Electricity: circuit makers and breakers – Multiple circuit control – Multiple switch
Patent
1993-06-18
1996-01-02
Kincaid, Kristine L.
Electricity: circuit makers and breakers
Multiple circuit control
Multiple switch
200343, H01H 1370
Patent
active
054810744
ABSTRACT:
A computer keyboard with multiple rows of cantilevered keys which are flexibly attached to first common mounting strips. The keyboard also has multiple rows of cantilevered sub-members flexibly attached to second common mounting strips, with the sub-members being aligned beneath associated keys. The cantilevered sub-members are in sliding contact with their associated cantilevered keys and induce a tactile "break over" sensation as the associated cantilevered keys are depressed. Each sub-member is designed to actuate a switch contact as the cantilevered key is depressed, whereby the computer keyboard can be constructed without a dome sheet.
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Friedhofer Michael A.
Key Tronic Corporation
Kincaid Kristine L.
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