121 |
A SWITCH FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE |
PCT/GB0105748 |
2001-12-21 |
WO02054713A3 |
2003-05-01 |
HUTCHISON MARK; TELFORD STEPHEN |
A device comprising: an engine to provide electronic functionality of the device; housing elements defining a cavity 85 for receiving a battery 79 for powering the engine; a holder 80 for receiving an electronic card 81 for use with the device; connectors 93, 94 to connect the card to said battery and said engine; means 90 for releasing a housing element 97 to allow access to the battery cavity 85 and/or the card 81; and a switch 92, 94 to switch out the connection from the card to the engine when the housing element 97 is released. |
122 |
Keyboard for electronic device |
US15154768 |
2016-05-13 |
US10083805B2 |
2018-09-25 |
Eric A. Knopf; Matthew P. Casebolt; Craig C. Leong; Robert Y. Cao; Bradford J. Zercoe; Dinesh C. Mathew; Zheng Gao; Ryan P. Brooks; Paul X. Wang |
An input mechanism is disclosed. The input mechanism includes a dome support structure defining an opening that extends through the dome support structure, a collapsible dome positioned in the opening and engaged with the dome support structure, and a cover member coupled to the dome support structure and covering the collapsible dome, thereby retaining the collapsible dome within the opening of the dome support structure. |
123 |
PROGRAM SWITCH AND MODULAR PROGRAM SWITCH ARRANGEMENT FOR MOUNTING ON A PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SUCH A PROGRAM SWITCH ARRANGEMENT |
US15877698 |
2018-01-23 |
US20180211797A1 |
2018-07-26 |
Mei-Ting HSU; Alexander GERFER |
The invention relates to a program switch for mounting on a printed circuit board comprising a housing, an insulator component with contact elements arranged thereon, and a switching element for contacting the contact elements. The housing has at least two connection elements for connecting the program switch to adjacent program switches to form a program switch arrangement having an arbitrary number of poles. Production and stock keeping and sale of the program switch are simple. |
124 |
Electronic device with switch mechanism mounted to substrate |
US14671563 |
2015-03-27 |
US10026568B2 |
2018-07-17 |
Charles Raymond Gingrich, III; Matthew Edward Mostoller; Ronald Martin Weber |
An electronic device includes a substrate having a top surface, a bottom surface and at least one opening therethrough. The substrate has a circuit. A switch mechanism is mounted to the substrate and is electrically connected to the circuit. The switch mechanism has an actuator configured to activate the switch mechanism. The switch mechanism has a housing holding the actuator and leads extending from the housing. The leads are electrically connected to the circuit. The switch mechanism is mounted to the substrate in the opening such that at least a portion of the housing is positioned below the top surface. |
125 |
THIN KEYBOARD SWITCH |
US15911640 |
2018-03-05 |
US20180197700A1 |
2018-07-12 |
Fuxi Wu |
A thin keyboard switch includes a keycap, a housing, an elastic body, an elastic contact body, a balancing frame, and a base disposed on a printed circuit board (PCB). A base groove fitting with the elastic contact body is provided at the center of the base, the elastic contact body is disposed at the bottom portion inside the base groove, and the elastic contact body is electrically connected to the PCB. The housing and the base are disposed in a tightly gripping manner. The elastic body protrudes from the housing and is connected to the keycap, and the keycap is mounted on the balancing frame. |
126 |
Key structure with mechanical switch and mechanical switch thereof |
US15656254 |
2017-07-21 |
US09972461B2 |
2018-05-15 |
Chun-Lin Chen; Ko-Hsiang Lin; Chih-Wen Su |
A key structure with mechanical switch includes a keycap, a support plate board disposed under the keycap, a scissor unit, a receiving housing, a guiding outer cylinder, a rotating inner cylinder and an elastic element. The scissor unit guides the keycap up or down along a pressing direction. The receiving housing has a plurality of sectional boards and a plurality of sectional cutouts. The guiding outer cylinder is movably received in the receiving housing along the pressing direction, and abuts against a bottom surface of the keycap. The guiding outer cylinder has a plurality of positioning bumps and a plurality of lodging recesses. The rotating inner cylinder is received in the guiding outer cylinder and has a plurality of sliding bumps. The elastic element is located in the rotating inner cylinder to provide elasticity toward the keycap. The present disclosure also provides a mechanical switch. |
127 |
Keyswitch structure mounted within a circuit board and baseplate |
US15465256 |
2017-03-21 |
US09941070B2 |
2018-04-10 |
Chia-Hung Liu |
