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Polymeric piezoelectric key actuated device
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Inventors: Ohigashi, Hiroji; Shigenari, Reiko; Ogawa, Syozo; Sekine, Nobuo;
Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc. (Tokyo, JA)
Primary Examiner: Budd; Mark O.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Haseltine, Lake & Waters
A key input device which forms a key switch with high reliability or an integrated keyboard with small dimensions which can produce coded signals with high reliability and a S/N ratio of high value without any encoder circuits, comprising a piezoelectric polymer film, applied as a pressure sensor, having layer electrodes on both surfaces thereof and at least one device for straining the film, the straining device defining a key. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION What we claim is: 1.
A electrically non-contact key input device comprising a piezoelectric polymer film having layer electrodes on both surfaces thereof, and means for straining said film so that said film is extended or contracted along the surface of said film, said straining means defining a key, said straining means comprising a snap action elastic plate with an upwardly convex surface, said film being adhered to said plate in such a manner that said film is contracted along the surface thereof together with said snap action plate upon downward depression.
2.
An electrically non-contact key input device according to claim 1, further comprising a key bar with a key top, said key bar being arranged so that it can be forced vertically against said elastic plate.
3.
An electrically non-contact key input device according to claim 1, comprising a plurality of holding means for said plate, said elastic plate having areas where snap actions are exerted individually, said holding means being applied to said polymer film at said areas-thereof individually, said holding means and said corresponding areas of said plate defining individual keys, each area of said film having at least one pair of said electrodes.
4.
An electrically non-contact key input device according to claim 3, comprising two sheets of said piezoelectric film, which are stuck on respective surfaces of said plate.
5.
An electrically non-contact key input device according to claim 1, wherein said piezoelectric polymer film is made of polymeric material selected from the group consisting of polyvinylidene fluoride, polyvinyl fluoride, polyacrylonitrile, polyvinyl chloride, polyvinylidene chloride, poly- .
gamma.
-benzyl-L (or D)-glutamate, poly- .
gamma.
-methyl-L (or D)-glutamate, and nylon 11.
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An electrically non-contact key input device according to claim 1, wherein said piezoelectric film has a piezoelectric d-constant having a value more than 10.
sup.
.
sup.
-12 C/N, and a piezoelectric g-constant having a value more than 10
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