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Method of manufacturing an electronic calculator utilizing a flexible carrier

US4081898A · kind A · utility

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26Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMay 5, 1976
Grant dateApr 4, 1978
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Expiry dateMay 5, 1996

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/49105
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Electronic calculators are manufactured by use of a flexible insulative carrier, the carrier being a tape-like-plastic substrate a single length of which is sufficient to manufacture a plurality of the electronic calculators, wherein conductor patterns are formed on the carrier, a keyboard is formed on the carrier using selected portions of the aforementioned conductors as keyboard switch contacts and semiconductor devices are interconnected with selected conductors formed on the carrier.

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