Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Rotary input device and electronic device adopting the same
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Application No.: US15145914Application Date: 2016-05-04
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Publication No.: US10013073B2Publication Date: 2018-07-03
- Inventor: Sang-Eun Kim , Ki-Young Kwon , Kyung-Hwan Kim , Ji-Hoon Park , Tae-Yoon An , Tae-Won Um , In-Ho Oh , Jae-Woong Choi
- Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: KR Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do
- Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do
- Agency: Cha & Reiter, LLC.
- Priority: KR10-2015-0063969 20150507
- Main IPC: G06F3/02
- IPC: G06F3/02 ; G06F3/0362 ; G04C3/00 ; G06F1/16

Abstract:
A rotary input device comprising: a bezel portion that includes one or more pressing members; and one or more switch units, wherein each of the switch units is arranged to come in physical contact with any of the pressing members when the bezel portion is rotated, and generate an electrical on/off signal when the switch unit comes in physical contact with any of the pressing members.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160327916A1 ROTARY INPUT DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE ADOPTING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2016-11-10
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