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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. 09, 2003
Filed:
May. 16, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
David B. Johnson, South Ogdon, UT (US);
Dean B. Childs, Ogden, UT (US);
James A. Elzey, Fruit Heights, UT (US);
Timothy A. Tabor, West Jordan, UT (US);
Assignee:
Bourns, Inc., Riverside, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/22 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/22 ;
Abstract
A potentiometer and logic circuitry attached to a common substrate. In one aspect the potentiometer and logic circuitry is an integrated potentiometer mounted on an upper surface of a circuit board with circuitry on a lower surface of the circuit board. The circuitry conducts the position and movement of the potentiometer into potentiometer output signals.