Global Patent Index - EP 0232137 A3

EP 0232137 A3 19890906 - IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO RELEGENDABLE PUSHBUTTON SWITCHES

Title (en)

IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO RELEGENDABLE PUSHBUTTON SWITCHES

Publication

EP 0232137 A3 19890906 (EN)

Application

EP 87300806 A 19870129

Priority

GB 8602288 A 19860130

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP0232137A2] In order to accommodate relative movement between the movable button 7 and the fixed part 1 of the switch, a plurality of leads 14 connecting a display 10 mounted in the button 7 to the fixed part 1 follow an S-shaped path 15 with first ends extending into the button 7 and second ends extending into the fixed part 1. The leads 14 may be in the form of conductive tracks on a flexible printed circuit board. Such a switch may be used in a typewriter or computer keyboard, for example, and may be controlled to display different legends corresponding to different selectable functions of the switch.

IPC 1-7

H01H 13/70

IPC 8 full level

H01H 9/18 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

H01H 9/181 (2013.01); H01H 2207/002 (2013.01); H01H 2207/004 (2013.01); H01H 2219/012 (2013.01); H01H 2219/014 (2013.01); H01H 2221/07 (2013.01); H01H 2223/054 (2013.01); H01H 2223/056 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

CH DE FR GB IT LI SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0232137 A2 19870812; EP 0232137 A3 19890906; GB 8602288 D0 19860305

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 87300806 A 19870129; GB 8602288 A 19860130