Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Tactile switch for an electronic device
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Application No.: US15261904Application Date: 2016-09-10
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Publication No.: US09620312B2Publication Date: 2017-04-11
- 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: G06F1/16
- IPC: G06F1/16 ; H01H25/00 ; H01H3/12 ; H01H9/16 ; H01H25/06 ; G06F3/0362

Abstract:
Embodiments are directed to a watch having a rotatable and translatable input member. In one aspect, the watch includes a housing defining a watch body. The watch may include a crown positioned within an aperture of the housing and a shaft coupled with the crown at a first end of the shaft. To measure input at the crown, the watch may include a tactile dome positioned at a second end of the shaft that is configured to detect translation of the crown and a sensing element positioned within the housing that is configured to detect rotation of the crown.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170011873A1 TACTILE SWITCH FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE Public/Granted day:2017-01-12
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