Patent US 3562464A

Patent number	US 3562464A
Title	Cam actuated switch having movable and fixed contacts on circuit board
Inventors	Howard Vollum, Willem H Verhoef, Tony Sprando
Company	Tektronix Inc
Filing date	1968-10-07
Grant date	1971-02-09
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This patent describes the cam switches that Tek introduced toward the end of the 1960s.

See also 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.