A keyswitch structure includes a baseplate having a switch opening, a keycap movably disposed above the baseplate, a circuit board disposed on the baseplate, the circuit board having a through hole, and a mechanical switch disposed below the keycap, the mechanical switch extending through the through hole to be partially received in the switch opening and electrically coupled to the circuit board, wherein when the keycap moves toward the baseplate, the keycap triggers the mechanical switch. |
128 |
PUSH SWITCH AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING PUSH SWITCH |
US15647625 |
2017-07-12 |
US20180025860A1 |
2018-01-25 |
Ryo WAKUDA |
In a first aspect of the present disclosure, a push switch includes a resilient member that is made of metal, and the resilient member including a concave shape and an opening that is positioned at a center of the concave shape and at least two protrusions each protruding outward and downward with an oblique angle around the concave shape. |
129 |
Switch having improved cover |
US14841551 |
2015-08-31 |
US09805884B2 |
2017-10-31 |
Yusho Nakase; Liang Sun |
An electrical switch (120) includes an insulative housing (121), the operation part (150) disposed in the housing (121), and the metallic cover (160) enclosing the housing (121). The metallic cover (160) includes a front plate (161), a pair of side plates (164) extending rearwardly from two opposite lateral sides of the front plate (161). The side plate (164) include a main body (165) to cover the corresponding side wall (125) of the housing and an extension (167) extending beyond a rear face of the housing (121) and adapted to be soldered upon a printed circuit board (110) on which the housing (121) is seated. |
130 |
KEYSWITCH STRUCTURE |
US15465256 |
2017-03-21 |
US20170278649A1 |
2017-09-28 |
CHIA-HUNG LIU |
A keyswitch structure includes a baseplate having a switch opening, a keycap movably disposed above the baseplate, a circuit board disposed on the baseplate, the circuit board having a through hole, and a mechanical switch disposed below the keycap, the mechanical switch extending through the through hole to be partially received in the switch opening and electrically coupled to the circuit board, wherein when the keycap moves toward the baseplate, the keycap triggers the mechanical switch. |
131 |
KEYBOARD FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE |
US15154768 |
2016-05-13 |
US20160351360A1 |
2016-12-01 |
Eric A. Knopf; Matthew P. Casebolt; Craig C. Leong; Robert Y. Cao; Bradford J. Zercoe; Dinesh C. Mathew; Zheng Gao; Ryan P. Brooks; Paul X. Wang |
An input mechanism is disclosed. The input mechanism includes a dome support structure defining an opening that extends through the dome support structure, a collapsible dome positioned in the opening and engaged with the dome support structure, and a cover member coupled to the dome support structure and covering the collapsible dome, thereby retaining the collapsible dome within the opening of the dome support structure. |
132 |
MICROSWITCH KEYBOARD |
US14806374 |
2015-07-22 |
US20160322180A1 |
2016-11-03 |
CHUANG-SHU JHUANG; JIAN-XIN CHEN; SHENG-HUANG HUANG |
A microswitch keyboard includes a circuit board, a supporting plate and plural keys. Each of the keys includes a keycap, a microswitch element and a connecting element. The supporting plate is disposed on the circuit board. The plural keys are connected with the supporting plate. The microswitch element of each key is disposed under the keycap and connected with the circuit board. The connecting element is disposed under the keycap and arranged around the microswitch element. Moreover, by the connecting element, the keycap is fixed on the supporting plate and guided to be moved upwardly or downwardly relative to the supporting plate. When the keycap is pressed, the microswitch element is triggered to generate a corresponding switch signal. |
133 |
ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH SWITCH MECHANISM MOUNTED TO SUBSTRATE |
US14671563 |
2015-03-27 |
US20160286650A1 |
2016-09-29 |
Charles Raymond Gingrich, III; Matthew Edward Mostoller; Ronald Martin Weber |
An electronic device includes a substrate having a top surface, a bottom surface and at least one opening therethrough. The substrate has a circuit. A switch mechanism is mounted to the substrate and is electrically connected to the circuit. The switch mechanism has an actuator configured to activate the switch mechanism. The switch mechanism has a housing holding the actuator and leads extending from the housing. The leads are electrically connected to the circuit. The switch mechanism is mounted to the substrate in the opening such that at least a portion of the housing is positioned below the top surface. |
134 |
Click module and operation switch |
US14478316 |
2014-09-05 |
US09324516B2 |
2016-04-26 |
Kotaro Wada; Yasuhide Tanaka; Takashi Nose; Hidetoshi Yoshikawa |
