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 Keyboard having sudden trip tactile effect keys

Details
Inventors: Petit, Julien;
Assignee: Orega Electronique et Mecanique (FR)
Primary Examiner: Shepperd; John W.
Assistant Examiner:
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The invention relates to a keyboard having sudden trip tactile effect keys. Such a keyboard comprises a flexible and conducting foil stamped with protuberances, each of them having a central upper flat part, with an area less than the area of the base of the protuberance, and a lateral part, connecting the central part to the base of the protuberance, and comprising or not substantially flat counter-shapes, which is deformed and touches a contact zone of a printed circuit placed therebelow, when a pressure is exerted on the central part. These keyboards find applications in remote-control boxes or else in pocket calculating machines.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION I claim: 1.
A keyboard device comprising a flexible foil having protuberances and being conductive at least under these protuberances, said flexible foil being placed above a printed circuit board having conducting contact zones at least below said protuberances, and wherein said protuberances of said flexible foil are made of two parts: a central upper part which is approximately flat and parallel to said flexible foil; and a lateral part connecting said central upper part to the base of the protuberance, said lateral part having an approximately frusto conical shape, the larger part of said cone being its base joining said flexible foil and said protuberance, and its smaller part being its upper part joining said lateral part and said central upper part, said frusto-conical lateral part comprising several counter-parts which produce hollowed shapes related to the conical surface of said lateral part; said upper and lateral parts being so dimensioned that a pressure exerted on said upper part keeps it parallel to and separated from said flexible foil, but produces a sudden and reversible deformation of said lateral part so that said hollowed counter-parts touch corresponding contact zones on the printed circuit board.
2.
A keyboard device according to claim 1, wherein the flexible foil with its protuberances is made of a thermoplastic material foil covered on its lower face, at least under said protuberances, with a conducting material deposit.
3.
A keyboard device according to claim 2, wherein an insulating foil is placed between said flexible foil and said printed circuit board, said insulating foil being pierced with holes below said protuberances of said flexible foil.
4.
A keyboard device according to any of claims 1 to 3, wherein the lateral part comprises four counter-parts symmetrically disposed around it.




Description:
The present invention concerns keyboards having keys with a sudden trip tactile effect, thus giving the user the very distinct feeling of having established a contact, contrary to keyboards having touch contact keys


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