Patents Examined by Anthony R. Jiminez
  • Patent number: 10886080
    Abstract: A pushbutton includes a base extending in a longitudinal direction, a sensor module mounted to the base, a keycap disposed above the sensor module, two scissor switch modules, a main pushbutton module and two side pushbutton modules. The sensor module has a first sensing member and two second sensing members. The main pushbutton module is operable to switch between a released state, where the main pushbutton module is not in direct contact with the first sensing member such that each of the scissor switch modules would not be in direct contact with a respective one of the second sensing members, and a depressed state, where the main pushbutton module comes in direct contact with the first sensing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: SUNREX TECHNOLOGY CORP.
    Inventor: Shih-Pin Lin
  • Patent number: 10826495
    Abstract: A flexible cable may include an electrical conductor, a dielectric insulator layer surrounding the electrical conductor, a jacket layer being flexible and surrounding the dielectric insulator layer, a shield surrounding the dielectric insulator layer and a connector electrically connected to the electrical conductor. The connector may be configured to connect to an electronic device and communicate electrical signals from the electrical conductor to the electronic device. The cable may further include a capacitive layer engaging the jacket layer. At least one capacitive pad may be disposed on the capacitive layer and be configured to communicate signals (e.g., capacitance variance) over a communications path in response to a user touching the capacitive pad(s) by his or her fingers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Datalogic IP Tech S.R.L.
    Inventors: Pietro Todescato, Davide Bruni, Fabio Albanese
  • Patent number: 10804051
    Abstract: An illuminated glass keycap having a glyph diffuser layer that may diffuse light through a glyph window opened in a background layer. The background layer may be opaque and the glyph window may be transparent. The keycap is adhered to a scissor mechanism positioned above electrical switch circuitry. Included within, below, or adjacent to the scissor mechanism may be one or more light sources positioned to emit light through the keycap, around the perimeter of the keycap, and/or through the background layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Craig C. Leong, Derrick T. Jue, Hilbert T. Kwan, Keith J. Hendren
  • Patent number: 9419612
    Abstract: A touch panel includes a first substrate and a plurality of conductive electrodes. The conductive electrodes are located at the first substrate, and each of the conductive electrodes includes at least one mesh electrode. Each of the mesh electrodes includes a plurality of conductive patterns, and the conductive patterns of the same mesh electrode are connected together. Each of the conductive patterns has a central point, and distances from the central point of each of the conductive patterns to the central points of adjacent conductive patterns are incongruent, such that the conductive patterns are arranged in an irregular manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: WINTEK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chong-Yang Fang, Wen-Chun Wang
  • Patent number: 9105424
    Abstract: A removable rocker switch unit (1) has a housing (7) and an ON- and an OFF-position removably fixed to the first end of the housing (2). The rocker switch (3) has two pairs of vertically and horizontally aligned connector elements (4). The housing (7) provides two chambers, each chamber for each phase of the rocker switch (7) including a first and a second connecting elements (5, 8) in each chamber arranged to be connected by a fuse (9), a current limiter (9) or both in a series connection and/or by a varistor (9) between connecting elements (5, 8) of the two different phases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: Schaffner EMV AG
    Inventor: Fabian Beck
  • Patent number: 8803012
    Abstract: A high-voltage assembly contains a switching device. The switching device contains a gear having two coupling rods that can be pivoted in a predetermined pivot plane and that displace an electric contact element during pivoting, whereby the switching position of the switching device can be varied. In a first switching position, the switching device connects a first connection to a second connection, and in a second switching position, it connects the first connection to a third connection, and in a third switching position, the three connections remain unconnected. A drive axis of a drive is arranged perpendicular to a pivot plane of the coupling rods, and the coupling rods are mounted such that at least one of them can pivot through the drive axis region in which the drive axis of the drive penetrates the pivot plane of both coupling rods when adjusting the switching position of the switching device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Sebastian Goeschel, Andreas Kleinschmidt, Dirk Schulze-Wischeler