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US 11,735,376 B2Granted
Key switch
AssigneePiaggio & C. S.P.A.
InventorGiuseppe Pedani
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Abstract
A key switch including: a support base; a key which is manually operable for being moved, with respect to the support base, between at least a first operating position and a second operating position spaced apart from each other, in order to establish or interrupt at least one electric connection; a leaf spring member operatively interposed between the support base and the key; wherein the first operating position is a stable operating position of the key in which the leaf spring member is deformed between the key and the support base so as to take a first curvilinear configuration.
Claims11
A key switch comprising:
- a support base;
- a key which is manually operable for being moved, with respect to the support base, between at least a first operating position and a second operating position spaced apart from each other, in order to establish or interrupt at least one electric connection;
- a leaf spring member operatively interposed between the support base and the key;
- wherein:
- the first operating position is a stable operating position of the key in which the leaf spring member is deformed between the key and the support base so as to take a first curvilinear configuration;
- the second operating position is a stable operating position of the key, and wherein, in the second stable operating position, the leaf spring member is deformed between the support base and the key so as to take a second curvilinear configuration;
- the leaf spring member extends between a first end portion and a second end portion, and wherein the first end portion is in contact with the key;
- the second end portion directly rests on the support base.
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