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"It is my heart-warmed and world-embracing Christmas hope and aspiration that all of us, the high, the low, the rich, the poor, the admired, the despised, the loved, the hated, the civilized, the savage (every man and brother of us all throughout the whole earth), may eventually be gathered together in a heaven of everlasting rest and peace and bliss, except the inventor of the telephone. "
Mark Twain ; Christmas greetings, 1890
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120048706 | PORTABLE TERMINAL A portable terminal includes a first substrate, a circuit pattern unit formed on an upper surface of the first substrate to configure a circuit, the circuit pattern unit having at least one dome contact portion, and a second substrate laminated on the circuit pattern un... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120018288 | KEYPAD HAVING TAMPER-RESISTANT KEYS A tamper resistant keypad includes one or more key assemblies having a resilient key member and a contact. The resilient key member is configured to flex when the key assembly is depressed to allow the contact to close a key press detection circuit on a circuit board to... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20110303520 | DOUBLE ACTION ELECTRICAL SWITCH WITH A TACTILE EFFECT A switch comprising a first peripheral contact; a second peripheral contact; a third central fixed contact; a movable contact element which can be displaced and deformed elastically from a stable rest state comprising a peripheral zone capable of bearing simultaneously ... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110297524 | MULTIPLE-POLE SINGLE-THROW DOME SWITCH ASSEMBLIES Multiple-pole single-throw dome switch assemblies for electronic devices and methods for creating the same are provided. For example, a switch assembly may include a deformable dome that may have a conductive inner surface. The switch assembly may also include three con... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110266128 | Keypad System and Keypad with Enhanced Secutiry In one form, a keypad includes a substrate and a flexible membrane disposed above a top surface of the substrate. The substrate has the top surface, a first conductor below the top surface, an insulator layer separating the first conductor from the top surface, and a se... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110226601 | METAL DOME PRESSURE SWITCH Disclosed is a pressure switch that utilizes a dome switch having a flange surrounding the dome. The flange is anchored to a substrate such that the dome portion is in contact with a contact pad on the substrate. A pressure medium applied through passageways in the subs... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110227763 | Haptic Keyboard Assemblies, Systems and Methods Various embodiments provide keyboards that utilize electrically-deformable material as an actuating mechanism to provide haptic feedback to a user of the keyboard. In at least some embodiments, the electrically-deformable material is utilized to impart, to a depressed k... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110214728 | Electronic devices including transparent conductive coatings including carbon nanotubes and nanowire composites, and methods of making the same Certain example embodiments of this invention relate to large-area transparent conductive coatings (TCCs) including carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and nanowire composites, and methods of making the same. The σdc/σopt ratio of such thin films may be impr... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110209975 | KEYPAD ASSEMBLY A keypad assembly is described herein in which the keypad assembly includes a substrate and a plurality of domes positioned on the substrate and configured to translate operator action into a corresponding input for a machine. The keypad assembly also includes a dome ov... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110204146 | SHEET SWITCH, SENSING MECHANISM, AND CARD READER Provided is a sheet switch suitable as a sensing mechanism to sense the removal of a subordinate device from a host device. Specifically, the sheet switch is provided with a contact electrode formed in a dome shape with a conductive metal, a counter electrode disposed f... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110186413 | KEYBOARD DOME OVERLAY STRUCTURE A dome overlay structure for a mobile device keyboard includes a plurality of dome switches, a circuit board disposed beneath the plurality of dome switches with each dome switch electrically coupled to the circuit board, a main overlay disposed over the plurality of do... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110186414 | DOME SWITCH INTEGRATED TOUCH WINDOW FOR MOBILE TERMINAL A dome switch integrated touch window for a mobile terminal includes a lower substrate, a dome switch, a spacer sheet, and an upper substrate. A dome switch is disposed on a lower substrate to correspond to a contact terminal. The dome switch extends through a spacer sh... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110163999 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND TOUCH CONTROL DEVICE THEREOF A touch control device includes a bracket, a first circuit board and a second circuit board electrically connected to each other, and a light guiding sheet. The first circuit board is disposed on the bracket, and the first circuit board has at least one light emitting e... | 07/07/2011 |
