<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001270953-17-000001.txt : 20170718
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20170718133509
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001270953-17-000001
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20170715
FILED AS OF DATE:		20170718
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20170718

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			LEVINSON FRANK H
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001270953

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-37659
		FILM NUMBER:		17969161

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3736 FALLON ROAD #428
		CITY:			DUBLIN
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94568

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			INTERLINK ELECTRONICS INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000828146
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	COMPUTER PERIPHERAL EQUIPMENT, NEC [3577]
		IRS NUMBER:				770056625
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NV
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		31248 OAK CREST DRIVE SUITE 110
		CITY:			WESTLAKE VILLAGE
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			91361
		BUSINESS PHONE:		8054848855

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		31248 OAK CREST DRIVE SUITE 110
		CITY:			WESTLAKE VILLAGE
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			91361

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	INTERLINK ELECTRONICS
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19940525
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    <periodOfReport>2017-07-15</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000828146</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>INTERLINK ELECTRONICS INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>LINK</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerCik>0001270953</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>LEVINSON FRANK H</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O INTERLINK ELECTRONICS, INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>31248 OAK CREST DRIVE, SUITE 110</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>WESTLAKE VILLAGE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>91361</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2017-07-15</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
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            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>561</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
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                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>128434</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Adjusted to give effect to (i) the stock dividend of 25,484 shares paid to the reporting person on April 1, 2016, which is equal to one quarter of one share of common stock for every one share of common stock held by the reporting person on March 29, 2016, and (ii) an additional 607 shares held by the reporting person since October 2015 and inadvertently omitted from previous Section 16 filings.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/Steven N. Bronson, Attorney-In-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2017-07-18</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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