Push Button Patents (Class 200/341)
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Patent number: 12230459Abstract: An illuminated keyswitch structure includes a base plate, a keycap, and a light-emitting die package. The keycap is movably disposed above the base plate in a vertical direction. The light-emitting die package is disposed under the keycap and includes a plurality of light-emitting dies. The plurality of light-emitting dies are monochromatic light-emitting dies. Therein, among the plurality of light-emitting dies, three light-emitting dies that are adjacently arranged in an arrangement direction perpendicular to the vertical direction emit light of three different colors. The arrangement direction is respectively parallel to along side of each of the three adjacent light-emitting dies.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2023Date of Patent: February 18, 2025Assignees: DARFON ELECTRONICS (HUAIAN) CO., LTD., DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP.Inventors: Shih-Yung Ku, Wen-Ming Hsu, Yu-Chuan Ku
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Patent number: 12165461Abstract: There is provided a push button device with which a support plate can be disposed close to a display screen without providing the support plate with a latching mechanism, and which can be easily attached and detached. The invention comprises a push button device that is inserted into the opening of a transparent plate from the front side, and an annular lock plate that is disposed on the back side of the transparent plate and is fitted to the outer peripheral portion of the bottom part of the push button device from the back side. A snap-fit structure that is fixed to the outer peripheral portion of the bottom part by rotating the lock plate is provided to the outer peripheral portion of the bottom part of the push button device and to the inner peripheral portion of the lock plate.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2020Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: OMRON CorporationInventors: Takuya Kudo, Masaaki Sumi, Hiroyuki Onitsuka, Takehiro Agata
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Patent number: 12142449Abstract: An actuation device for mounting on a vehicle part, in particular in the form of a door or a hinged closure element, is provided. The subject actuation device includes: an electrical switch having at least one switching element for triggering a vehicle function; and a housing unit having at least a first and a second housing portion, which at least partly form a housing interior, in which the switching element is arranged, the second housing portion being movable, at least in some regions, relative to the first housing portion from an idle position into an actuation position in order to actuate the switching element. A vehicle and an actuation method are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2020Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: Huf Hülsbeck & Fürst GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Gerd Buschmann, Artur Boczek
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Patent number: 12136528Abstract: Methods and systems for providing computer implemented services using user input are disclosed. To obtain the user input, a passive human interface device may be used. The human interface device may include any number of magnets that may produce a magnetic field used to discern the user input. The magnets may be mechanically coupled to actuatable elements of the human interface device thereby encoding information regarding actuations of the human interface device into the magnetic field produced by the magnets. The magnetic field may be sensed and used to identify actuations by the user which may indicate input from the user.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2023Date of Patent: November 5, 2024Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Loo Shing Tan, Michiel Sebastiaan Emanuel Petrus Knoppert, Gerald Rene Pelissier, Thomas Marcus Hinskens
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Patent number: 12131874Abstract: A keyswitch support connection structure incudes a bottom plate portion, a cantilever plate, and a joining portion. The cantilever plate extends upward from a joining hole of the bottom plate portion and has a holding structure. The joining portion and the joining hole are firmly engaged with each other. The joining portion encapsulates the holding structure. The joining portion and the bottom plate portion jointly form or the joining portion alone forms a support connection portion. A keyswitch structure includes a base, a keycap above the base, and first and second keyswitch supports connected to and between the keycap and the base. The base includes the above keyswitch support connection structure. The first keyswitch support is rotatably connected to the support connection portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2021Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP.Inventors: Po-Chun Hou, Chin-Hung Lin, Liang-Ta Yeh, Ling-Hsi Chao
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Patent number: 12131875Abstract: There is a keyboard assembly for a handheld device, including a housing having a first section and a second section. The keyboard assembly has a plurality of slots formed on the first section. A printed circuit board (PCB) is disposed between the first and second sections. A key mat is sandwiched between the first section and the PCB, the key mat having a plurality of fixed keys and a plurality of interchangeable keys, each key protruding from the key's corresponding slot on the first section. Each interchangeable key has a unique identity, such that when each interchangeable key is replaced onto another slot on the first section, the interchangeable key's unique identity remains with the interchangeable key.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2021Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: Home Control Singapore PTE LTDInventors: Kwok Hoong Siu, Joseph Pok Yap Chong, Ching Guan Tay, Chen Wee Cheah
