Electronic device with switch button module and switch button module thereof
AssigneeWiwynn Corporation
InventorPing Sheng Yeh
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Abstract
A switch button module is provided. The switch button module is adapted to be disposed in an electronic device. The electronic device includes a housing, a circuit board, and a switch element. The circuit board is disposed in the housing. The switch element is disposed on the circuit board. The switch button module includes a mounting base, a connection rod, and a button unit. The mounting base is affixed to the housing, wherein the mounting base is located between an edge of the circuit board and the housing. The connection rod pivots on the mounting base. The connection rod rotates between a first orientation and a second orientation.
Claims14
A switch button module, adapted to be disposed in an electronic device, wherein the electronic device comprises a housing, a circuit board and a switch element, the circuit board is disposed in the housing, and the switch element is disposed on the circuit board, comprising:
- a mounting base, affixed to the housing, wherein the mounting base is located between an edge of the circuit board and the housing;
- a connection rod, pivoting on the mounting base, wherein the connection rod comprises a first connection rod end and a second connection rod end, the connection rod rotates between a first orientation and a second orientation, and when the connection rod is in the first orientation, the second connection rod end does not activate the switch element, and when the connection rod is in the second orientation, the second connection rod end activates the switch element;
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- a button unit, connected to the connection rod, wherein the button unit comprises a button, and when the button is pushed from a first position to a second position, the button unit pushes the connection rod from the first orientation to the second orientation,
- wherein the connection rod comprises a first section, a second section, and a pivot portion, wherein the pivot portion is located between the first section and the second section, the first connection rod end is located on the first section, and the second connection rod end is located on the second section,
- wherein the button unit comprises a button lever, the button lever comprises an abutting portion, a first lever end, and a second lever end, the abutting portion is located between the first lever end and the second lever end, the button is formed on the first lever end, the second lever end pivots on the first connection rod end.
An electronic device, comprising:
- a housing, comprising a first wall and a second wall, wherein the first wall is perpendicular to the second wall, and the first wall comprises an opening;
- a circuit board, disposed in the housing, wherein the circuit board is parallel to the second wall;
- a switch element, disposed on the circuit board, wherein the switch element has an activate direction, and the activate direction is perpendicular to the circuit board;
- a mounting base, affixed to the housing;
- a connection rod, pivoting on the mounting base, wherein the connection rod comprises a first connection rod end and a second connection rod end, the connection rod rotates between a first orientation and a second orientation, and when the connection rod is in the first orientation, the second connection rod end does not activate the switch element, and when the connection rod is in the second orientation, the second connection rod end activates the switch element;
- a button unit, connected to the connection rod, wherein the button unit comprises a button, the button corresponds to the opening, and when the button is pushed from a first position to a second position, the button unit pushes the connection rod from the first orientation to the second orientation, wherein the mounting base is disposed on the second wall, and the mounting base is disposed between an edge of the circuit board and the first wall, wherein the connection rod comprises a first section, a second section and a pivot portion, the pivot portion is located between the first section and a second section, the first connection rod end is located on the first section, and the second connection rod end is located on the second section;
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- an elastic element, wherein the elastic element abuts the mounting base and the second section, and when the connection rod is in the second orientation, the elastic element applies an elastic force upon the second section to rotate the connection rod back to the first orientation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.