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US 10,852,864 B2Granted
Touch sensor assembly and refrigerator door including same
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsJinseung Park, Seungje Park
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Abstract
A touch sensor assembly according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a sensor housing disposed at a rear surface of an external member on which a touch operation unit on which a user touches is marked, a sensor PCB accommodated in the sensor housing, and an elastic member which is disposed at a rear side of the sensor PCB and presses the sensor PCB toward a rear surface of the external member, wherein the elastic member is mounted in an elastic member accommodation portion formed at a bottom surface of the sensor housing.
Claims17
A touch sensor assembly comprising:
- a sensor housing positioned at a rear surface of an exterior member in which a touch input region is marked on a front surface;
- a sensor printed circuit board (PCB) provided in the sensor housing, the sensor PCB including a first surface facing the rear surface of the exterior member and a second surface opposite the first surface;
- a touch sensor mounted on the first surface and configured to sense a touch input at the touch input region;
- an elastic member pressed against the second surface of the sensor PCB and pushing the touch sensor toward the rear surface of the exterior member;
- and,
- an accommodation recess formed in an inner surface of the sensor housing and providing an installation position of the elastic member,
- wherein the elastic member includes:
- an extension pressed against a bottom of the accommodation recess;
- and
- a pair of support legs extending from both ends of the extension,
- wherein ends of the pair of support legs are pressed against a rear surface of the sensor PCB, and the elastic member is formed of a silicon having elasticity, or a synthetic rubber and a resin material having elasticity similar to the elasticity of the silicone.
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