Touch-controlled circuit apparatus for voltage selection
First Claim
1. A pressure contact control apparatus comprising:
- a first member having a first elongated electrically resistive surface on at least a part of a first side thereof;
a second member having a first elongated electrically conductive surface on a first side thereof;
at least one further surface on said first side of said first member having predetermined electrical conductivity characteristics, said further surface being spaced apart from said first resistive surface;
means for supporting the first and second members such that the first conductive surface is presented in closely spaced proximity with respect to both said first resistive surface and said further surface; and
wherein one of the first and second members is sufficiently flexible to permit electrical contact between a selected one of (a) the first conductive surface and the first resistive surface and (b) the first conductive surface and said further surface in response to application of localized pressure to at least one of the first and second members.
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Abstract
A touch-controlled apparatus of the type in which two parts of a circuit component are selectively brought into contact, which includes plural circuit components. In one embodiment the two components (at least one of which must be a potentiometer) are co-planar and longitudinally aligned. In another embodiment two co-planar potentiometers are disposed in parallel side-by-side relation so as to be simultaneously actuated by the same touch pressure. In a third embodiment two or more components are disposed in two different stacked layers for simultaneous or sequential operation. An improved sample and hold output circuit includes only a parallel capacitor, or a series resistor and parallel capacitor, connected to one part of a circuit component. The component may be formed as three folded sections of a single sheet-like member, the sections being foldable into a three-tiered stack.
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49 Claims
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1. A pressure contact control apparatus comprising:
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a first member having a first elongated electrically resistive surface on at least a part of a first side thereof; a second member having a first elongated electrically conductive surface on a first side thereof; at least one further surface on said first side of said first member having predetermined electrical conductivity characteristics, said further surface being spaced apart from said first resistive surface; means for supporting the first and second members such that the first conductive surface is presented in closely spaced proximity with respect to both said first resistive surface and said further surface; and wherein one of the first and second members is sufficiently flexible to permit electrical contact between a selected one of (a) the first conductive surface and the first resistive surface and (b) the first conductive surface and said further surface in response to application of localized pressure to at least one of the first and second members. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A pressure contact control apparatus comprising:
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a first member comprising first and second surfaces having predetermined electrical conductivity characteristics on one side thereof, said second surface being substantially co-planar with the first surface; a second member comprising a first electrically conductive surface; means for supporting the first and second members such that said first conductive surface is presented in closely spaced proximity with respect to both the first and second surfaces of said first member; and wherein one of the first and second members is sufficiently flexible to permit electrical contact between the first conductive surface of said second member and a selected one of the first and second surfaces of said first member in response to application of localized pressure to at least one of the first and second members. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A pressure contact control apparatus comprising:
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a first member, having a first surface of a first predetermined electrical conductivity characteristic; a second member having a second surface of a second predetermined electrical conductive characteristic; a third member having first and second oppositely facing sides; a third surface disposed on the first side of the third member and having a third predetermined electrical conductivity characteristic; a fourth surface of said third member disposed on the second side of the third member and having a fourth predetermined electrical conductivity characteristic; means supporting the first, second, and third members in a stack with the third member disposed between said first and second members, with the first and third surfaces mutually presented in closely spaced proximity, and with the second and fourth surfaces mutually presented in closely spaced proximity; and wherein at least two of the members are sufficiently flexible to permit selectively galvanic contact between the first and third surfaces and between the second and fourth surfaces in response to application of localized pressure to said members. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
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