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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.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2015

Filed:

Mar. 13, 2013
Applicant:

Master Lock Company Llc, Oak Creek, WI (US);

Inventors:

Michael B. Jonely, Whitewater, WI (US);

D. Scott Kalous, Kenosha, WI (US);

Assignee:

Master Lock Company LLC, Oak Creek, WI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 9/02 (2006.01); H03K 17/96 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/962 (2013.01); H01H 2215/044 (2013.01); H01H 2217/018 (2013.01); H01H 2217/032 (2013.01); H01H 2219/014 (2013.01); H01H 2219/0622 (2013.01); H03K 2217/960755 (2013.01);
Abstract

A capacitive touch keypad assembly includes a housing, a capacitance sensing substrate disposed within the housing, and a plurality of conducting members. The housing includes a barrier panel and a keypad display disposed on an exterior surface of the barrier panel. The keypad display defines a plurality of key locations each aligned with a corresponding bore in the barrier panel. The capacitance sensing substrate includes a plurality of key sensors in alignment with the corresponding plurality of key locations. Each of the plurality of conducting members has a first end disposed in a corresponding one of the plurality of barrier panel bores and a second end engaging a corresponding one of the plurality of key sensors.


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