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Method in a snap dome switch keyboard assembly for reducing contact bounce time

US4703139A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 20, 1986
Grant dateOct 27, 1987
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 20, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01H2233/022
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A snap dome switch keyboard assembly including a printed circuit board having dual contact switch sites with piggy-back snap domes, button actuators for each of the piggy-back snap domes, and an elastomeric member arranged between the domes and the button actuators serving as a force transmission member materially reducing the contact bounce time.

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