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Patent number: 12131627Abstract: A tactile feedback system is provided. The tactile feedback system includes a fixed portion, a first movable portion, a second movable portion, and a driving assembly. The first movable portion is movable relative to the fixed portion. The second movable portion is movable relative to the fixed portion and the first movable portion. The driving assembly is configured to drive the first movable portion to move relative to the fixed portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2022Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: TDK TAIWAN CORP.Inventors: Po-Xiang Zhuang, Wei-Jhe Shen, Yi-Ho Chen
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Patent number: 12111677Abstract: An alert device includes a button assembly and an alert switch. The button assembly includes a casing and a button. The casing has a first through hole and a plurality of second through holes. The button includes a pressed part, an activation part and a plurality of hook parts. The pressed part has a central portion and a non-central portion, the non-central portion is connected to the central portion, the activation part is connected to the central portion, the plurality of hook parts are connected to the non-central portion, the activation part is disposed through the first through hole, and each of the plurality of hook parts is respectively disposed through each of the plurality of second through holes and is connected to the casing. The alert switch is disposed corresponding to the activation part.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2022Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignee: WISTRON CORP.Inventors: Chien-Hao Yuan, Hengmin Liu
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Patent number: 12080491Abstract: A key structure of keyboard including a base, at least one force sensing membrane disposed on the base, a scissors mechanism, a key cap, a bracket sets assembled to the key cap, a first sleeve, a second sleeve, a spring, and a pressing member disposed at a bottom of the second sleeve is provided. A side of the scissors mechanism is movably leaned against the base and located on the force sensing membrane, and another side of the scissors mechanism is pivoted to the bracket sets. A portion of the first sleeve is assembled between the key cap and the bracket sets, and another portion of the first sleeve passes through the bracket sets. The second sleeve is movably socketed in the first sleeve. The spring is leaned against the second sleeve and the key cap. A keyboard is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2022Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignee: Acer IncorporatedInventor: Hung-Chi Chen
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Patent number: 12065864Abstract: A door handle assembly and unlocking method include a handle connected to a base by a hinge for rotation between an idle position, substantially parallel to the base, and a door-opening position, inclined relative to the base. An actuator is within the base and moves the handle to at least the opening position. A first control device in the handle and connected to an electric unlocking system. The handle includes a tactile area on an inner surface for receiving pressure applied by the user's hand for activating the first control device and generating a first control signal. A second control device is on the base and is actuated by movement of the handle from the opening position to an over-opening position to generate a second control signal. The electric unlocking system receives the first or second control signal in order to unlock and allow opening of the door.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2020Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: U-SHIN ITALIA S.P.A.Inventors: Marco Savant, Antonino Cannavo
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Patent number: 12033814Abstract: A switching device includes a keytop and a switching part. The keytop is exposed from an opening of an exterior cover of a housing. The switching part is pushed by the keytop. The switching part includes a head portion on which a pushing operation is received and a cover portion covering the opening of the exterior cover around the head portion. The cover portion forms an exterior appearance of the housing together with the exterior cover.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2021Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventor: Yoshifumi Okauchi
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Patent number: 12002634Abstract: A pressing mechanism of a push switch including an operation member configured to be pressed, and a leaf spring member that includes a dome portion bulging in a dome shape and an opening portion provided in a central portion of the dome portion, the leaf spring member generating a tactile sensation on the operation member by an inverting operation of the dome portion in response to being pressed by the operation member, wherein the operation member includes a first pressing portion configured to press a movable contact point member against a fixed contact point member through the opening portion and a second pressing portion configured to press the dome portion.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2022Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.Inventors: Hidetaka Sato, Shinya Makino, Naoki Hanawa
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Patent number: 11978598Abstract: A keyswitch structure includes a base, a keycap, a lift mechanism and a light-emitting part. The lift mechanism includes a first support, a second support, and a spring structure. The first support and the second support are connected to and between the base and the keycap, so that the keycap can move relative to the base in a vertical direction. The spring structure is a single structural part and is connected to the first support and the second support and drives the first support and the second support to lift the keycap in the vertical direction. The lift mechanism as a whole defines a central space that extends through the whole lift mechanism in the vertical direction. The spring structure does not enter the central space. The light-emitting part is disposed on the base corresponding to the central zone, and emits light to illuminate the keycap.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2022Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP.Inventors: Chen Yang, Ling-Hsi Chao, Shao-Lun Hsiao, Yu-Chun Hsieh
