US 7,576,294 B2Granted

Mechanical control elements for organic polymer electronic devices

AssigneePolyIC GmbH & Co. KG

InventorsWolfgang Clemens, Jürgen Ficker, Alexander Friedrich Knobloch, Andreas Ullmann

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A switching element for polymer electronic devices is constructed from organic materials.

Dependent claims

A printed mechanical polymeric switching device for the mechanical switching of electronic devices, comprising:

a substrate;
and
a mechanical polymeric switching element on the substrate, the element comprising conducting and insulating organic substances applied to the substrate by printing.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

H01H 13/785
Characterised by the contacts or the contact sites: characterised by the material of the contacts, e.g. conductive polymers
H01H 9/061
Casing of switch constituted by a handle serving a purpose other than the actuation of the switch, e.g. by the handle of a vacuum cleaner:…
H01H 13/70
Switches having rectilinearly-movable operating part or parts adapted for pushing or pulling in one direction only, e.g. push-button switch:…
H01H 13/703
With contacts carried by or formed from layers in a multilayer structure, e.g. membrane switches: characterised by spacers between contact…

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