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|Title=Cam actuated switch having movable and fixed contacts on circuit board | |Title=Cam actuated switch having movable and fixed contacts on circuit board | ||
|Company=Tektronix Inc | |Company=Tektronix Inc | ||
|Inventors=Howard Vollum; Willem H | |Inventors=Howard Vollum; Willem H Verhoef; Tony Sprando | ||
|Filing date=1968-10-07 | |Filing date=1968-10-07 | ||
|Grant date=1971-02-09 | |Grant date=1971-02-09 | ||
}} | }} | ||
This patent describes the [[cam switch]]es that Tek introduced toward the end of the 1960s. | |||
See also [[Patent US 3584174A|Patent 3,584,174]] covering the [[back-lit switches]] used in [[7000-series scopes]]/plugins and other instruments, which also use low-inductance spring contacts on PCBs. | |||
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