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Patent number: 11972911Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing having a key hole formed therein and including a switch disposed therein, the key hole being formed such that a first length is longer than a second, perpendicular length and a key assembly coupled to the housing, a portion of the key assembly being disposed inside the key hole. The key assembly includes a cover member, a portion of which is exposed outside the housing through the key hole and a pressing member that is coupled to the cover member and presses the switch. The pressing member includes first protrusions protruding from opposite longitudinal ends of the pressing member in a first direction, and the first protrusions are brought into contact with an inner wall of the key hole and have elasticity such that a portion of the first protrusions are capable of elastic deformation.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2021Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Seungwhee Choi, Jingook Kim, Chijoon Kim, Wonyoung Seo, Seongki Jeong, Halim Choi
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Patent number: 11953088Abstract: A shift device including: a shift switch that, when operated, is configured to change a shift range of a transmission of a vehicle; and a tact switch that is provided in the shift switch and is operated as a result of the shift switch being operated.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2023Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI-RIKA-DENKI-SEISAKUSHOInventors: Kazuhiro Saito, Hironori Watanabe
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Patent number: 11937772Abstract: An operation switch includes an elastic operation member, a pressing member, and a switch main body. The elastic operation member is formed of an elastic member, and includes a dome portion on one end side and a circumferential plane portion on the other end side. The dome portion is formed in a dome shape in a natural state, elastically deformed to a balanced state with a predetermined tension different from the natural state, and held as a dome shape. The pressing member moves by deforming the dome portion, and presses an electric switch. The switch main body includes a recess for switch in which an electric switch is disposed, a housing hole in which the pressing member is housed, and a central protrusion around which an inner plane of the circumferential plane portion of the elastic operation member is disposed.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2021Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Masanori Suzuki
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Patent number: 11921937Abstract: An input device comprises a depressible element with two switches including a first switch configured to generate a first signal when the depressible element is depressed by a threshold distance and a second switch configured to generate a second signal indicating when the depressible element is depressed by the threshold distance and the second switch is in an active state. One or more processors may be configured to receive the first signal from the first switch; configure the second switch to change from an inactive state to an active state in response to receiving the first signal; receive the second signal from the second switch in the active state; determine whether the second signal indicates that the depressible element is depressed by the threshold distance; and generate event data confirming that the depressible element is depressed by the threshold distance in response to receiving the second signal.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Logitech Europe S.A.Inventors: Jan Stoeckli, Nicolas Ramond, Olivier Egloff, Regis Croisonnier, Laurent Plancherel
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Patent number: 11899850Abstract: An input device comprises a depressible element with two switches including a first switch configured to generate a first signal when the depressible element is depressed by a threshold distance and a second switch configured to generate a second signal indicating when the depressible element is depressed by the threshold distance and the second switch is in an active state. One or more processors may be configured to receive the first signal from the first switch; configure the second switch to change from an inactive state to an active state in response to receiving the first signal; receive the second signal from the second switch in the active state; determine whether the second signal indicates that the depressible element is depressed by the threshold distance; and generate event data confirming that the depressible element is depressed by the threshold distance in response to receiving the second signal.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2022Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Logitech Europe S.A.Inventors: Jan Stoeckli, Nicolas Ramond, Olivier Egloff, Regis Croisonnier, Laurent Plancherel
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Patent number: 11901136Abstract: A mechanical component is provided. The component can have a core, a sheath circumferentially surrounding the core, and an insulator between the core and the sheath. The core can include a shape memory material that is arranged to move from an initial form to an activated form upon a temperature of the core warming past a transition temperature of the shape memory material. A distal portion of the sheath can be in electrical communication with a distal portion of the core, while the insulator blocks a flow of electrical current between a proximal portion of the sheath and a proximal portion of the core.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2021Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Inventor: Jacob Podesta
