Patents Examined by Lheiren Mae A Caroc
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Patent number: 11784012Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a frame, a signal trigger fixed inside the frame, and a button penetrating the frame. The button includes a button post, an elastic cushion, and a button cap. The button post penetrates the frame to be adjacent to the signal trigger. The elastic cushion is fixed to an end of the button post away from the signal trigger. The button cap is fixedly connected to a side of the elastic cushion away from the button post. The elastic cushion is connected between the button post and the button cap, and the button cap can move relative to the button post due to elastic deformation of the elastic cushion.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2021Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.Inventor: Wei Fan
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Patent number: 11776769Abstract: A key structure, including a base plate, a thin film circuit, a dome switch, a scissor structure, an elastic piece, and a keycap, is provided. The thin film circuit is disposed on the base plate. The dome switch is disposed on the thin film circuit. The scissor structure is disposed on the base plate, wherein the scissor structure includes a first support and a second support pivotally connected to the first support, and the second support surrounds the first support. The first support has a trigger part, and the second support has a chamber disposed corresponding to the trigger part. The elastic piece is engaged inside the chamber, wherein the elastic piece has an interfering part located outside the chamber, and the interfering part is located on a moving path of the trigger part. The keycap is disposed on the scissor structure and the dome switch.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2022Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: Acer IncorporatedInventors: Hung-Chi Chen, Cheng-Han Lin
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Patent number: 11764004Abstract: An illuminated keyswitch structure includes a base plate, a drive circuit board under the base plate, a spacer between the drive circuit board and the base plate, and a light-emitting part on the circuit board. The spacer has a through hole communicating with an opening of the base plate in a vertical direction. The sidewall of the through hole is opaque. The light-emitting part is located in the through hole, and falls within a projection of the opening in the vertical direction. The light-emitting part has a top surface that is lower than or equal to a bottom surface of the base plate in the vertical direction. The structure of the illuminated keyswitch structure around the light-emitting part can keep flat by the spacer. The spacer can prevent the light-emitting part from structurally entering the opening, avoiding structural interference between the light-emitting part and other components above the base plate.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2021Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP.Inventors: Heng-Yi Huang, Hsin-Cheng Ho, Yuan-Bao Chen
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Patent number: 11764781Abstract: A switching device includes at least one (a first) sheet of glazing material having a first major surface and an opposing second major surface, a switch attached to the first major surface of the first sheet of glazing material, and a sensor assembly facing the second major surface of the first sheet of glazing material. The switch includes a movable portion operatively coupled with the sensor assembly such that upon operation of the switch, the movable portion moves from a first position to a second position and the movement of the movable portion from the first position to the second position is detectable by the sensor assembly. The switching device may be part of a window or door for a building or a vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2018Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: Pilkington Group LimitedInventor: Stephen Roland Day
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Patent number: 11764005Abstract: An electronic device may include a housing including a first plate facing in a first direction and a second plate facing in a second direction opposite to the first direction, and a key assembly disposed on at least part of the first plate and including a plurality of keys for inputting data by a pressing operation, wherein the key assembly includes a keycap, a printed circuit board, a support structure disposed on the printed circuit board to support the keycap and supporting a pressing operation of the keycap, a contact point portion disposed between the support structure and the printed circuit board, a movable portion coupled to the support structure in the second direction, and an actuator coupled to the movable portion and providing a force for moving the keycap in the first direction or the second direction depending on whether the actuator is activated.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2019Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Youjin Kang, Changwon Son
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Patent number: 11764782Abstract: There is described a motor vehicle control device (10) with a control unit (12), which includes a movable control element (14), and an electrode carrier (20) which comprises at least two electrodes (24) associated to the control element (14), which are contacted electrically and together with the control unit (12) form a common capacitor (38).Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2018Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: BCS AUTOMOTIVE INTERFACE SOLUTIONS GMBHInventors: Nelson Carvalho, Pawel Borowczyk, Steffen Sornberger, Helmut Sowig, Viktor Beliuzhenko, Leandro Conde
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Patent number: 11756753Abstract: The operating device for a vehicle is provided with a housing having a front wall. At least one operating element is arranged on the front wall and can be manually actuated starting from a rest position for the purpose of entering a command or activating a function. The operating element is associated with a switch having a switching member on which the operating key acts during manual operation. Furthermore, a support element is arranged in the housing at a distance from the operating element, on which support element the switch associated with the operating element is arranged, the support element having a bending bar with an upper side facing the operating element and a lower side facing away from the upper side, and the switch being arranged on the bending bar.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2020Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: BEHR-HELLA THERMOCONTROL GMBHInventors: Holger Kleine-Hollenhorst, Michael Arens
