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公开(公告)号:US20200266013A1
公开(公告)日:2020-08-20
申请号:US16280611
申请日:2019-02-20
Applicant: VeriFone, Inc.
Inventor: Travis Schraeder , Igal Yanko
Abstract: Mechanical keypads are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a mechanical keypad may include a key cap comprising a post extending from a bottom surface thereof; a structural element comprising a passage configured to receive the post therethrough; and a key securing device that securely receives, through the passage, the post in a recess or opening formed therein, and comprising a key switch interface on a lower surface thereof. The key cap and the key securing device may move substantially in unison when the key post is securely received in the key securing device.
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公开(公告)号:US11681881B2
公开(公告)日:2023-06-20
申请号:US17361160
申请日:2021-06-28
Applicant: VeriFone, Inc.
Inventor: Igal Yanko , Mehran Mirkazemi-Moud , Donald James Jones
CPC classification number: G06K7/065 , G06F21/83 , G06F21/86 , G06K7/0013 , G06K7/0021 , G06K19/07 , H01H13/7065 , H01H2201/026 , H01H2203/038 , H01H2233/07 , H01H2233/09 , Y04S40/20
Abstract: A key entry device including a housing, a keypad array disposed within the housing and including a plurality of keys, a key contact array disposed within the housing below the keypad array and including a plurality of contact pairs, a dome array underlying the keypad array and the key contact array and including a plurality of domes, and a protrusion array underlying the dome array and including a plurality of protrusions, whereby depression of one of the plurality of keys of the keypad array causes a corresponding one of the domes of the dome array to be displaced downwardly and to be deformed by pushing engagement with a corresponding one of the protrusions of the protrusion array into contact with at least one of the contact pairs of the key contact array.
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公开(公告)号:US11048889B2
公开(公告)日:2021-06-29
申请号:US16921550
申请日:2020-07-06
Applicant: VeriFone, Inc.
Inventor: Igal Yanko , Mehran Mirkazemi-Moud , Donald James Jones
Abstract: A key entry device including a housing, a keypad array disposed within the housing and including a plurality of keys, a key contact array disposed within the housing below the keypad array and including a plurality of contact pairs, a dome array underlying the keypad array and the key contact array and including a plurality of domes, and a protrusion array underlying the dome array and including a plurality of protrusions, whereby depression of one of the plurality of keys of the keypad array causes a corresponding one of the domes of the dome array to be displaced downwardly and to be deformed by pushing engagement with a corresponding one of the protrusions of the protrusion array into contact with at least one of the contact pairs of the key contact array.
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公开(公告)号:US20180254155A1
公开(公告)日:2018-09-06
申请号:US15754785
申请日:2016-03-15
Applicant: VeriFone, Inc.
Inventor: Igal Yanko , Mehran Mirkazemi-Moud , Donald James Jones
IPC: H01H13/7065 , G06F21/86
Abstract: A key entry device including a housing, a keypad array disposed within the housing and including a plurality of keys, a key contact array disposed within the housing below the keypad array and including a plurality of contact pairs, a dome array underlying the keypad array and the key contact array and including a plurality of domes, and a protrusion array underlying the dome array and including a plurality of protrusions, whereby depression of one of the plurality of keys of the keypad array causes a corresponding one of the domes of the dome array to be displaced downwardly and to be deformed by pushing engagement with a corresponding one of the protrusions of the protrusion array into contact with at least one of the contact pairs of the key contact array.
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公开(公告)号:US12033019B2
公开(公告)日:2024-07-09
申请号:US18315531
申请日:2023-05-11
Applicant: VeriFone, Inc.
Inventor: Igal Yanko , Mehran Mirkazemi-Moud , Donald Jones
CPC classification number: G06K7/065 , G06F21/83 , G06F21/86 , G06K7/0013 , G06K7/0021 , G06K19/07 , H01H13/7065 , H01H2201/026 , H01H2203/038 , H01H2233/07 , H01H2233/09 , Y04S40/20
Abstract: A key entry device including a housing, a keypad array disposed within the housing and including a plurality of keys, a key contact array disposed within the housing below the keypad array and including a plurality of contact pairs, a dome array underlying the keypad array and the key contact array and including a plurality of domes, and a protrusion array underlying the dome array and including a plurality of protrusions, whereby depression of one of the plurality of keys of the keypad array causes a corresponding one of the domes of the dome array to be displaced downwardly and to be deformed by pushing engagement with a corresponding one of the protrusions of the protrusion array into contact with at least one of the contact pairs of the key contact array.
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公开(公告)号:US10719670B2
公开(公告)日:2020-07-21
申请号:US15754785
申请日:2016-03-15
Applicant: VeriFone, Inc.
Inventor: Igal Yanko , Mehran Mirkazemi-Moud , Donald James Jones
Abstract: A key entry device including a housing, a keypad array disposed within the housing and including a plurality of keys, a key contact array disposed within the housing below the keypad array and including a plurality of contact pairs, a dome array underlying the keypad array and the key contact array and including a plurality of domes, and a protrusion array underlying the dome array and including a plurality of protrusions, whereby depression of one of the plurality of keys of the keypad array causes a corresponding one of the domes of the dome array to be displaced downwardly and to be deformed by pushing engagement with a corresponding one of the protrusions of the protrusion array into contact with at least one of the contact pairs of the key contact array.
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