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Patent number: 11880498Abstract: A human interface device may include a deformable body having a handle portion, and a deformable conductor coupled to the deformable body and arranged to deform in response to a physical manipulation of the deformable body. The physical manipulation may include compressing, flexing, twisting, and/or stretching at least a portion of the deformable body. The deformable conductor may be arranged to change an electric characteristic such as a resistance, capacitance and/or inductance in response to the physical manipulation. The deformable conductor may include a sensor portion, and a transmission portion. The sensor portion may sense a first type of physical manipulation, and the transmission portion may sense a second type of physical manipulation.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2021Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: Liquid Wire Inc.Inventors: Sydney Steinmeyer Bright, Andrew Elliott
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Patent number: 11830683Abstract: A key structure is provided. The key structure includes a base plate, a keycap, a positioning element and a rod. The base plate has a through hole. The positioning element is engaged with the through hole. A projection area of the positioning element on the base plate along a lifting direction of the keycap is larger than an area of the through hole.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2020Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignees: LITE-ON ELECTRONICS (GUANGZHOU) LIMITED, LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Cheng-Kun Liao, En-Huei Wang, Ming-Fu Yen
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Patent number: 11815793Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a chassis unit, a movable section rotatably held by the chassis unit, and a circuit board assembly on which circuit components including a tall electronic component are mounted. The chassis unit includes a pan driving unit that drives the movable section, and a pan position detection unit that detects an amount of rotation of the movable section. The chassis unit and the circuit board assembly are arranged such that they are opposed to each other in a first direction perpendicular to an installation surface of the electronic apparatus. The tall electronic component is mounted on a mounting surface, opposed to the chassis unit, of the circuit board assembly, and mounted at a location where in a projection view in the first direction, the tall electronic component does not overlap the pan driving unit and the panning detection unit.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2021Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shinji Obana, Koichi Odagaki
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Patent number: 11802020Abstract: A floor selection operation panel for elevating equipment may include a panel including an opening, an electric compartment room disposed at a rear side of the panel, and a floor selection button disposed inside the electric compartment. The floor selection button may include a button body including a first body and a second body selectively exposed to the outside through the opening, a rotation shaft for rotating the button body, a printed circuit board disposed at a rear side of the button body, the printed circuit board including a switch and a germicidal lamp irradiating light toward the button body, and an elastic member disposed between the rotation shaft and the first body and between the rotation shaft and the second body.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2021Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Inventor: Jang Moon Lee
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Patent number: 11793276Abstract: Systems and apparatus related to an automated footwear platform including an actuator assembly for controlling a footwear lacing apparatus are discussed. In an example, an actuator assembly can include an actuator frame with a plurality of integrated actuators. The actuator frame is adapted to interconnect elements of the actuator assembly, the actuator frame including a width, a length, and a thickness where the width and length form an exterior surface and an interior surface separated by the thickness. The plurality of actuators are integrated into the actuator frame, each actuator of the plurality of actuators including an actuator head extending from the exterior surface and a button interface extending from the backside of the actuator head through the interior surface.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2022Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: NIKE, Inc.Inventors: Eric P. Avar, Narissa Chang, Fanny Yung Ho
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Patent number: 11774071Abstract: A light-emitting module is adapted for a light-permeable button and includes a substrate, a switch, and a plurality of light-emitting units, the switch is disposed on the substrate and configured to contact the light-permeable button, the light-emitting units are disposed on the substrate and surround the switch, and the light-emitting units are disposed on the substrate, spaced apart by each other, and arranged to correspond to a light-receiving surface of the light-permeable button.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2022Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: WIBASE INDUSTRIAL SOLUTIONS INC.Inventors: Che Chuan Hsu, Guan Shin Luo
