Patents by Inventor Yan Min Liu

Yan Min Liu has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20040140193
    Abstract: A tact switch (1) includes a housing (10) defining a cavity (1000) in a middle thereof, a first contact (11) and a second contact (12) received in a portion of the housing under the cavity, a dome-shaped metal spring (13) mounted in the cavity, a seal pad (14) mounted on a top of the housing, a metal shell (15) covering the housing, and a push button (16) engaging with the shell and attached on the seal pad. The shell comprises a base portion (153), and three sidewalls (151) and a tab (152) respectively perpendicularly depending from edges of the base portion. The seal pad is substantially rectangular, and frictionally fitted between two opposite of the sidewalls and the tab at an underside of the base portion. Therefore, the seal pad is securely retained in a correct position in the shell in assembling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2003
    Publication date: July 22, 2004
    Inventors: Yan Min Liu, Ren-Chih Li