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US 10,296,038 B2Granted
Remote control
Assigneefm marketing gmbh
InventorsFerdinand Maier, Thomas Fischer
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Abstract
A remote control having at least one multifunction button, to which force is applied in one direction by magnets and counter-magnets or mechanical springs, and to which journals with thickened heads are attached, wherein the thickened heads through interaction with bearing shells of a supporting plate serve as centering, guide, and movement stop of the multifunction button.
Claims17
A remote control comprising a housing and a multifunction button which has a plurality of button areas which are arranged radially offset relative to a center and which are movable relative to the housing;
- wherein a plurality of journals with thickened head are fastened to the multifunction button;
- wherein a housing-stable supporting plate comprises bearing shells which are adapted for receiving the thickened heads;
- wherein the journals extend through openings of the supporting plate;
- wherein the thickened heads protrude above a flat surface of the supporting plate in a direction away from the multifunction button;
- and wherein the bearing shells and the thickened heads are configured as limitation stop for a movement of the multifunction button against a first direction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.