Push-button switch with the switching elment arranged on the keycap
AssigneeVolkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsMarkus Thrien, Niels Petter, Alexander Oong
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Abstract
A push-button switch and a transportation vehicle in which the disclosed push-button switch is inserted. The push-button switch has a keycap, a base plate, a switching element, a first lever and a second lever. The first lever and the second lever are each mounted for rotation on the base plate by a pivot bearing and are each movably connected to the keycap at a first lever end. The first lever and the second lever are movably connected to one another at a second lever end. The switching element is arranged on the keycap so the switching element is actuated by the second lever end of the first lever or by the second lever end of the second lever.
Claims19
A push-button switch comprising:
- a keycap;
- a base plate;
- a switching element;
- a first lever;
- and
- a second lever,
- wherein the first lever and the second lever are each mounted for rotational movement on the base plate by a pivot bearing and are each movably connected at a first lever end to the keycap and are connected movably to one another at a second lever end,
- wherein the switching element is arranged on the keycap so the switching element is actuated by the second lever end of the first lever or by the second lever end of the second lever, and
- wherein the base plate has a stop located at a juncture where the first lever and the second lever connect, wherein the stop determines a rest position.
A transportation vehicle comprising:
- a push-button switch with a keycap, a base plate, a switching element, a first lever and a second lever,
- wherein the first lever and the second lever are each mounted for rotational movement on the base plate by a pivot bearing and are each movably connected at a first lever end to the keycap and are connected movably to one another at a second lever end,
- wherein the switching element is arranged on the keycap so the switching element is actuated by the second lever end of the first lever or by the second lever end of the second lever, and
- wherein the base plate has a stop located at a juncture where the first lever and the second lever connect, wherein the stop determines a rest position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.