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 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.