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Patent number: 11756752Abstract: An electronic device including a button assembly is provided. The electronic device includes a housing, a button member which is at least partially exposed to the outside of the housing, a substrate portion disposed in an inner space of the housing, a dome switch module mounted on the substrate portion, a bracket mounted inside the housing, and a block member which is disposed between the dome switch module and the bracket and includes a base portion coupled to one surface of the bracket, a contact portion in contact with the dome switch module, and a support portion disposed on the periphery the contact portion.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2021Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Dinh Quynh Nguyen, The Nam Nguyen, Danh Tung Tran, Xuan Truong Dao, Van Kien Pham
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Patent number: 11756749Abstract: A push-button switch assembly with identification of switching states includes: a push-button switch having an actuating head for actuating the push-button switch and having a push-button guide; and an adapter device for attaching the push-button switch to a housing body. The adapter device fastens the push-button switch in a bore of the housing body. The adapter device compensates for a different diameter of the bore of the housing body and the push-button guide. The push-button guide has a plunger which is arranged in a hollow body of the push-button guide and movable in the hollow body of the push-button guide when the actuating head is actuated. By actuating the actuating head, the push-button switch is switchable from a non-released state to a released state. The push-button switch is arranged such that a region thereof visibly protrudes from under the actuating head when the push-button switch is in the non-released state.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2020Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITEDInventors: Frank Bruchschmidt, Petra Ries
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Patent number: 11735381Abstract: An electric pushbutton switch includes a guide housing, a switching element having a haptic element that produces a pressure point and a return spring that generates a restoring force, an actuator for actuating the switching element, and a resilient tolerance compensation element arranged between the guide housing and the actuator. The switching element being stationary relative to the guide housing and the actuator being movable relative to the guide housing. The actuator actuates the switching element against the restoring force when the actuator is moved relative to the guide housing in an actuating direction of the actuator towards the switching element. The resilient tolerance compensation element is arranged between the guide housing and the actuator. The resilient compensation element has a spring force directed in the actuating direction of the actuator towards the switching element and opposite the restoring force of the return spring of the switching element.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2022Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: KOSTAL Automobil Elektrik GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Andre Fehling, Kristian Lanzon
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Patent number: 11735379Abstract: A keyswitch assembly includes a switch module, a support mechanism, a blocking mechanism, an enhancing light source, and a backlight source. The switch module includes a substrate, a signal generator, and a signal sensor. The signal generator generates a sensing signal. The signal sensor receives the sensing signal to obtain a sensing strength. The support mechanism is disposed on the substrate. The blocking mechanism is disposed on the substrate and has a light-permeable portion. A portion of the blocking mechanism inserts into or escapes from a gap between the signal generator and the signal sensor. The backlight source is disposed on the substrate and located outside the vertical projection of the blocking mechanism on the substrate. The enhancing light source is disposed on the substrate and located within the vertical projection of the blocking mechanism on the substrate and corresponds to the light-permeable portion.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2022Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP.Inventors: Li-Te Chang, Chih-Hung Chen, Yen-Ting Chen
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Patent number: 11728110Abstract: An illuminated keyswitch structure is provided. A base plate includes plural openings and plural rib portions separating the openings. A drive circuit board is disposed under the base plate. A spacer having a through hole is disposed underneath the base plate and above the drive circuit board. A light-emitting part with low illuminance is disposed on the drive circuit board and in the through hole, and the light-emitting part vertically corresponding to one of the openings of the base plate. A light-permeable covering structure includes a first covering layer and a second covering layer. The second covering layer vertically corresponds to the light-emitting part and said corresponding opening of the base plate. The second covering layer blocks at least partial light of the light-emitting part toward said corresponding opening to reduce illuminating intensity provided there through.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2022Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP.Inventors: Heng-Yi Huang, Hsin-Cheng Ho
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Patent number: 11728106Abstract: A keyboard key device includes a keycap and a substrate unit. The substrate unit includes a light-emitting component, a light guide plate, and a light transmission plate. The light guide plate has first and second end surfaces, and at least one light-condensing hole. The first end surface is formed with an uneven microstructure for diffuse reflection of light rays. The light transmission plate has first and second side surfaces, and an outer reflective layer coated on the second side surface. A portion of light rays emitted from the light-emitting component and into the light transmission plate pass through the outer reflective layer, and the remainder of the light rays are reflected by the outer reflective layer.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2021Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: Sunrex Technology Corp.Inventors: Chih-Hsien Wu, Shih-Pin Lin, Li-Ling Huang, Hsiang-Yi Chen
