公开(公告)号：US06392515B1

公开(公告)日：2002-05-21

申请号：US09748457

申请日：2000-12-27

申请人： Anthony J. Van Zeeland ,  Michael Anthony Van Zeeland

发明人： Anthony J. Van Zeeland ,  Michael Anthony Van Zeeland

IPC分类号： H01H900

CPC分类号： H01H5/02 ,  H01H3/122 ,  H01H2221/016 ,  H01H2221/04

摘要： A magnetically actuated switch has a magnet coupler layer spaced from a set of electrodes formed on a substrate. The electrodes include spaced contacts. The coupler layer normally holds a conductive armature spaced from the contacts. An aperture in the coupler layer provides access to the armature for application of an actuating force by an actuator. The actuator has a base portion mounted on the coupler layer and a force-receiving portion cantilevered from the base portion. The actuator has a width greater than that of the armature. Alternately, the armature itself can include a base portion pivotable on the substrate and a multi-wide force-receiving portion cantilevered from the base portion.

摘要翻译： 磁致动开关具有与形成在基板上的一组电极隔开的磁耦合器层。 电极包括间隔开的接触。 耦合器层通常保持与触点间隔开的导电衔铁。 耦合器层中的孔提供对衔铁的通路，以通过致动器施加致动力。 致动器具有安装在耦合器层上的基部和从基部悬臂的受力部。 致动器的宽度大于衔铁的宽度。 或者，电枢本身可以包括可在基板上枢转的基座部分和从基部悬臂的多宽的受力部分。

公开(公告)号：US4307275A

公开(公告)日：1981-12-22

申请号：US160651

申请日：1980-06-18

申请人： Willis A. Larson ,  Philip Bierhuizen ,  Anthony Van Zeeland

发明人： Willis A. Larson ,  Philip Bierhuizen ,  Anthony Van Zeeland

IPC分类号： H01H13/702 ,  H01H13/807 ,  H01H9/00 ,  H01H13/02

CPC分类号： H01H13/807 ,  H01H13/702 ,  H01H2207/016 ,  H01H2209/026 ,  H01H2225/004 ,  H01H2229/002 ,  Y10T29/49105

摘要： A membrane switch construction and method for making same. A plate of relatively rigid, flat material is coated with an insulative cover and electrical conductors are formed thereon. A membrane of flexible, plastic material with conductors formed on the underside thereof overlies the plate. A non-conductive spacing means interposed between the conductors has holes in register with the conductors. The spacing means normally holds the conductors in spaced, non-contacting relation. The conductors are movable through the holes in the spacing means in response to pressure on the exterior of the membrane. One or the other or both of the sets of conductors may comprise two tiers of conductors separated by an isolation layer of non-conductive material. Holes are appropriately positioned in the isolation layer to permit access to the buried tier of conductors. Interconnect holes may also be provided in the spacing means to permit electrical connection between the conductors, thus forming a multi-layer conductive system.

摘要翻译： 一种薄膜开关结构及其制造方法。 具有相对刚性的扁平材料的板被覆有绝缘盖，并在其上形成电导体。 具有形成在其下侧的导体的柔性塑料材料的膜覆盖在板上。 介于导体之间的非导电间隔装置具有与导体对准的孔。 间隔装置通常保持导体间隔开，非接触的关系。 导体可以响应于膜外部的压力而移动通过间隔装置中的孔。 导体组中的一个或另一个或两个可以包括由非导电材料的隔离层隔开的两层导体。 孔适当地定位在隔离层中，以允许进入埋入层的导体。 也可以在间隔装置中设置互连孔，以允许导体之间的电连接，从而形成多层导电系统。

