Editing Low profile switch

{{Infobox dswitch
|illustration = [[file:4467160-1.png|100px|right]][[file:4467160-3.png|100px|left]]
|name = [[Cherry MX]]
|inventor = Gunter Murmann<br/>Gunter Bauer
|introduced = 1984
|manufacturer = [[Cherry Corp.]]
|family = [[Cherry MX]]
|switch type = Tactile <br/> Linear <br/> Clicky 
|lifetime = 20&mdash;50 million operations
|switch mount = [[Plate-mounted]]<br/> [[PCB mount|PCB-mounted]]
}}

'''Low profile switch''' is an invention by Gunter Murmann and Gunter Bauer. [[Cherry MX]] line is manufactured under its patent number 4467160 which was granted on 1984. <ref> {{ cite patent | country = US | number = 4467160 | status = patent | title = Low profile switch | pubdate =  | gdate = 21 August 1984 | fdate = 12 July 1983 | pridate =  | inventor = Gunter Murmann; Gunter Bauer | invent1 =  | invent2 =  | assign1 = [[Cherry Corp.|Cherry Electrical Products Corporation]] | assign2 =  | class = }} </ref> <ref>{{ cite patent | country = EP | number = 0100936 | status = patent | title = Push button switch | pubdate =  | gdate = 22 February 1984  | fdate =  | pridate =  | inventor = Gunter Murmann; Gunter Bauer | invent1 = | invent2 =  | assign1 = [[Cherry Corp.]] | assign2 =  | class = }}</ref>

==Description==

'''Low profile switch'''

* Inventor: Gunter Murmann 
* Inventor: Gunter Bauer
* Patent number: 4467160
* Filing date: 12 July 1983
* Issue date: 21 August 1984
* Assigned to [[Cherry Corp.|Cherry Electrical Products Corporation]]

==Cited patents==

* {{cite patent |country  = US |number = 3255333	|fdate = Mar 6, 1964	|gdate = Jun 7, 1966	|title = Push button switch construction}}
* {{cite patent |country  = US |number = 3392250	|fdate = Apr 19, 1966	|gdate = Jul 9, 1968	|title = Pushbutton mechanism with wiping action contact}}
* {{cite patent |country  = US |number = 3715545	|fdate = Jun 18, 1971	|gdate = 1973		|title = Momentary push button switch with improved non-conductive cam for normally retaining movable leaf spring contacts in a non-operative position}}
* {{cite patent |country  = US |number = 3735058	|fdate = Sep 15, 1971	|gdate = 1973		|title = Keyboard printed circuit switch assembly with axially movable coil spring contact and associated key type actuator}}
* {{cite patent |country  = US |number = 3773997	|fdate = Dec 13, 1971	|gdate = 1973		|title = Key assembly diaphragm switch}}
* {{cite patent |country  = US |number = 3777090	|fdate = Jul 26, 1972	|gdate = 1973		|title = Linear cam actuated diaphragm switch with lost motion actuator}}
* {{cite patent |country  = US |number = 3940578	|fdate = Apr 9, 1974	|gdate = Feb 24, 1976	|assign1 = Alphameric Keyboards Limited	|title = Keyboard structure having panel mounted key actuators with electrical component operating element}}
* {{cite patent |country  = US |number = 3993884	|fdate = Sep 15, 1972	|gdate = Nov 23, 1976	|assign1 = Victor Comptometer Corporation	|title = Detachably mounted keyboard pushbutton actuators and housing assembly}}
* {{cite patent |country  = US |number = 4150272	|fdate = Nov 28, 1977	|gdate = Apr 17, 1979	|assign1 = Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson	|title = Push button contact mechanism for use at printed circuit cards}}
* {{cite patent |country  = US |number = 4361743	|fdate = Mar 6, 1981	|gdate = Nov 30, 1982	|assign1 = Stackpole Components Company	|title = Lost motion keyswitch}}

==Referenced by==

* {{cite patent |country  = US |number = 4629842    |fdate = Mar 18, 1985	|gdate = Dec 16, 1986	|assign1 = 	Societe Anonyme D.B.A. |title = 	Electric contactor for pneumatic servomotor for braking}}
* {{cite patent |country  = US |number = 4691086	|fdate = Apr 3, 1986	|gdate = Sep 1, 1987    |assign1 = 	Indak Manufacturing Corp. |title = 	Pushbutton electrical switch having a flairing contactor loosely rotatable on a spring-biased eyelet}}
* {{cite patent |country  = US |number = 4894499	|fdate = Sep 26, 1988	|gdate = Jan 16, 1990   |assign1 = 	Contraves AG |title = 	Electric push-button switch}}
* {{cite patent |country  = US |number = 4935591	|fdate = Aug 4, 1988	|gdate = Jun 19, 1990   |assign1 = 	Alps Electric Co., Ltd. |title = 	Push button switch}}
* {{cite patent |country  = US |number = 4939324	|fdate = Aug 30, 1989	|gdate = Jul 3, 1990	|assign1 = 	Key Tronic Corporation |title =  	Keyswitch for computer keyboard}}
* {{cite patent |country  = US |number = 5004880	|fdate = Jul 20, 1990	|gdate = Apr 2, 1991	|assign1 = Alps Electric Co., Ltd. |title = 	Click-type push button switch with improved leaf spring}}
* {{cite patent |country  = US |number = 5008505	|fdate = Mar 16, 1990	|gdate = Apr 16, 1991	|assign1 = Daiichi Denso Buhin Co., Ltd. |title = 	Self-resetting push switch}}
* {{cite patent |country  = US |number = 5201824	|fdate = Jan 13, 1992	|gdate = Apr 13, 1993	|assign1 = Alps Electric Co., Ltd. |title = 	Push button switch}}
* {{cite patent |country  = US |number = 5821490	|fdate = Jul 26, 1996	|gdate = Oct 13, 1998	|assign1 = Yazaki Corporation |title =  	Push button switch module}}
* {{cite patent |country  = US |number = 5166339	|fdate = Oct 8, 1999	|gdate = Dec 26, 2000	|assign1 = Kostal Italia S.r.L.	|title = Safety switch intended to be fitted in an electrical circuit of a motor vehicle}}
* {{cite patent |country  = US |number = 7052330	|fdate = Nov 4, 2004	|gdate = May 30, 2006	|assign1 = Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd. |title = 	Electrical connector having conductive contacts}}
* {{cite patent |country  = US |number = 7148440	|fdate = Aug 27, 2004	|gdate = Dec 12, 2006	|assign1 = Illinois Tool Works, Inc. |title = 	Stackable switch}}
* {{cite patent |country  = US |number = 7560652	|fdate = Mar 2, 2007	|gdate = Jul 14, 2009	|assign1 = ZF Friedrichshafen AG	|title = Electrical contact with redundant paths}}
* {{cite patent |country  = US |number = 7990731	|fdate = Dec 27, 2008	|gdate = Aug 2, 2011	|assign1 = Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd. |assign2 =
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd. |title = 	Electronic device}}
* {{cite patent |country  = US |number = 8164010	|fdate = Feb 8, 2010	|gdate = Apr 24, 2012	|assign1 = Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co, Ltd. |title = 	Cable assembly with switch device}}

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==References==
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