A click module which gives a feeling of click when an operation knob which is tiltably and pivotally supported on a casing of an operation switch is tiltably operated has a click face on which a crest portion or a valley portion is formed, a click element which slides on the click face, and a resilient member which biases the click element to a click face side. The click module is detachably mounted on the casing. The click element and the click face slide relative to each other in an interlocking manner with a tilting operation of the operation knob. |
135 |
Switch |
US14254338 |
2014-04-16 |
US20140311882A1 |
2014-10-23 |
Toshihiko Terashita; Tomoaki Sakaguchi |
A switch includes an insulating case, a fixed electrode and a movable electrode. The insulating case is formed with an operating space therein. At least a part of the fixed electrode is disposed in the operating space. The movable electrode is disposed in the operating space, and is configured to be engaged with and disengaged from the part of the fixed electrode. A flat surface of the insulating case and a flat surface of the fixed electrode, which are located in outermost positions in a predetermined side of the insulating case, form a plane in corporation with each other. |
136 |
SWITCH MODULE SYSTEM |
US13644912 |
2012-10-04 |
US20130026023A1 |
2013-01-31 |
Harry Engelhardt; Markus Adam |
A switch module system includes switch modules. Each switch module has a housing, a keypad with switch domes, and an actuator for the switch domes. The housing of each switch module includes a housing chassis and a housing cover. The switch modules are attached to a substrate with contact areas of the substrate being electrically connectable through the switch domes of the keypads of the switch modules. For each switch module a respective section of the substrate is inserted into the housing chassis of the switch module and the respective section of the substrate is attached by the housing cover of the switch module to the housing chassis of the switch module. |
137 |
KEYSWITCH CONTROLLER |
US13099364 |
2011-05-03 |
US20120228105A1 |
2012-09-13 |
Fu-Mei HSU; Ching-Hsiang YU; Shao-Hsiung CHANG |
A keyswitch controller includes a housing, a circuit board, a keyswitch module, and a force feedback module. The housing includes a keyswitch hole. The circuit board is disposed in the housing and includes a switch. The keyswitch module disposed on the circuit board and passing out of the keyswitch hole is for turning on the switch by being pressed so as to generate a pressing signal. The force feedback module is coupled to the keyswitch module for vibrating according to the pressing signal. |
138 |
SWITCH DEVICE |
US13327367 |
2011-12-15 |
US20120160643A1 |
2012-06-28 |
Mitsuyuki Fujibayashi |
A switch device includes a pressing portion that has a first display portion and a second display portion, a holder having at least one cell corresponding to the pressing portion, a push switch, first and second light sources that respectively illuminate the first display portion and the second display portion from behind, a plate formed with the pressing portion so as to separate, in a cell, a space between the first light source and the first display portion from a space between the second light source and the second display portion, and a regulation portion formed on both sides of the plate in the cell. In the switching device, when an operator presses the pressing portion, part of the plate presses the push switch. |
139 |
Pushbutton type switch device |
US12534528 |
2009-08-03 |
US08129643B2 |
2012-03-06 |
Ayumu Anzai; Takashi Sato |
Provided is a push-type switch device including: a switch element in which a dome-shaped reversing spring is accommodated in a switch casing; a holder which is mounted to the outside portion of the switch casing so as to define a position relative to the switch casing and has a perforation hole formed at a position adjacent to a center portion of the reversing spring so as to face the center portion; and a driving protrusion which is inserted through the perforation hole so as to reciprocate and is driven to push the reversing spring, wherein when the holder mounted on an upper portion of the switch casing is attached to a predetermined position of the interconnection substrate, the switch casing is held in the interconnection substrate. |
140 |
DIAL OPERATION DEVICE FOR VEHICLE |
US13202718 |
2010-01-28 |
US20110303514A1 |
2011-12-15 |
Yuuichirou Morishita |
A dial operation device for a vehicle including a plurality of dial devices each having a dial knob and a dial element outputting a signal corresponding to a turned position of the dial knob, a plurality of circuit boards on which the dial devices are mounted, wiring members electrically interconnecting the circuit boards, and a board supporting body having a panel with a plurality of through-holes for inserting the dial devices therethrough and individually supporting the circuit boards such that the dial knobs protrude toward a front of the panel through the through-holes, wherein the circuit boards are supported in the body such that at least one of the circuit boards is positioned out of a plane of another one of the circuit boards. |