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Patent number: 11756751Abstract: A functional component having a button function includes a support component, a film, and an electrical switching element. The support component has a recess. The film covers the recess. The electrical switching element is situated below the recess and is actuatable by pressure being exerted on the film in the area above the recess. A ring-shaped or hollow cylindrical body is situated along an inner edge surface of the recess and is in contact with the film.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2022Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: Kostal Automobil Elektrik GmbH & Co. KGInventor: Berthold Esders
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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: 11742160Abstract: A key structure including a base plate, a keycap disposed above the base plate, a scissor structure disposed between the base plate and the keycap, a first sleeve connected to the keycap, a second sleeve rotatably inserted into the first sleeve and a trigger member is provided. The first sleeve is located between the base plate and the keycap and has a guiding chute. The first sleeve is slidably sleeved on the second sleeve. The second sleeve has a guiding protrusion slidably disposed in the guiding chute and a notch opposite to the guiding protrusion, and the notch faces the base plate. The second sleeve is slidably sleeved on the trigger member. The trigger member has a trigger protrusion contacting the base plate, and the trigger protrusion is located between the base plate and the second sleeve.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2022Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: Acer IncorporatedInventors: Hung-Chi Chen, Cheng-Han Lin
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Patent number: 11733589Abstract: A camera structure includes a support frame, a camera, a camera switch and a latch mechanism. The camera is supported by the support frame. The camera switch is spatially separated from the camera. The camera switch is configured to enable and disable the camera. The latch mechanism includes a slidable latch body and a cover and a connecting rod linking the latch body. The latch body is configured to move between a first position and a second position. When the latch body is at the first position, the camera is exposed from a first opening of the cover and the connecting rod interferes with the camera switch to enable the camera. When the latch body is at the second position, the cover shields the camera and the connecting rod moves away from the camera switch to enable the camera.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2022Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignees: Inventec (Pudong) Technology Corporation, INVENTEC CORPORATIONInventors: Kuo-Yang Cheng, Yun-Chien Yen, Kuang Luo, Nien-Yu Pang
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Patent number: 11688567Abstract: A waterproof switch assembly having a rigid casing with a first opening, a compressible elastomeric body attached to said casing around the first opening and defining a push button covering said first opening or attached to a push button covering said first opening, defining a hermetically sealed closed compartment within said casing; a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) housed inside the closed compartment and bearing a protruding electric switch component pushable by the push button; a protective frame, housed inside the closed compartment, surrounding the perimeter of the protruding electric switch component, and attached to the PCB through several connection legs distributed around the protruding electric switch component. The compressible elastomeric body includes protruding elements surrounding the protective frame to transmit shear forces, parallel to the PCB, from the push button to the PCB through the protective frame and connection legs without affecting the protruding electric switch component.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2022Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: PREMO, SAInventors: Juan Fernandez Reina, Jose Antonio Jimenez Pavon, Antonio Rojas Cuevas, Francisco Ezequiel Navarro Perez
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Patent number: 11685308Abstract: A switch structure includes a light-emitting part configured to receive power from a vehicle and to radiate light, a moving block located so as to surround the light-emitting part, a light-transmissive part configured to allow light radiated from the light-emitting part to pass through an opening in the moving block, and a film-printing layer located on a top surface of the light-transmissive part and including a symbol.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2020Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Min Ha Lee, Ik Jin Jung, Seung Sik Han, Young Ju Lee, Kwan Bo Lee
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Patent number: 11612061Abstract: Methods and systems for creating a device having a switch trace are disclosed. The systems and methods described herein may include a device that has a chassis, the chassis having a top and a bottom, at least one antenna affixed to the top of the chassis, a first laser direct structuring-fabricated (LDS) trace, a second LDS trace, and a button, the button connected to the first LDS trace and the top of the chassis, wherein the button is configured to contact the second LDS trace when the button is depressed and complete a circuit between the first LDS trace and the second LDS trace upon contact.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2020Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: Appareo IoT, LLCInventors: Wyatt Dick, Jeff Johnson, Christopher Horne