| 20110120848 | LUMINOUS KEYBOARD A luminous keyboard includes plural keycaps, a membrane circuit board, at least one light-emitting element, and a lower cover. The plural keycaps, the membrane circuit board and the light-emitting element are supported on the lower cover. In addition, the lower cover of... | 05/26/2011 |
| 20110120850 | SWITCH ASSEMBLY CONSTRUCTIONS Electronic devices are provided with switch assembly input components that can have adhesives adhered to the side and/or bottom surfaces of support plates for retaining switches between the adhesives and the tops of the support plates. The switch assembly input componen... | 05/26/2011 |
| 20110089011 | SWITCH MODULE A switch module including a light source element is provided that obtains slimming down and a sufficient click feeling and suitably irradiates a key portion, while suppressing manufacturing cost. A switch module is disposed to face a key portion. The switch module inclu... | 04/21/2011 |
| 20110083951 | FITTING A LIGHT GUIDE SHEET TO A KEYPAD USING PROTRUSIONS In an embodiment, the invention provides a keypad assembly comprising a keypad, a light guide sheet, a dome sheet, and a board. The keypad comprises at least one protrusion and at least one rib. The light guide sheet has openings that are smaller than a first portion of... | 04/14/2011 |
| 20110080179 | MULTIDIRECTIONAL SWITCH MEMBER AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING SAME A multidirectional switch member and an electronic device includes an operation plate in which a pressing operation may be performed in a plurality of directions including four standard directions and a median direction extending between the four standard directions, a ... | 04/07/2011 |
| 20110079499 | DOME SHEET STRUCTURE INCLUDING LIGHT GUIDE FILM AND MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL INCLUDING THE DOME SHEET STRUCTURE A dome sheet structure of a mobile communication terminal may include: a metal dome covering a contact point printed on a printed circuit board; and a light guide film disposed on the metal dome. The light guide film may be bonded with the metal dome in a bonding area, ... | 04/07/2011 |
| 20110036701 | CLOSED-AIR CUSHIONED KEY SWITCH STRUCTURE A closed-air cushioned key switch structure includes an electrical board having multiple contacts, and multiple key switch bodies arranged above the contacts of the electrical board, each key switch body having top press portion for clicking by a user, a conductor at th... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20100328113 | KEYPAD MEMBRANE SECURITY In an exemplary embodiment, a security sensor is present in a POS terminal between the keypad and a processor. The security sensor is configured to detect an unauthorized probe through the keypad and implement a security protocol. In an exemplary embodiment, the securit... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100264007 | PORTABLE TERMINAL Disclosed is a portable terminal, including, a first conductor formed on one surface of a board and having a contact surface, a second conductor formed at an outer periphery of the first conductor and having a support surface, and a metal dome supported by the support s... | 10/21/2010 |
| 20100258425 | Manipulating Apparatus And Mobile Terminal Including The Same Disclosed herein is a manipulating apparatus (mobile terminal) including a chassis provided with a manipulating portion (directional manipulating portion) with which an input manipulation is carried out. The manipulating portion includes: a key top exposed to an outside... | 10/14/2010 |
| 20100224474 | RECYCLABE DOME SHEET ARRAYS A moveable contact body that includes a carrier sheet, a moveable contact, and an adhesive layer on at least a portion of a lower surface of the carrier sheet and an upper surface of the moveable contact. The adhesive layer may be water soluble or viscoelastic. A viscoe... | 09/09/2010 |
| 20100224473 | MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH STRUCTURE A switch has multiple movable contacts, such as snap domes, positioned in a stacked relationship with each other. The stacked relationship may be such that the apexes of each dome point in the same orientation, or the apexes may be in an opposite orientation so that the... | 09/09/2010 |
| 20100200386 | KEYPAD ASSEMBLY FOR MOBILE PHONE A keypad assembly mounted in a portable terminal is disclosed. The keypad assembly has a window keypad including a display window disposed on a front face of the portable terminal. A keypad top is integrally molded with the display window and simultaneously assembled on... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100193343 | KEY SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME A key sheet 10 includes a key top 12, a pushing piece that mediates pressing force from the key top 12 to a metal dome 30, and a UV-curing resin sheet 20 that serves as a pushing pieces layer and includes a reinforcing rib 34 th... | 08/05/2010 |
