Abstract:
A key operated switch incorporated with a printed circuit board having conductors thereon and an upwardly extending conical post of non-conducting material between adjacent terminals of certain of the conductors. An expandable toroidal contact spring surrounds the post and is normally located above the conductors by virtue of its constriction against the conical surface. A depressible key member, which is normally held in raised position by the contact spring, is effective upon depression to move the spring into bridging contact with the conductors.
Abstract:
A key switch incorporated with a printed circuit board having conductors thereon and a bearing member loosely fitted in a hole formed between adjacent terminal ends of the conductors. A depressible key is slideable in the bearing member and has a generally conical surface engaging an expandable toroidal contact spring member which rests on an outwardly tapering surface of the bearing member. As the key is depressed the conical surface thereof expands the spring member downwardly over the surface of the bearing member and into bridging contact with the conductors.