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Patent number: 11610745Abstract: A key structure includes a base plate, a switch element, a key pedestal and a keycap. The key pedestal includes an opening, a first hooking structure and a second hooking structure. The keycap includes an edge part, a triggering post, a third hooking structure and a fourth hooking structure. The third hooking structure and the fourth hooking structure are installed on the edge part. The switch element is installed on the base plate. The key pedestal is installed on the base plate. The triggering post is inserted into the opening to trigger the switch element. The third hooking structure of the keycap is movably connected with the first hooking structure of the key pedestal. The fourth hooking structure of the keycap is movably connected with the second hooking structure of the key pedestal. Consequently, the keycap is maintained in a horizontal state and not tilted.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2022Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: PRIMAX ELECTRONICS LTD.Inventors: Sheng-Fan Chang, Lei-Lung Tsai, Chin-Sung Pan
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Patent number: 11569046Abstract: A keyswitch includes a board, a cap opposite to the board, a first support device, a second support device, and a first link member. The first support device is disposed between the cap and the board. An end of the first support device is connected to the board. Another end of the first support device is connected to the cap. The second support device is disposed between the cap and the board and is separate from the first support device at a specific distance. An end of the second support device is connected to the board. Another end of the second support device is connected to the cap. The first link member has a first end portion and a second end portion. The first end portion is movably connected to the first support device. The second end portion is connected to the second support device.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2021Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP.Inventors: Chin-Lung Chan, Cheng-Min Su, Hung-Chieh Lo
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Patent number: 11527371Abstract: A switch includes: a housing having a box shape; a plunger movable in a first direction intersecting an opening surface; and a movable piece arranged inside the housing and is elastically deformable in a second direction intersecting the first direction. The plunger has a touching portion which is arranged so as to face the movable piece in the second direction inside the housing and to be able to elastically deform the movable piece in the second direction by touching the movable piece, and further, a lubricant retaining portion that can retain a lubricant is provided in at least one of the touching portion of the plunger and a touched portion of the movable piece.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2019Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: OMRON CorporationInventors: Kazuhira Izawa, Junichi Seto, Mamiko Naka
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Patent number: 11495421Abstract: A keyswitch includes a bottom board, a cap structure, a lifting mechanism, and an elastic member. The lifting mechanism is detachably connected to the cap structure and the bottom board to make the cap structure movable upward and downward relative to the bottom board. The elastic member is connected to the cap structure so as to be detached from the lifting mechanism together with the cap structure when the cap structure is separate from the lifting mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2020Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP.Inventors: Jui-Yi Huang, Sheng-Yun Yang, Chin-Hung Lin
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Patent number: 11476062Abstract: A waterproof electric push button switch assembly having a closed compartment and an electric switch housed inside the closed compartment, the electric switch having connected thereto cables coming out of the compartment which is arranged inside a casing with a cavity with two openings, a first opening hermetically sealed by a compressible elastomeric body attached to the casing, and a second opening hermetically sealed by a cover. The elastomeric body extends into the cavity of the casing providing a surface supporting the electric switch and the cover has on its inner face a tubular wall which is inserted into the cavity of the casing and contacts the elastomeric body along the perimeter. The tubular wall completely surrounds the switch and assures its waterproofness.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2020Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: PREMO, SAInventors: Jose Antonio Jimenez Pavon, Juan Fernandez Reina, Antonio Rojas Cuevas, Francisco Ezequiel Navarro Perez
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Patent number: 11417478Abstract: A multidirectional input apparatus with a switch includes a strain generating body including at least a cylindrical portion and a first plate portion; a plurality of strain sensors; a wiring substrate; a contact rubber configuring the switch together with an electrode on the wiring substrate; and a button. The contact rubber includes a base portion, a movable portion, and a deformable portion. The movable portion is movable to a first position when the deformable portion is not deformed, and to a second position when the deformable portion is deformed. A center of a lower surface of the button contacts an upper surface of the movable portion when the movable portion is at the first and second positions. When the movable portion moves from the first position to the second position and contacts the electrode, a protruding portion on the lower surface of the button presses the wiring substrate.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2021Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.Inventors: Sadayuki Yaginuma, Kunio Hosono, Tetsuo Muranaka, Yasuji Hagiwara
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Patent number: 11404226Abstract: A hardware product for creating a light ring and a dead front effect. The product may include a housing with an opening. The hardware product may also include a button positioned within the opening and configured to be depressed by a user. The button is constructed using a two-part molding process and includes a first shot and a second shot. The first shot is configured to disperse light around the perimeter shape of the opening. The second shot is constructed from an optically opaque or semi-opaque material. A single light-emitting component electrically coupled to the circuit board provides light for creating the light ring.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2021Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Scott Duncan, Chee Sen Poh, Jacqueline Laiz, Anurag Gupta, Shelomon Doblack, Alexander Wroblewski
