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EP 0092115 B1 19850710 - KEY SWITCH

Title (en)

KEY SWITCH

Publication

EP 0092115 B1 19850710 (DE)

Application

EP 83103381 A 19830407

Priority

DE 3214507 A 19820420

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP0092115A1] 1. A push-button switch having a resiliently deformable snap foil (3) which is arched over an aperture (2) in a base plate (1) and below which a contact arrangement (10, 11) is provided, characterized in that the snap foil (3) is constructed in the form of a strip and is only fixed by its ends to diametrically opposite marginal portions (4, 6) of the aperture (2).

IPC 1-7

H01H 13/70

IPC 8 full level

H01H 13/70 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

H01H 13/7013 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE FR GB IT NL SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0092115 A1 19831026; EP 0092115 B1 19850710; AT E14257 T1 19850715; DE 3214507 A1 19831027; DE 3214507 C2 19860507

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 83103381 A 19830407; AT 83103381 T 19830407; DE 3214507 A 19820420