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MATRIX SWITCH

  • US 3,760,360 A
  • Filed: 11/01/1971
  • Issued: 09/18/1973
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/01/1971
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A matrix switch assembly comprising a housing having an unobstructed opening and a stacked multilayer compression switch supported on said housing and traversing said opening, said unit comprising a first electrically nonconductive sheet having a first set of laterally spaced parallel conductors on one side, a second electrically nonconductive sheet having a second set of laterally spaced parallel conductors on a side facing said one side of said first sheet and extending transversely of the direction of said first set of con-ductors, one of said sheets having a plurality of resilient separators formed thereon for spacing said first and second sets of conductors, each of said separators comprising an elongated strip disposed between adjacent conductors on said one sheet, and means for generating an output signal in response to an electrical contact between a conductor of the first set and a conductor of the second set.

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