Thin film switch and press key/keyboard using the same

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PATENT NO 8710383
APP PUB NO 20130140164A1
SERIAL NO

13457578

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A thin film switch is disclosed, which comprises: a first thin film, having a first conductor unit mounted on a surface thereof; and a second thin film, having a second conductor unit mounted on a surface thereof facing toward the first thin film; wherein, the first conductor unit is composed of a plurality of first electric conductors, and the second conductor is composed of at least one second electric conductor; and the first conductor unit and the second conductor unit are arranged at positions corresponding to each other while being spaced from each other by a specific interval; the at least one second electric conductor is enabled to engage with one of the plural first electric conductors for constructing an electrical conduction when the thin film switch is subjected to a load for forcing the first and the second thin films to move toward each other.

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DARFON ELECTRONICS CORPNO 167-1 SHANYING RD GUISHAN DIST TAOYUAN CITY

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Chen, Chih-Hung Kaohsiung, TW 119 913

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