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Button set and switch

CA 1310045 C · Owner: United Technologies Automotive, Inc. · Inventors: Gutman, Robert F.

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Button Set and Switch, A button set and switch are disclosed. The button set is a single one-piece, molded set of buttons each connecting by living hinge means to a frame means such that each button may be displaced independently but are physically arranged to simulate a preselected design. A printed circuit board may be mounted to the button set and may include a series of clicket switches appropriately positioned to be engaged by each button for providing appropriate signals to obtain the desired output controlled by the switch.

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  • Granted November 10, 1992. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended November 10, 2009.
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FiledAugust 11, 1987
GrantedNovember 10, 1992
Term endedNovember 10, 2009
Patent numberCA 1310045 C
Classification (IPC)H01H13/70 +2 more

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19881991199419972000200320062009Application filedAug 11, 1987Patent grantedNov 10, 1992Term endedNov 10, 2009

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