Braille cell cap
View Patent ↗An electromechanical Braille cell assembly includes a plurality of parallel bimorph reeds. A first plurality of bimorph reeds is mounted to a first side of a printed circuit board by a first plurality of clips and a second plurality of bimorph reeds is mounted to a second side of the printed circuit board by a second plurality of clips. A frame has a top wall, a bottom wall, a first side wall in the form of an angle wall and a second side wall in the form of a flat wall. Pinholes are formed in the angle wall to accommodate Braille pins and the flat wall is slotted to accommodate a plurality of printed circuit boards. A monolithic cap covers all of the Braille pins. Pinholes formed in the cap receive the respective tips of the Braille cells when actuated bimorph reeds cause displacement of the Braille pins.
1. A Braille cell assembly, comprising:
a monolithic Braille cell cap that encases a plurality of Braille cells;
said monolithic cap enhancing the tactile feel of a Braille cell assembly by eliminating the uneven surface provided by a plurality of individual Braille cell caps, said monolithic Braille cell cap comprising a top plate and a plurality of side walls such that the side walls are approximately perpendicularly connected to the top plate;
a first plurality of buttons;
a first frame interconnected to each of the first plurality of buttons;
each button of said first plurality of buttons having a head and a stem;
the individual buttons being resiliently retained by the first frame, whereby the head of each button can be independently depressed.
2. The Braille cell assembly of claim 1 , further comprising:
a second plurality of buttons;
a second frame for holding the second plurality of buttons;
each button of said second plurality of buttons having a head and a stem, said head being enlarged with respect to its stem;
said second frame including contiguous teeth that are spaced apart from one another;
and each button being mounted to a free end of each tooth.
3. The Braille cell assembly of claim 2 , further comprising:
said first and second frames being mounted to a top wall of a Braille cell assembly frame in confronting relation to one another.
4. The Braille cell assembly of claim 3 , further comprising:
said monolithic cap covering said first and second frames;
said monolithic cap being releasably engaged to said top wall of said frame.
5. The Braille cell assembly of claim 1 , further comprising:
at least one protuberance approximately perpendicularly connected to at least one side wall, such that the at least one protuberance is approximately parallel to the top plate of the monolithic cell cap, the at least one protuberance further comprising a means for connecting the monolithic cell cap to a top wall of a Braille cell assembly frame.