Patents Assigned to Hosident Corporation
  • Patent number: 6951991
    Abstract: The invention provides a movable contact for a two-step push-on switch which can realize an excellent sense and a long life period while decreasing the width, even on a flat stationary-contact forming surface of a printed circuit board, a flexible printed circuit board or the like, and also a two-step push-on switch. A movable contact has: a rectangular annular peripheral plate portion 2; an oval center plate portion 3 which is upward inflatingly curved; and a pair of connecting plate portions 4, 4 which connect an inner edge of the peripheral plate portion 2 to an outer edge of said center plate portion 3 on a center line X which is parallel to long side portions 2a, 2a of said peripheral plate portion 2. The movable contact is disposed on a flat stationary-contact forming surface of a printed circuit board, a flexible printed circuit board, or the like, and an adhesive tape 9 for fixing the movable contact is bonded from a side of the upper face, thereby configuring a push-on switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2005
    Assignee: Hosident Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Asada, Hirofumi Koizumi