Push button for use within a timepiece

    公开(公告)号:US10998151B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-05-04

    申请号:US16718539

    申请日:2019-12-18

    发明人: Tomohiro Inaba

    IPC分类号: H01H13/14 H01H13/52

    摘要: Disclosed is a push button including: a module that has a fixed contact part which is able to contact and separate from a movable contact part; an elastically deformable dynamic contact member that is supported in a cantilever state with a base part fixed to the module, and that has the movable contact part electrically contactable with the fixed contact part; and an operation receiving member that makes the movable contact part contact the fixed contact part by having one end acting on an acting portion. The movable contact part is arranged out of (i) a line connecting the acting portion and the base part and (ii) an extended line thereof, the dynamic contact member has a first movable part and a second movable part, the acting portion is arranged in the first movable part, and the movable contact part is arranged in the second movable part.

    Electronic devices with component mounting structures

    公开(公告)号:US10943748B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-03-09

    申请号:US15684043

    申请日:2017-08-23

    申请人: Apple Inc.

    发明人: Emery Sanford

    摘要: Electronic devices are provided that have components. A housing protrusion may be interposed between a display cover layer and display components. A button may have a button member. A support structure for a dome switch in the button may have a screw hole. A housing may have screw holes through which a screw passes. The screw may also pass through the screw hole of the support structure to hold the switch structure near the button member. A clip may have a spring. A metal plate may prevent the clip from becoming worn by the spring. A display may be mounted on a ledge in a device housing. The ledge may have gaps with supports and removed corners.

    PUSH-BUTTON SWITCH
    23.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210066003A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-03-04

    申请号:US16644765

    申请日:2018-11-30

    申请人: OMRON Corporation

    IPC分类号: H01H13/14 H01H13/04 H01H13/52

    摘要: A push-button switch may include a housing, a plunger, an operation unit, a transmission mechanism, a contact mechanism, and a biasing portion. The plunger have a first plunger and a second plunger that is disposed in series with the first plunger. The first plunger and the second plunger may be movable independently of each other. The contact mechanism may be configured to be opened/closed by movement of the second plunger.

    Push-button switch having sound function

    公开(公告)号:US10937606B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-03-02

    申请号:US17043314

    申请日:2019-03-28

    摘要: A push-button switch has a sound function and a button accepts a pushing operation. A second plunger slides in coordination with the pushing operation on the button. A torsion coil spring stores or releases elastic energy together with sliding of the second plunger. A sounder unit slides using elastic energy released by the torsion coil spring at the same time as the torsion coil spring elastically deforms, and the sounder unit generates a hitting sound by impacting a hitting piece. A movable contact piece has a movable-side contact Pm and is capable of moving due to being pushed by the sliding sounder unit. A fixed contact piece has a fixed side contact, the movable-side contact Pm being engaged with the fixed side contact at the same time or substantially at the same time as the sounder unit hits the hitting piece.

    Apparatuses, systems, and methods for configuring programmable buttons

    公开(公告)号:US10795466B1

    公开(公告)日:2020-10-06

    申请号:US15973752

    申请日:2018-05-08

    申请人: Elysian Labs, Inc

    摘要: An apparatus may include a transmitter capable of sending a signal to a device that is configured with an action module that interprets the signal and a programming module, a dial that is adjustable to a plurality of positions, where position is matched by the programming module with a programmable action, and a button that is communicatively coupled to the transmitter and that, when pressed, triggers the transmitter to send to the device the signal indicating the current position of the dial, such that the action module activates a programmable action associated with the current position of the dial in response to the button being pressed. Various other apparatuses, systems, and methods are also disclosed.

    Contact structure for switch, trigger switch and electric power tool

    公开(公告)号:US10770245B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-09-08

    申请号:US16347293

    申请日:2017-10-19

    申请人: Omron Corporation

    摘要: The switch opening-closing mechanism, which makes it possible to increase a contact force so as to improve a vibration resistance, includes a sliding part, a second movable piece, and a second fixed contact. In a case where an amount of movement of a sliding part reaches a second retraction amount, the second movable piece comes into contact with the second fixed contact due to a spring force applied to the second movable piece. In a case where the amount of movement of the sliding part reaches a third retraction amount which is larger than a second retraction amount, the sliding part presses the second movable piece against the second fixed contact.

    SWITCH DEVICE AND MUSIC GENERATION DEVICE
    28.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200258699A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-08-13

    申请号:US16860060

    申请日:2020-04-27

    发明人: Norihiko WADA

    IPC分类号: H01H13/84 G10H1/34 H01H13/52

    摘要: A switch device and a music generation device are provided. A switch device comprising: a switch; a housing; a movable shaft that moves along an axis direction of the movable shaft with respect to the housing to press the switch; an elastic member that biases the movable shaft to one end side of the movable shaft in the axial direction; and an arm for pressing the switch at a position eccentric from an axis of the movable shaft, wherein the switch is outside a range of the movable shaft in a view in the axial direction.

    SWITCH AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SWITCH
    29.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200258697A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-08-13

    申请号:US16778049

    申请日:2020-01-31

    摘要: A switch includes a housing, a switching mechanism housed in the housing and configured to switch a state of connection between at least two terminals exposed out of the housing by using a common contact and two switching contacts, and an electronic component that is disposed in the housing and electrically connects the terminals to each other. The switching mechanism includes a first metal plate that is connected to a first contact, which is one of the common contact and the two switching contacts, and includes a first exposed part to which a first electrode of the electronic component is soldered by laser irradiation, and a second metal plate that is connected to a second contact, which is another one of the common contact and the two switching contacts, and includes a second exposed part to which a second electrode of the electronic component is soldered by laser irradiation.

    SWITCH AND IMAGING APPARATUS
    30.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200243278A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-07-30

    申请号:US16722918

    申请日:2019-12-20

    发明人: Takashi Furuta

    摘要: A switch includes a first elastic member that is conductive and configured to contact the first signal pattern, a second elastic member that is conductive and configured to contact the second signal pattern, and a third elastic member that is conductive and configured to contact the third signal pattern. When a first pressing operation is performed for the press member so as to move the press member from an initial position in the pressing direction the first and second signal patterns are electrically connectable via the first and second elastic members. After the first pressing operation, when a second pressing operation is performed for the press member so as to move the press member in a direction opposite to the pressing direction by the first and second elastic members, the first to third signal patterns are electrically connectable via the first to third elastic members.