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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:
Oct. 15, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Anthony J. Van Zeeland, Mesa, AZ (US);
David VanZoest, Mesa, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Duraswitch Industries, Inc., Mesa, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 9/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 9/00 ;
Abstract
A magnetically coupled pushbutton switch has a coupler magnet layer that normally holds an electrically conductive magnetic armature spaced from a substrate layer. An overlay having an overlay electrical conductor formed thereon covers the pushbutton switch. The overlay electrical conductor, which electrically contacts a crown on the armature, is part of a set of electrical conductors that is normally closed. When a user provided actuation force causes the armature to break away from the coupler magnet layer, the set of electrical conductors is opened.