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Tactile relief display device and method for manufacture it
Assignee: FJ TIEMAN BV MOOLHOEK 5 3235 XK ROCKANJE NETHERLANDS
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Filing: 1987-02-13
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Granted: 1988-07-19
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Expires: 2007-02-13
Abstract
Abstract A braille cell having piezoelectric reeds (8-11) attached at one end (28), supported in their middle region (at 29) and cooperating with tactile members (12-15) at their other end. The attachment of the reeds at their one end (28) being by soldering a protruding part of the reeds to a conducting web (32) parallel to the flexion plane of the reeds. The other ends of the reeds are then located in the desired position with respect to the tactile members.
Inventors
- 👤 Frans J. Tieman
- 👤 Kees Zeehuisen
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 11:38
CPC Classifications
G; G09; G09B; G09B21/00; G09B21/001; G09B21/003
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
128 words
An electromechanical relief display device comprising: a frame; at least one tactile member provided in said frame which is movable between a first position and a second position such that by feeling for said tactile member a user determines in which position said tactile member is; an oblong piezoelectric flexion member which may be bent under the influence of voltages applied thereto; and a supporting means for supporting said flexion member on said frame at two separate locations such that a third separate location of said flexion member is coupled to said tactile member to move said tactile member between the two positions as said flexion member is bent, said third separate location being to one side of said first and second separate locations along said fixation member.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
128 words
An electromechanical relief display device comprising: a frame; at least one tactile member provided in said frame which is movable between a first position and a second position such that by feeling for said tactile member a user determines in which position said tactile member is; an oblong piezoelectric flexion member which may be bent under the influence of voltages applied thereto; and a supporting means for supporting said flexion member on said frame at two separate locations such that a third separate location of said flexion member is coupled to said tactile member to move said tactile member between the two positions as said flexion member is bent, said third separate location being to one side of said first and second separate locations along said fixation member.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
45 words
A display device as claimed in claim 1 wherein said first location is at one end of said flexion member, said second location is in a middle region of said flexion member, and said third location is at the other end of said flexion member.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
79 words
A display device as claimed in claim 1 wherein said flexion members include a conducting central leaf, opposed conducing layers on each side of said central leaf and spaced therefrom, and an extension of said central leaf; and wherein said supporting means for said first location is an attachment of said extension to said frame, and said supporting means for said second location is a clamping member attached to said frame and between which said second location is clamped.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
28 words
A display device as claied in claim 3 wherein said clamping member includes opposed clamping surface in contact with said flexion member, said clamping surfaces being convex shaped.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
65 words
A display device as claimed in claim 1 wherein there are a plurality of said flexion members and a corresponding plurality of supporting means, said flexion members having the same length; and wherein said supporting means mounts said flexion members in a stepped pattern one above the other in a common bending plane with said first, second and third locations arranged in corresponding stepped patterns.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
57 words
A display device as claimed in claim 5 wherein said flexion member includes a conducting part at said first location; wherein said frame includes a conducting web substantially parallel to the bending plane, and wherein said supporting means for the first location of said flexion members is a connection of said first location to said conducting web.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
66 words
A display device as claimed in claim 6 wherein there are two sets of said flexion members mounted in a stepped pattern and with the sets located beside each other such that a space is provided between said extensions of said flexion members; and wherein said said frame includes a plate located in the space and a conducting web located on each side of said plate.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
74 words
A display device as claimed in claim 6 wherein said supporting means for the second location includes a means for allowing each said reed to tilt thereabout in the bending plane prior to the connection of each said reed at the first location whereby each said reed is initially adjusted with respect to an associated said tactile member in the bending plane prior to the connection of each said reed at the first location.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
35 words
A display device as claimed in claim 8 wherein said frame includes a tactile surface and holes in said tactile surface; and wherein said tactile members are pins having fixed lengths located on said holes.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
95 words
A display device as claimed in claim 1 said flexion member includes a conducting central leaf, opposed conducting layers on each side of said central leaf and insulated therefrom, and an electrical connection between said conducting layers; and a voltage source having a central voltage connected to one of said central leaf and said conducting layers and a second voltage connected to the other of said central leaf and said conducting layers, said second voltage being selected from a predetermined voltage value above the central voltage and an equal voltage value below the central voltage.
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