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Patent number: 11721498Abstract: An electronic device may include a housing including a first plate facing in a first direction and a second plate facing in a second direction opposite to the first direction, and a key assembly disposed on at least part of the first plate and including a plurality of keys for inputting data by a pressing operation, wherein the key assembly includes a keycap, a printed circuit board, a support structure disposed on the printed circuit board to support the keycap and supporting a pressing operation of the keycap, a contact point portion disposed between the support structure and the printed circuit board, a movable portion coupled to the support structure in the second direction, and an actuator coupled to the movable portion and providing a force for moving the keycap in the first direction or the second direction depending on whether the actuator is activated.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2019Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Youjin Kang, Changwon Son
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Patent number: 11721499Abstract: A button assembly includes a bottom plate, a cap, an elastic member, a link member, and an interference member. The cap is disposed on the bottom plate, and the cap has a button surface and an inner surface relative to each other. The elastic member is disposed under the cap. The link member has two parallel portions parallel to each other and a horizontal portion connected with the two parallel portions, wherein the two parallel portions are disposed to the bottom plate and the horizontal portion is disposed to the inner surface. The interference member is disposed between the inner surface and the link member.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2021Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignees: LITE-ON ELECTRONICS (GUANGZHOU) LIMITED, Lite-On Technology CorporationInventors: Kuo-Hui Hsu, Cheng-Kun Liao
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Patent number: 11710608Abstract: The illuminated push-button switch device includes a shell-portion enclosing a switch element and a light source and having one or more opening-portions protruding from an upper surface of the shell-portion; a button-portion provided to cover the opening-portions, the button-portion being vertically movable along the opening-portions; and a panel-portion surrounding an outside of the button-portion and provided on the upper surface of the shell-portion, wherein gap is provided between the panel-portion and the button-portion in a top view, wherein the upper surface of the shell-portion extends along a plane perpendicular to a vertical movement direction of the button-portion, and a slope-portion at a predetermined angle with respect to the upper surface is formed on a portion of the upper surface situated under the gap, and wherein a height of the slope-portion along the vertical movement direction gradually decreases from a button-portion side to a panel portion side.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2021Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.Inventors: Guoqiang Zhang, Qiannan Lu
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Patent number: 11694861Abstract: A button for use with an image capture device in an underwater environment that includes a movable plunger configured to cause actuation of the image capture device and upper and lower components collectively defining an internal cavity that is configured to receive the plunger. The upper and lower components are configured and connected such that actuation of the image capture device is prevented until a threshold pressure is applied to the upper component that is greater than external water pressure applied in the underwater environment. The upper component includes at least one opening that is configured to allow water to enter the internal cavity to modify an internal pressure within the internal cavity so as to reduce the threshold pressure required to actuate the image capture device in the underwater environment.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2019Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: GoPro, Inc.Inventors: Chao Chen, Marco Marroquin, Himay Shukla
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Patent number: 11694862Abstract: A trigger switch assembly for use with an electrical device, including: a switch housing; a switch circuit disposed within the switch housing; an actuator rod configured for operable-interaction with a contact lever of the switch circuit; a trigger member having an actuator rod engagement recess configured for receiving a first end of the actuator rod therein, and, a finger-engagement portion configured for engagement by a user's finger so as to urge the actuator rod along the movement axis from the OFF position in to its ON position; and a lock-off mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2020Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignees: DEFOND ELECTECH CO., LTD., DEFOND COMPONENTS LIMITEDInventor: Wai Man Wong
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Patent number: 11688568Abstract: Multiple position switches and specifically in-line multiple position switches where a user has definitive points of on and off switching which are used to turn multiple redundant internal circuit switches on and off. This can provide for increased reliability of switch operation. The multi-position switch is typically a five-position switch with all five positions in-line and with double or triple redundancy at each position.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2022Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: Essex Industries, Inc.Inventors: Michael Maragni, Leane Darnold, Brian Joachimsthaler
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Patent number: 11676783Abstract: A press-type input device includes a first pressing member, a second pressing member, a base, and a holding member. The first pressing member has a pressure receiving surface and a first axis and is tiltable around the first axis. The second pressing member has a second axis and is tiltable around the second axis. The base includes a detection unit configured to detect a tilt of the second pressing member. The holding member is configured to hold, together with the base, the first pressing member and the second pressing member. A location of at least one of the first axis or the second axis is variable in accordance with a pushed location on the pressure receiving surface. When viewed in a direction vertical to the pressure receiving surface, the second axis and the detection unit do not overlap each other.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2019Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Satoshi Yoshihara, Mitsuru Satou, Masaki Sawada