公开(公告)号：US20050110601A1

公开(公告)日：2005-05-26

申请号：US10721025

申请日：2003-11-24

申请人： Robert Brilon ,  Anthony Van Zeeland

发明人： Robert Brilon ,  Anthony Van Zeeland

IPC分类号： H01H13/85 ,  H01H9/00

CPC分类号： H01H13/85 ,  H01H2215/042

摘要： A magnetically coupled pushbutton switch may be improved by adding protuberances to the top of an armature to create a weak heel on the armature. The protuberances impose a physical barrier which prevents the weak heel from becoming fully magnetically coupled to the magnetic coupler layer, so the initial tactile feedback is lost. Eliminating the double tactile feedback of a magnetically coupled pushbutton switch has some significant advantages over the prior art. Now, a very light actuation force will move an armature with a weak heel from the rest position to a partially actuated position, but without sacrificing any of the final tactile feedback. The improved armature design also makes it possible to use a magnetically coupled pushbutton switch to produce a dual output. The initial travel of a dual output switch does not create any feedback to the user, so there is no longer a need to stabilize the bottom of the heel end of the armature. A dual output armature can electrical connect a common electrical conductor placed under the heel end of the armature to two separate electrical conductors positioned under the toe end of the armature such that there is no output until the armature is fully actuated, at which time all three electrical conductors are simultaneously electrically connected by the dual output armature.

摘要翻译： 可以通过向电枢的顶部添加突起来在电枢上产生弱的脚跟来改善磁耦合按钮开关。 突起施加物理屏障，防止弱脚跟完全磁耦合到磁耦合器层，因此初始触觉反馈消失。 消除磁耦合按钮开关的双重触觉反馈比现有技术有一些显着的优点。 现在，非常轻的致动力将使具有弱脚跟的电枢从静止位置移动到部分致动位置，但不会牺牲任何最终的触觉反馈。 改进的电枢设计还使得可以使用磁耦合按钮开关来产生双输出。 双输出开关的初始行程不会向用户产生任何反馈，因此不再需要稳定电枢的后端的底部。 双输出电枢可以将布置在电枢后端的公共电导体电连接到位于电枢趾端下方的两个分开的电导体，使得在电枢完全启动之前不存在输出，此时所有三个 电导体同时由双输出电枢电连接。

公开(公告)号：US20050077988A1

公开(公告)日：2005-04-14

申请号：US10683618

申请日：2003-10-14

申请人： Anthony Van Zeeland ,  Steven Shepard

发明人： Anthony Van Zeeland ,  Steven Shepard

IPC分类号： H01H9/00 ,  H01H13/70 ,  H01R20060101

CPC分类号： H01H13/7013 ,  H01H2221/004 ,  H01H2221/04 ,  H01H2239/032 ,  H01H2239/038

摘要： A flexible magnetically coupled pushbutton switch assembly has a coupler layer magnetically held against a flexible layer that has flaps that function as flexible armatures. The flexible armatures are normally magnetically coupled to the coupler layer. The coupler layer is a sheet of magnetic receptive rubber material that includes debossed spacers, and there are embossed crowns in the flexible armatures. The embossed crowns fit into openings in the coupler layer so that a switch user may manipulate the flexible armatures. The debossed spacers support the flexible layer above a bottom layer such that there are armature cavities for the flexible armatures. An arrangement of electrical conductors is affected when a switch user selectively manipulates a flexible armature so that an electrical circuit connected to the electrical switch is opened or closed when the switch is actuated.

摘要翻译： 灵活的磁耦合按钮开关组件具有磁性地保持在柔性层上的耦合器层，该柔性层具有用作柔性电枢的折片。 柔性电枢通常磁耦合到耦合器层。 耦合器层是包含凹陷间隔物的磁性接受橡胶材料片，并且在柔性电枢中具有压花冠。 压花冠装配到耦合器层中的开口中，使得开关用户可以操纵柔性电枢。 凹陷的间隔件支撑在底层上方的柔性层，使得存在用于柔性电枢的衔铁腔。 当开关用户选择性地操纵柔性电枢时，电导体的布置受到影响，使得当开关被致动时，连接到电开关的电路被打开或闭合。