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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2003
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kazuki Ohashi, Hashima, JP;
Assignee:
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 1/3702 ; H05K 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 1/3702 ; H05K 7/00 ;
Abstract
A membrane switch is constituted of a lower membrane sheet, an upper membrane sheet and a spacer sheet which is inserted between both sheets, and a spring sheet which is formed of a thin metal plate arranged over the upper membrane sheet. A pair of slits formed in the spring sheet at positions corresponding to both sides of an upper electrode of the upper membrane sheet defines a switch portion in the spring sheet. When a key top is pushed down, the switch portion of the spring sheet is pushed down by a pushdown projection of the membrane switch to bring the upper electrode into contact with a lower electrode.