| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 200534000 | Abutting contact | 29 |
| 20080251368 | INPUT DEVICE - An electronic device, e.g. a mobile telephone, may comprise an input device such as a rocker key device for operating functions in the electronic device. The input device may comprise a switch device with at least one switch pad mounted on a support structure, and an input actuator for actuating the switch device. Each switch pad comprises a plurality of press detection switches. Each press detection switch of the multiple press detection switches is configured to output a signal upon depression of the press detection switch, when the switch pad is actuated by means of the input actuator. Some embodiments of the present invention provide the user of a communication device with a more reliable input of data/commands and at the same time achieves a higher redundancy for such input. The invention also reduces the height of a portable electronic device and also the number of components required for doing this, and therefore reduces the cost of the device. Furthermore, the invention also provides a very low height and a flat shape of the actuator when implemented in a mobile device, whereby the use of the restricted space in such a device is optimized. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080251369 | ELECTRONIC SWITCH COMPRISING AN ELASTIC SHEET FOR HORIZONTALLY POSITIONING THE PUSHBUTTON - An electronic switch may include a horizontal bottom plate, a top side of the plate may support at least two electrical contacts. A contactor may be positioned on the top side of the plate and may be elastically deformable to electrically link the at least two electrical contacts. A pushbutton may be positioned vertically above the contactor such that manual displacement of the pushbutton downward may provoke the elastic deformation of the contactor. A first elastic sheet may include a top film protecting the contactor. The top film may be fixed to the top side of the plate to secure the contactor vertically on the plate to form an opening so that the pushbutton may act directly on the contactor. A second elastic sheet may position the pushbutton horizontally relative to the contactor on a top side of which the top film may be fixed. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080251370 | SWITCH DEVICE - A switch device is provided with an operation key | 10-16-2008 |
| 20090000937 | Miniature Switch and Battery Holder - A miniature switch module includes a battery harness attached to a circuit board. A diaphragm or pushbutton type switch and a battery are sandwiched between the retainer and circuit board. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090014308 | Push-button switch - The invention provides a lateral pushing type push-button switch which is small and thin, and in which a movable-contact depressing stroke that is longer than that in the prior art can be ensured without increasing the height of the switch. In the lateral pushing type push-button switch of the invention, a pair of guiding portions ( | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090032381 | Switch with electrical member supported in elastic folded contact - A switch at least comprises a housing, an electrical member, a terminal and a connecting contact. The housing defining a cavity that includes two opposite sidewalls, and a pair of fixing grooves each defined by said sidewall and an extension wall spaced from said sidewall. The electrical member having a pair of leads disposed within said cavity. The terminal retained in the housing and having a contact portion abutting against said sidewall. The connecting contact retainably disposed within each said groove, and the connecting contact has a plate base abutting against said extension wall, a fixing portion attached onto an upper end of the plate base for clamping each said lead of the electrical member, and an spring portion reversely extending from an opposite bottom end of the plate base and designed to mechanically and electrically engage the contact portion of the second terminal. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090050462 | INTEGRATED CONDUCTIVE RADIO BUTTON - An integrated conductive button, includes a housing and a printed circuit board mounted in proximity to the housing. The printed circuit board includes at least one electric contact portion disposed thereon and a button member is supported by the housing and includes at least one elongated post having a conductive elastomeric material disposed on a tip of the at least one elongated post. An elastomeric web skirt surrounds the at least one elongated post and is disposed against a seat surface of the housing. Upon pressing the button member, the elastomeric web skirt buckles to allow the conductive elastomeric material on the tip of the elongated post to contact the at least one electric contact on the printed circuit board. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090050463 | BUTTON APPARATUS WITH AUTOMATIC RESET FUNCTION - A button apparatus includes a button, a cover pivotally engaged with the button, and a chassis secured to the cover. The chassis includes a frame, an opening defined in the frame, and an elastic element connected between two opposite sides of the frame. The elastic element includes a first contact portion and a second contact portion. The button includes two pressing portions extending outwardly from two opposite sides thereof. The two pressing portions are arranged at two opposite sides of the elastic element. When the button is depressed, it moves relative to the cover from an original position to a depressed position, causing one of the first and second contact portions to be resiliently distorted and abut one of the two opposite sides of the body. When the button is released, the elastic element restores the button to the original position. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090266699 | Switch structures for use on printed circuit boards - An electrical contact area on a printed circuit board (“PCB”), that would otherwise be subject to abrasion and possibly also corrosion, can be protected by covering it with another, more durable contact structure that is bonded to the first-mentioned contact area using an anistropic conductive adhesive (“ACA”). The more durable contact structure may include a member of PCB material or the like with electrically connected electrical contacts on its upper and lower surfaces. At least the upper one of these contacts (which is exposed for the service that involves possible abrasion and/or corrosion) may be given high durability by plating it with hard gold. The lower of these contacts is adhered to the main PCB via the above-mentioned ACA. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20110094869 | POWER BUTTON ASSEMBLY AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - A power button assembly includes a printed circuit board having a switch, a support plate engaging with the printed circuit board, and a push button to activate the switch. The support plate includes abutting portions to elastically abut against the push button, and one of the support plate and the push button includes hook portions, and the other includes latching portions engaging with the hook portions. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110114464 | POWER BUTTON ASSEMBLY AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - A power button assembly includes a printed circuit board having terminals and a dome for trigging the terminals, a support base fixed on the printed circuit board, and a push button positioned between the printed circuit board and the support base. The push button is capable of moving along a first axis relative to the support base. One of the push button and the support base includes a guiding groove, and the other includes a guiding element slidably received in the guiding groove. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110180380 | Wireless Dongle - A wireless dongle includes a shell having a base board of which an appropriate portion is made of elastic materials to be acted as a switch section, a printed circuit board mounted in the shell and spaced from the base board of the shell, and an elastic member made of elastic materials. The printed circuit board defines a contact area facing to the switch section of the shell. The elastic member is mounted between the switch section of the shell and the contact area of the printed circuit board, and further spaced from the contact area. The elastic member can be elastically pressed to contact the contact area of the printed circuit board by means of pressing the switch section of the shell against the elastic member so as to trigger an electrical signal. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20120211344 | INPUT DEVICE WITH SWING OPERATION - An input device includes a printed circuit board for outputting a signal, a supporting base fixed on the printed circuit board, and a cap pivoted to the supporting base. A protrusion is formed on an end of the cap for contacting against the printed circuit board when the cap is not pressed down. The cap pivots relative to the supporting base when the cap is pressed down. The input device further includes a resilient conductive component disposed between the printed circuit board and the cap for being pressed by the cap to conduct the printed circuit board when the cap is pressed down. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120292172 | PUSH SWITCH INCORPORATING AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT ELEMENT - A push switch ( | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120305377 | COVER GLASS PRESSURE BUTTON - A cover glass pressure button (CGPB) is disclosed for an electronic device that has an image display module which is protected by a cover glass. When the cover glass is pressed, the CGPB senses the pressure to output a corresponding physical parameter to a control circuit for triggering a function of the image display module. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120305378 | COVER GLASS PRESSURE BUTTON - A cover glass pressure button (CGPB) is disclosed for an electronic device that has an image display module which is protected by a cover glass. When the cover glass is pressed, the CGPB senses the pressure to output a corresponding physical parameter to a control circuit for triggering a function of the image display module. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120312674 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH POWER BUTTON ASSEMBLY - An electronic device includes a housing and a power button assembly mounted on the housing. The housing defines an assembly hole and an assembly portion around the assembly hole, and the assembly portion includes a side wall. The power button assembly includes a pressing button received in the assembly hole, a printed circuit board, and a support plate connected to the printed circuit board. The support plate is fixed on the housing, such that the printed circuit board is positioned opposite the pressing button. The support plate includes a plurality of positioning portions bent towards the printed circuit board along an imaginary outline corresponding to the side wall, respectively, and the positioning portions are inserted in the assembly portion and abut the side wall correspondingly. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120325638 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH POWER SWITCH - An electronic device includes a housing defining a receiving hole, and a power switch positioned on the housing. The power switch includes an operating button received in the receiving hole, an elastic member fixed to the operating button via an adhesive member, a printed circuit board, and a support member. The support member is connected to the printed circuit board and fixed to the housing, such that the elastic member is sandwiched between the operating button and the printed circuit board | 12-27-2012 |
| 20130228440 | INPUT DEVICE - A rear operation body is attached on a rear portion of a front case via a pair of front supporting plate springs. A front operation body is provided in a frontward of the front case and the front operation body and the rear operation body are connected via a penetration portion. A rear case is provided in a rearward of the front case, and a rear supporting plate spring is provided in the rear case. A flexible print substrate is provided in a frontward thereof and a plurality of detection members are mounted on the flexible print substrate. When an operation surface of the front operation body is pressed, the front supporting plate springs are deformed. Thereby, the rear operation body is moved such that any of the plurality of detection members is operated. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20140158512 | PUSH SWITCH - Provided is a push/press switch design which allows for a reduced total height profile while maintaining a smooth operation with a large operation stroke by suppressing an extremely large sliding friction when a corner portion of a stem is pressed. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140216911 | EMERGENCY STOP DEVICE ADAPTABLE FOR A MAN-MACHINE DIALOG SYSTEM - An emergency stop device including a body, a control button that is translatably movable along a control axis, at least one set of electric contacts that are normally closed and which include a mobile electric contact and a stationary electric contact, a flexible blade having a first free end and a second free end, and an actuation push member that can be translatably actuated, by the control button, between a rest position and an actuated position, and which is configured to engage with the flexible blade. The flexible blade includes a bearing area for the actuation push member, and the flexible blade is shaped to rigidify the bearing area. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20160027595 | PUSH SWITCH - Provided is a push switch that can be made thin without requiring that a notch be made into a mounting board. The push switch includes a substrate having a L-shaped cross section and wherein the substrate has a front surface, a back surface and a side face, an accommodating recess provided on the front surface, a center contact provided so as to be substantially centralized in the accommodating recess, a pair of peripheral contacts each provided at a circumferential edge of the accommodating recess, a movable contact spring constructed so as to extend across the pair of peripheral contacts and designed to be brought into contact with the center contact when pressed, a connection pad provided on the back surface and electrically connected to the mounting substrate, and an electrode provided on the side face and electrically connected to the connection pad. | 01-28-2016 |
| 200535000 | Leaf spring contact | 7 |
| 20080217155 | ELECTRICAL SWITCH HAVING A VARIABLE RETURN FORCE - An electrical switch system may include a contact-bearing support configured to delimit a recess in a substantially horizontal bottom, wherein at least two fixed electrical contacts are positioned in the recess. Additionally, the electrical switch system may include at least one dome-shaped first triggering device configured to be elastically deformable from a top rest position to form an electrical link between the at least two fixed electrical contacts. The electrical switch system may also include an actuating push-button mounted to be displaced substantially vertically downward relative to the support. Further, the electrical switch system may include a mechanism configured to return the push-button to the rest position and an elastic element configured to exert an elastic force on the push-button, wherein the elastic force is directed upward when the push-button is displaced downward beyond a contact position. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080296141 | Key Input Apparatus and Electronic Device - An electrode is disposed on the upper surface of a printed circuit board, and a bowl-shaped metal dome is disposed so as to cover the electrode. An elastic, deformable push switch sheet is disposed on the metal dome. A convex section that protrudes downward is disposed in the push sheet in an area directly above the center portion of the metal dome. Formed in the area surrounding the convex section on the push switch sheet is a notch whereby the portion in which the convex section is formed is partitioned off in the form of a cantilever brace from the other portions of the push switch sheet. The notch is disposed outside of the portion that corresponds to the directly underlying area of the key top. The outside edge of the key top is thereby positioned inside the cantilever brace section in a plan view. In this manner, it is possible to reduce the required pressing force and obtain a good perception of key operation. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20120228108 | Operation Switch - A push button switch | 09-13-2012 |
| 20130008768 | SWITCH - A switch has a first leaf spring having a first contact, the first contact being formed in a V shape and including two inclined surfaces, a second leaf spring having a second contact facing the first contact, the second contact being formed in a convex shape and including vertexes facing the inclined surfaces, respectively; and a pressing unit that presses the first leaf spring or the second leaf spring. When the pressing unit presses the first leaf spring or the second leaf spring, the inclined surface on a first side of the first contact and the vertex on a first side of the second contact come in contact with each other, and the vertex on the first side of the second contact slides on the inclined surface on the first side of the first contact. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20140042006 | MICROSWITCH ENDURING MORE CYCLES OF PRESSING ACTIVITIES - A microswitch comprises an accommodation room thereinside, a common terminal, an NC terminal and an NO terminal that are extended from the accommodation room, and a pressing element. The accommodation room further holds an operating element and an elastic element. The operating element has a pressed member located at one side of the common terminal and compressed by the pressing element, and a conduction member located at another side of the common terminal and interposed between the NC terminal and NO terminal. The elastic element is arranged between the common terminal and the conduction member, and has a first fixing portion coupled to the common terminal and a second fixing portion coupled to the conduction member. The operating element is normally supported by the elastic element to contact the NC terminal and pushed down by the pressing element to disconnect from the NC terminal and contact the NO terminal. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140151213 | PUSH SWITCH - Provided is a pushbutton switch that can be made thin without requiring that a notch be made into a mounting board. The pushbutton switch is provided with a first substrate having a housing recess part located on a surface of the first substrate, a center contact provided at roughly the center of the interior of the housing recess part, a pair of peripheral contacts provided on peripheral edge parts of the housing recess part, a movable contact spring that is installed on the pair of peripheral contacts and that touches the center contact upon being pressed, and a second substrate, which is provided with a pair of connection pads electrically connected to the first substrate. A cross section of the first and second substrates is formed as a whole into an | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140174901 | Keyboard Button Structure - A keyboard button structure includes a flexible board and a key cap. The flexible board includes an hollow-out body, a first support portion, a second support portion, and an extending arm including a conducting contact. The first supporting is connected to the hollow-out body. A first perpendicular distance is formed between the first support portion and the hollow-out body. The second support portion is connected to the first support portion. The extending arm is connected to the second support portion. A second perpendicular distance is formed between the extending arm and the hollow-out body. The key cap is fixed to the first and the second support portions, and is rotatably coupled to the hollow-out body. When the key cap is moved in a direction toward the hollow-out body by an external force, the extending arm is moved in the direction with the key cap. | 06-26-2014 |