| 20100163388 | KEY SHEET AND KEY UNIT HAVING THE SAME Regarding a key sheet having a plurality of key tops provided at a key base made of a transparent or translucent resin, and a key unit using the key sheet, in order to make the key sheet thinner and thereby make a device using the key sheet, e.g., a cellular phone, thin... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100147668 | THIN FILM SWITCH A thin film switch comprises: a bottom thin film, having at least one bottom electric conductor mounted on a top surface thereof; a top thin film, disposed above the bottom thin film while spacing from the same by an interval, and configured with at least one top electr... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100140072 | Pusher-Type Vault Switch and Printed Circuit Including Same The invention concerns a multi-domed switch. It relates to a multi-domed switch of the push-button type for thin printed circuit possessing a thin substrate (20) against one face of which a printed circuit having connection pads is placed. The switch comprises tw... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100140069 | Light Guiding Sheet and Movable Contact Body Using the Same A concavo-convex light emitting section provided on an under surface of a base material is formed of a synthetic resin with inorganic oxide dispersed therein. A larger amount of light is reflected by inorganic oxide having a large refractive index and dispersed inside t... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100140065 | Multi-step pressurized switch Disclosed is a multi-step pressurized switch providing various signals in response to variation of pressure applied thereto. The multi-step pressurized switch includes a switched PCB connected to a PCB of an electronic device and having at least one or more contact poin... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100128427 | Keyboard, Lighting Module for Keyboard and Electronic Apparatus According to one embodiment, a keyboard includes keytops supported on a substrate and a membrane switch placed between the keytops and the substrate. The membrane switch has an electrically insulating membrane sheet on which a plurality of contacts operated by the keyto... | 05/27/2010 |
| 20100126840 | Woven Manually Operable Input Device A manually operable sensor for providing control signals to an electronic device. A fabric has a length substantially longer than its width with insulating yarns and electrically conductive yarns included therein, such that the conductive yarns define three conductive t... | 05/27/2010 |
| 20100122898 | KEY BASE AND KEY SEAT There are disclosed a key base and a key sheet which are established as products even in a case where a key base main body has a flexible and elastic sheet and a presser layer is formed of electromagnetic wave curable resin integrally with the key base main body on the ... | 05/20/2010 |
| 20100108481 | Light-emitting keyboard with a membrane circuit board incorporated therein The present invention relates to a light-emitting keyboard, comprising: a membrane circuit board whose bottom surface is printed with a light guide ink; a light source provided on one side of the membrane circuit board for projecting light to enter the light guide ink o... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100101927 | KEY SHEET, PRESS SWITCH AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE PROVIDED WITH THE PRESS SWITCH It is an object of the present invention to provide a key sheet and the like which can suppress local elevation of temperature, and effectively diffuse heat loss from electronic circuits. The key sheet includes: a viscoelastic sheet 16b having a viscoelast... | 04/29/2010 |
| 20100072052 | Transparent conductor and panel switch The present invention provides a transparent conductor comprising a successive lamination of a support, a conductive particle layer containing a conductive particle and a first binder, and a conductive film layer containing a bead and a second binder; wherein a surface ... | 03/25/2010 |
| 20100051432 | Membrane type computer keyboard A computer keyboard includes a base membrane and a upper membrane each having a number of electric contacts aligned with each other, a spacer layer disposed between the membranes for separating the contacts of the membranes from each other and having a number of opening... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20090321240 | INTEGRATED TOUCH PANEL AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME An integrated touch panel including a first, second, and third substrates, a first and second adhesive layers, a first and second axial conductive layers, a shielding layer, a first and second conductive films, two first and second conductive electrodes is provided. The... | 12/31/2009 |