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Patent number: 11373820Abstract: A key structure includes a keycap, a base plate, a first scissors-type connecting element, a second scissors-type connecting element and a coupling plate. The first scissors-type connecting element and the second scissors-type connecting element are arranged between the keycap and the base plate. The first scissors-type connecting element is upwardly assembled with the keycap and downwardly assembled with the base plate. The first scissors-type connecting element includes a first inner frame and a first outer frame. The second scissors-type connecting element is upwardly assembled with the keycap and downwardly assembled with the base plate. The second scissors-type connecting element includes a second inner frame and a second outer frame. The coupling plate is arranged between the first outer frame and the second outer frame. The coupling plate is detachably assembled with the first outer frame and the second outer frame.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2021Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: PRIMAX ELECTRONICS LTD.Inventors: Shau-Cheng Sun, Tsu-Yi Chen
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Patent number: 11342139Abstract: A key structure includes a keycap, a base plate, a first scissors-type connecting element, a second scissors-type connecting element and a reinforced connecting rod. The first and second scissors-type connecting elements are arranged between the keycap and the base plate. The first scissors-type connecting element includes a first inner frame and a first outer frame. The second scissors-type connecting element includes a second inner frame and a second outer frame. The keycap is movable upwardly or downwardly relative to the base plate along a specified path with the assistance of the first and second scissors-type connecting elements. The reinforced connecting rod includes a hollow rectangular main body. The first outer frame has a first extension structure. The second outer frame has a second extension structure. Moreover, two opposite sides of the hollow rectangular main body are respectively received within the first extension structure and the second extension structure.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2021Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: PRIMAX ELECTRONICS LTD.Inventors: De-Guang Zhu, Rong-Biao Xu
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Patent number: 11342134Abstract: What is presented is a key module (120) for a keyboard. The key module (120) comprises a guide (230) for guiding a movement of the key module (120) upon actuation, at least one spring element (240) for providing a reset force upon actuation of the key module (120), a support element (250) for supporting the guide (230) and a switch unit. The switch unit comprises a housing (270) and a contact device (280) at least partially arranged in the housing (270) for establishing electric contact upon actuation of the key module (120). The contact device (280) comprises a fixed contact piece with a first contact and a contactor with a first spring clip carrying a second contact and/or a second spring clip for producing an actuation sound and/or at least one actuation portion. The contactor is integrally formed.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2018Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: CHERRY GMBHInventor: Eduard Ruff
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Patent number: 11328883Abstract: In a switch device, a switch part is turned ON/OFF by operation of an operating knob housed in a recessed part of a panel so that a movable terminal and a fixed terminal are in contact or are separated. An outside face, opposing an inner peripheral face of the recessed part of the panel, of the operating knob is an inclined face that is inclined inward of the operating knob in going downward. A gap that widens in going downward is formed between the outside face of the operating knob and the inner peripheral face of the recessed part of the panel. Accordingly, the device can ensure stable operation of the operating knob by discharging, from the gap between the panel and the operating knob, liquid that has entered the gap, and that can improve the appearance.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2021Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Toyo Denso Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshinobu Shimazu, Yuki Kuno, Taiji Okawa, Kouji Yamazaki, Hiroyuki Abe, Mitsuhiro Kondo
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Patent number: 11309143Abstract: A push switch including a pressing member, a movable contact, an interposed member, a first fixed contact, and a second fixed contact is provided. The pressing member includes a pressing portion configured to be pressed, and includes an elastically deformable peripheral wall portion having a lower end portion and extending downward and outward from the outer periphery of the pressing portion. The movable contact has a dome shape and is disposed below the pressing member. The interposed member is disposed between the pressing member and the movable contact, and is configured to press the movable contact by receiving and being pressed by the lower end portion of the peripheral wall portion of the pressing member. The lower end portion of the peripheral wall portion of the pressing member presses the interposed member while the peripheral wall portion is subjected to elastic deformation in response to the pressing portion being pressed.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2020Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.Inventors: Junichi Miyamoto, Toshiaki Mizukoshi, Akizumi Saito
