Claims
- 1. A remote control assembly for signaling a receiver comprises:a housing; at least one dome protruding from said housing and being depressable for initiating transmission of a signal; a circuit board disposed within said housing having an electrical circuit printed thereon, said circuit including a switch situated beneath said dome; and said circuit board including a bulge having said switch printed thereunder, said bulge being depressable for closing the switch and transmitting the signal.
- 2. An assembly as set forth in claim 1 wherein said circuit board comprises flexible material.
- 3. An assembly as set forth in claim 2 wherein said bulge is biased towards said dome.
- 4. An assembly as set forth in claim 1 wherein said switch includes a first group of fingers and a second group of fingers, each of said first fingers being spaced apart from each of said second fingers in an interleafing pattern.
- 5. An assembly as set forth in claim 4 including conductive material located adjacent said fingers for connecting said first fingers to said second fingers when said bulge is depressed.
- 6. An assembly as set forth in claim 1 including conductive material spaced from said circuit board and said bulge in a direction away from said dome, with said bulge contacting said conductive material when said bulge is depressed to close said switch.
- 7. An assembly as set forth in claim 6 wherein said conductive material comprises a battery.
- 8. An assembly as set forth in claim 6 wherein said conductive material comprises a support clip.
- 9. A remote control assembly for signaling a receiver comprises:a housing; at least one dome protruding from said housing and being depressable for initiating transmission of a signal; a circuit board comprising flexible material disposed within said housing having an electrical circuit printed thereon, said circuit including a switch situated beneath said dome; and said circuit board including a bulge biased towards said dome and having said switch printed thereunder, said bulge being depressable for contacting conductive material and closing the switch for transmitting the signal.
- 10. An assembly as set forth in claim 9 including conductive material for contacting said circuit and closing said switch.
- 11. An assembly as set forth in claim 9 wherein said conductive material comprises a battery.
- 12. An assembly as set forth in claim 9 wherein said conductive material comprises a support clip.
- 13. A method for transmitting a signal from a remote control assembly by closing a switch on a circuit board disposed within the assembly comprises:providing a switch including a circuit board having a bulge biased towards a dome switch, said bulge having a switch printed there under, said bulge being depressable for contacting conductive material and closing the switch; depressing the dome for contacting the switch; displacing the switch by flexing the circuit board bulge with the dome; and closing the switch by contacting the conductive material situated adjacent the displaced switch.
Parent Case Info
This application claims priority to provisional patent application No. 60/151,630, which was filed Aug. 31, 1999. The subject invention relates generally to an improved circuit board for a key fob.
US Referenced Citations (5)
Provisional Applications (1)
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60/151630 |
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