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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2001
Jeffrey P. Hughes, Lawrenceville, GA (US);
Joel P. Jenkins, Lawrenceville, GA (US);
William G. Mahoney, Suwanee, GA (US);
Bart F. Spriester, Atlanta, GA (US);
Joshua C. Yi, Norcross, GA (US);
Scientific-Atlanta, Inc., Lawrenceville, GA (US);
Abstract
A bypass switch ( ) for use in an electronic device ( ) includes a substrate ( ) on which first, second, and third terminals ( ) are mounted and an electrically conductive primary element ( ), having first and second opposing ends, mounted to a bottom surface of the substrate ( ) and electrically coupled to the first terminal ( ) at its first end and to the second terminal ( ) at its second end. The switch ( ) also includes an electrically conductive bypass element ( ), having first and second opposing ends, mounted to the bottom surface of the substrate ( ) and electrically coupled to the third terminal ( ) at its first end and vertically aligned, at its second end, with the second end of the primary element ( ). A switch actuator ( ) is mechanically coupled to the bypass element ( ), extends through the substrate ( ), and has an actuating surface ( ) accessible at a top surface, opposite the bottom surface, of the substrate ( ). A downward force exerted upon the actuating surface ( ) of the actuator ( ) forces the second end of the bypass element ( ) away from the second end of the primary element ( ), thereby electrically decoupling the bypass element ( ) and the third terminal ( ) from the first and second terminals ( ).