Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Key apparatus for electronic appliances
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Application No.: US14296949Application Date: 2014-06-05
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Publication No.: US09659724B2Publication Date: 2017-05-23
- Inventor: Sang-Il Park , Sun-Keun Cho , Min-Jeong Lyu , Min-Woo Park , Woon-Sung Baek , Kwang-Yong Lee , Dong Jeong
- Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: KR Suwon-si
- Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Suwon-si
- Agency: Jefferson IP Law, LLP
- Priority: KR10-2013-0070119 20130619
- Main IPC: H01H3/08
- IPC: H01H3/08 ; H01H19/14 ; H01H19/11

Abstract:
A key apparatus of an electronic device is provided. The key apparatus includes a housing having a cylindrical portion, the cylindrical portion including an upper portion and a lower portion, the upper portion and the lower portion being open, a knob including a circular-plate portion, the circular plate portion having a concavo-convex portion, the concavo-convex portion including a concave portion and a convex portion arranged alternately in a circular shape and an extension portion extended from the circular-plate portion in a downward direction and inserted into a hollow of the cylindrical portion, and the knob moves on the circular-plate portion, an anti-deviation unit configured to prevent the knob from being deviated from the cylindrical portion, an elastic configured to elastically press the concavo-convex portion at a lower side of the circular-plate portion, and a switch connected to the extension portion and switches over movement of the extension portion is delivered.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140374228A1 KEY APPARATUS FOR ELECTRONIC APPLIANCES Public/Granted day:2014-12-25
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