Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Button integration for an electronic device
- Patent Title (中): 按钮集成电子设备
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Application No.: US14550814Application Date: 2014-11-21
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Publication No.: US09473609B2Publication Date: 2016-10-18
- Inventor: Ashutosh Y. Shukla , Tyler B. Cater , Sawyer I. Cohen , Edward S. Huo , David A. Pakula , Benjamin Shane Bustle , Dhaval N. Shah , Yaocheng Zhang , Vivek Katiyar
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Downey Brand LLP
- Main IPC: H01H1/64
- IPC: H01H1/64 ; H01H1/66 ; H01H9/02 ; H01H9/06 ; H01H13/00 ; H01H19/04 ; H01H19/08 ; H01H21/00 ; H04M1/23 ; H01H13/06

Abstract:
This application relates to various button related embodiments for use with a portable electronic device. In some embodiments, a snap clip can be integrated with a button bracket to save space where two separate brackets would take up too much space in the portable electronic device. In other embodiments, a tactile switch can be waterproofed by welding a polymeric layer atop a tactile switch assembly. In this way water can be prevented from contacting moisture sensitive components of the tactile switch assembly. The weld joining the polymeric layer to the tactile switch can include at least one gap to trapped gas surrounding the tactile switch assembly to enter and exit during heat excursions caused by various operating and/or assembly operations.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160071660A1 BUTTON INTEGRATION FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE Public/Granted day:2016-03-10
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