; H04M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
3403 / ; 3403 / ;
Abstract
A membrane keyboard is provided having a first and second plurality of connectors extending therefrom. The first plurality of connectors is attached at one end to a number of switches on the keyboard and at the other end to a processing circuit apart from the keyboard. One end of the second plurality of connectors is also connected to the processing circuit. A third set of connectors is utilized to connect the ends of the second plurality of connectors on the keyboard in a manner to identify the keyboard to the processing circuit.