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Patent number: 11302495Abstract: A switch apparatus according to one embodiment includes an operation portion, a surface film and a light source. The operation portion has an elongated shape with first and second opposite ends in a longitudinal direction of the operation portion, receives a pressing operation of a user at least at one of the first and second ends, and is translucent. The surface film is formed on a surface of the operation portion and is translucent. The light source is arranged on a back-surface side of the operation portion and emits light toward the at least one of the first and second ends.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2021Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: DENSO TEN LimitedInventor: Syohhei Yoshii
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Patent number: 11289283Abstract: A key structure includes a keycap, a membrane circuit board, and a rubber dome between the keycap and the membrane circuit board. The rubber dome includes a ring-shaped structure, a lower foundation structure, a contacting post, a first inclined wall and a second inclined wall. The ring-shaped structure includes a first top surface. The first top surface is upwardly pushed against the keycap. The lower foundation structure includes a first bottom surface. The first bottom surface is pushed downwardly pushed against the membrane circuit board. The contacting post is connected with the ring-shaped structure. The first inclined wall is connected with the ring-shaped structure and the lower foundation structure. The second inclined wall is connected with the ring-shaped structure and the contacting post. There is a first included angle ?1 between the second inclined wall and the first bottom surface. Preferably, 30°??1?85°.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2020Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: PRIMAX ELECTRONICS LTD.Inventors: Chia-Wei Chang, Chin-Sung Pan, Lei-Lung Tsai
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Patent number: 11291127Abstract: A hand controller has a housing, the housing provided with a plurality of convex keys, wherein the housing has an outside wall provided with a first engagement portion; a cover plate, being in a snap connection with the housing; and a connection assembly, the connection assembly provided with a second engagement portion which is in an engagement connection with the first engagement portion, wherein the engagement between the first engagement portion and the second engagement portion drives the connection assembly to move up and down along the thickness direction of the housing, and the connection assembly is provided with a connection portion, wherein the connection portion is connected with the installation position of the hand controller via a fastener. The hand controller can apply to mounting desks of different thicknesses and improve the universality of the hand controller.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2020Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: NINGBO WISTOPHT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTDInventors: Jiayin Huang, Hongbin Lu, Jinyi Li, Enjie Ruan, Xingliang Chen
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Patent number: 11269422Abstract: A force sensing device includes: a sensor support portion; at least one force sensor disposed on a first surface side of the sensor support portion; a frame disposed on a second surface side of the sensor support portion and spaced apart from the sensor support portion; and a pressure applying member disposed between the sensor support portion and the frame, and configured to apply pressure to the sensor support portion.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2020Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chang Ju Lee, Gye Won Lee, Jong Yun Kim
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Patent number: 11217403Abstract: A doorbell device including upper case, elastic component, and button module is provided. The upper case has an outer surface, first annular-holding surface disposed opposite to the outer surface, first opening and annular trench. The first annular-holding surface surrounds the first opening. The annular trench surrounds the first annular-holding surface. The elastic component has first fastening protrusion and flexible-carrier layer surrounded and connected by the first fastening protrusion. The button module has a second annular-holding surface, first bottom surface, and pressing surface disposed opposite to the first bottom surface. The first fastening protrusion is interference fit with the annular trench. The button module is disposed on the flexible-carrier layer. At least a part of the first bottom surface is facing the flexible-carrier layer.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2020Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Lun-Hung Kuo, Pei-Sheng Tsai
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Patent number: RE50000Abstract: A keyswitch structure includes a base, a keycap, a first support, a second support, and a connection structure. The keycap moves up and down relative to the base through the first support and the second support. The connection structure is disposed on the base and includes a vertical-motion limiting part and a horizontal-motion limiting part. The first support includes a rod-shaped connection portion and is connected to the connection structure through the rod-shaped connection portion. The vertical-motion limiting part prevents the rod-shaped connection portion from vertically moving. The horizontal-motion limiting part limits the horizontal movement of the rod-shaped connection portion. The vertical-motion limiting part and the horizontal-motion limiting part are separated in the rotation axis of the rod-shaped connection portion.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2021Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP.Inventors: Chih-Hao Chen, Chih-Hung Chen, Chin-Hung Lin, Ling-Hsi Chao, Chih-Chung Yen