Abstract:
A package including at least one hole extending through the entire package and hermetically isolated from the package contents, the package being formed by stacking a plurality os subassemblies between two face sheets of impervious material and aligning the contents by at least one vertical pin through which the hole passes. The package is bonded subsequent to stacking and is clamped together during bonding by a pair of pressure plates, the plates being removed upon completion of bonding to allow the final package to be positioned and aligned in an external apparatus.
Abstract:
A data key assembly having a keystem which is movably mounted in a housing. The housing also supports a flat diaphragm switch with an actuating surface which is oriented parallel to the direction of motion of the keystem. An actuating spring is coupled to the side of the keystem by a lot-motion connection which provides hysteresis in the key action, and the spring slides over the actuating surface to close the switch when the keystem is depressed.
Abstract:
A key assembly for actuating a diaphragm switch, and including a housing, a keystem movably mounted on the housing, and a switch actuator coupled to the keystem through a lost-motion connection arranged so a relatively large stroke of the keystem is required to effect a small actuator motion needed to operate the switch. A coil spring biases the keystem away from the housing to an extended position in which the switch is not actuated, and a second coil spring urges the actuator away from the keystem. The lost-motion connection between the keystem and actuator provides positive retraction of the actuator during the return stroke of the keystem. A leaf spring on the keystem rides a cam surface or ramp on the housing, and the ramp is shaped to modify the effect of the coil springs such that the keystem tends to toggle past the point of switch actuation to prevent switch jitter and to provide a tactile signal that actuation has occurred.
Abstract:
A substantially sealed and pressure compensated electrical package including a limp bladder in fluid communication with a module having electrical switching elements, the bladder being capable of substantially stress free inflation and deflation in response to changes in external environment pressures, without any fluid exchange between the module and the environment, whereby protection against toxic atmospheres is provided and inadvertent switching due to environmental pressure changes is avoided.
Abstract:
A multilayer electrical circuit package wherein interconnections between various thin circuit layers lying in different planes are accomplished by selectively located overlying electrically conductive peripheral contact tabs in the planes of the thin circuit layers, the contact tabs of each layer being spring biased into electrically contacting engagement with the tabs of other layers.