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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. 04, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 9/02 ; H01H 1/370 ; H05K 1/02 ; H05K 7/08 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 9/02 ; H01H 1/370 ; H05K 1/02 ; H05K 7/08 ;
Abstract
A flexible printed circuit (FPC) ( ) and a rubber contact ( ), superposed on this FPC ( ), are received and held in a lower casing ( ) and an upper casing ( ), and key tops ( to ) are mounted on the upper casing ( ), and can open and close respective switch contacts ( ), provided on the FPC ( ), through the rubber contact ( ). Those portions of an upper surface of a bottom wall ( ) of the lower casing ( ), opposed respectively to switch-mounting portions ( to ) of the upper casing ( ), are defined by flat surfaces, respectively, and electronic parts ( ) are mounted in a concentrated manner on those regions of the FPC ( ) disposed respectively on the flat surfaces ( ) of the lower casing ( ).