Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Tactile switch for an electronic device
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Application No.: US16422722Application Date: 2019-05-24
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Publication No.: US10732571B2Publication Date: 2020-08-04
- Inventor: Colin M. Ely , John B. Morrell , Duncan Kerr , Camille Moussette
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: APPLE INC.
- Current Assignee: APPLE INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP
- Main IPC: G04B27/00
- IPC: G04B27/00 ; H01H25/06 ; G06F3/0362 ; H01H3/12 ; H01H9/16 ; H01H25/00 ; G06F1/16 ; G04G21/08 ; G06F3/0488

Abstract:
An electronic watch may include a tactile switch and/or one or more sensors for detecting rotational and translational inputs. The watch may include a display configured to produce graphical outputs that may change in response to rotational inputs, translational inputs, and/or touch inputs received at the display. The watch include a crown positioned along an exterior of the watch enclosure and a shaft coupled to the crown and extending into the enclosure. The tactile switch and/or the one or more sensors may be used to detect rotational and/or translational inputs provided at the crown.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190294117A1 TACTILE SWITCH FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE Public/Granted day:2019-09-26
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