公开(公告)号：US10393172B2

公开(公告)日：2019-08-27

申请号：US15665801

申请日：2017-08-01

Applicant: VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Inventor： Thomas Buckingham ,  Douglas Allen Pfau

IPC: F16C29/06 ,  H01H13/12 ,  F16C29/04 ,  H01H13/04 ,  F16C31/00 ,  H03K17/965 ,  G06F3/0354 ,  H01H3/12 ,  H01H13/14

Abstract: A button assembly includes a touchpad having an upper surface extending in a generally flat plane and movable between a first position and a second position displaced from the first position in response to the application of a pressing force perpendicular to the upper surface. Additional, smaller pushbuttons may be located adjacent the touchpad. A sub-bezel includes a housing defining a cavity for holding a linear bearing for guiding the touchpad in a linear path perpendicular to the upper surface. The linear bearing includes a plurality of first ball bearings and second ball bearings separated by a first distance perpendicular to the upper surface. The ball bearings may be sandwiched between a bearing outer member and a bearing inner member which includes an inner-top member secured to an inner-bottom member with a screw. A bearing carrier holds the ball bearings within troughs in the bearing outer member.