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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. 01, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2003
Applicants:
Walter B. Schulz, Strongsville, OH (US);
David J. Page, Painesville, OH (US);
Inventors:
Walter B. Schulz, Strongsville, OH (US);
David J. Page, Painesville, OH (US);
Assignee:
Lumitex, Inc., Strongsville, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H009/00 ; H01H013/705 ; H01H001/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Integrated switch and backlight assembly includes a flexible light panel disposed between a circuit board and a keypad for backlighting the keypad. On the back side of the light panel is a back reflector having a plurality of contacts for selectively establishing electrical contact with the circuit board upon actuating selective portions of the keypad to cause corresponding portions of the light panel and back reflector to flex toward the circuit board.