US 7,576,294 B2
Mechanical control elements for organic polymer electronic devices
Wolfgang Clemens, Puschendorf (Germany); Jürgen Ficker, Erlangen (Germany); Alexander Friedrich Knobloch, Erlangen (Germany); and Andreas Ullmann, Zirndorf (Germany)
Assigned to PolyIC GmbH & Co. KG, Furth (Germany)
Appl. No. 10/570,571
PCT Filed Aug. 31, 2004, PCT No. PCT/DE2004/001929
§ 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Mar. 02, 2006,
PCT Pub. No. WO2005/024870, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 17, 2005.
Claims priority of application No. 103 40 644 (DE), filed on Sep. 03, 2003.
Prior Publication US 2007/0008019 A1, Jan. 11, 2007
Int. Cl. H01H 13/704 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 200—512  [341/34] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A printed mechanical polymeric switching device for the mechanical switching of electronic devices, comprising:
a substrate; and
a mechanical polymeric switching element on the substrate, the element comprising conducting and insulating organic substances applied to the substrate by printing.