Button device for electronic device
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsJae-Il Seo, Sang-Min Kim
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Abstract
An electronic device may include a first member that forms at least a part of an exterior of the electronic device and includes an opening; a second member that is disposed inside the electronic device; at least one electronic component that is disposed between the first member and the second member not to overlap with the opening of the first member; and a button device disposed inside the electronic device. The button device may include a button that is inserted into the opening of the first button and a dome switch that is disposed at a position where the dome switch is pressed by the button.
Claims10
An electronic device comprising:
- a window that forms at least a part of an exterior of the electronic device and includes an opening;
- a bracket that is disposed within an interior of the electronic device, wherein the bracket includes a bottom portion;
- a display that is disposed between the window and the bracket, the display being disposed in a non-overlapping position relative to the opening of the window;
- and
- a button device that includes a button that is disposed within the opening of the window and a dome switch that is disposed at a position where the dome switch is pressable by the button,
- wherein the button device includes:
- a housing that is disposed between the window and the bracket for accommodating the button and the dome switch;
- and
- a rubber disposed between the button and the dome switch to form a waterproof seal of the opening of the window, wherein an annular rim of the rubber is attached to the housing, and
- wherein the bottom portion of the bracket is spaced apart from the housing with a gap being interposed therebetween, thereby preventing deterioration of click feeling of the button device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.