Button assembly for a portable communication device
AssigneeMotorola Solutions, Inc.
InventorsChor Cheow Ng, Chee Kit Chan, Cheah Chan Kee, Sih Hau Tan
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Abstract
A push-to-talk assembly includes a metal ring defining an interior aperture and including at least one exterior protrusion configured to couple the metal ring to a surface of the portable communication device. The push-to-talk assembly further includes a button coupled to the metal ring and including a flexible polymer material disposed within the interior aperture and co-molded to the metal ring. The button includes a first side configured to be contacted and pressed, and a second, opposite side configured to face an interior of the portable communication device. The push-to-talk assembly further includes a metal backing plate coupled to the second side of the button.
Claims24
A push-to-talk assembly for a portable communication device, the push-to-talk assembly comprising:
- a metal ring defining an interior aperture and including at least one exterior protrusion configured to couple the metal ring to a surface of the portable communication device;
- a button coupled to the metal ring and including a flexible polymer material disposed within the interior aperture and co-molded to the metal ring, the button including a first side configured to be contacted and pressed, and a second, opposite side configured to face an interior of the portable communication device;
- a metal backing plate coupled to the second side of the button, and
- a reinforcement metal plate configured to be coupled to a printed circuit board within the portable communication device.
A portable communication device comprising:
- a housing;
- a printed circuit board disposed within the housing;
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- a push-to-talk assembly coupled to the printed circuit board, the push-to-talk assembly further coupled to and disposed along a side of the housing, the push-to-talk assembly having a metal ring defining an interior aperture, the metal ring including at least one exterior protrusion that couples the metal ring to the housing, the push-to-talk assembly further including a button coupled to the metal ring, the button including a polymer material disposed within the interior aperture and co-molded to the metal ring, the button including a first side configured to be contacted and pressed, and a second, opposite side that faces an interior of the portable communication device;
- wherein the push-to talk assembly additionally includes a ground metal plate having a first tab coupled to the printed circuit board, and a reinforcement metal plate having a second tab coupled to the printed circuit board.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.