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US 10,886,078 B2Granted
Button, switch assembly and computer host
AssigneeWistron Corporation
InventorZhao-Ping Fu
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Abstract
The disclosure provides a button. The button includes at least one guiding component and a main body. The main body has at least one guiding surface. The guiding surface of the main body is slidably connected to the guiding component so as to allow the guiding component to guide the main body to move. In addition, the disclosure also provides a switch assembly and a computer host that have the button.
Claims15
A button, comprising:
- at least one guiding component;
- and a main body being movable along a movable direction and having a first side surface, a second side surface opposite to the first side surface, and at least one groove recessed along the movable direction so that the at least one groove has an opening at the second side surface and a closed end which is located between the first side surface and the opening, wherein the main body further has at least one guiding surface being a side surface of the at least one groove located between the opening and the closed end of the at least one groove so that the at least one guiding component is slidable between the opening and the closed end of the at least one groove along the at least one guiding surface so as to guide the main body to move along the movable direction;
- wherein the at least one guiding component comprises a mount post and a rotatable component, the mount post is configured to be fixed in a casing, and the rotatable component is rotatably disposed on the mount post, the at least one guiding surface of the main body is in contact with the rotatable component so as to allow the rotatable component to guide the main body to move toward or away from a switch.
A switch assembly, configured to be mounted to a casing, comprising:
- a switch configured to be mounted in the casing;
- and a button, configured to press the switch, comprising:
- at least one guiding component configured to be fixed in the casing;
- and a main body configured to be slidably disposed on the casing and movable along a movable direction, the main body having a first side surface, a second side surface opposite to the first side surface, and at least one groove recessed along the movable direction so that the at least one groove has an opening at the second side surface and a closed end which is located between the first side surface and the opening, wherein the main body further has at least one guiding surface being a side surface of the at least one groove located between the opening and the closed end of the at least one groove so that the at least one guiding component is slidable between the opening and the closed end of the at least one groove along the at least one guiding surface so as to guide the main body to move along the movable direction with respect to the casing;
- wherein the at least one guiding component comprises a mount post and a rotatable component, the mount post is configured to be fixed in the casing, and the rotatable component is rotatably disposed on the mount post, the at least one guiding surface of the main body is in contact with the rotatable component so as to allow the rotatable component to guide the main body to move toward or away from the switch.
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A computer host, comprising:
- a casing;
- a switch mounted in the casing;
- and a button, configured to press the switch, comprising:
- at least one guiding component fixed in the casing;
- and a main body slidably disposed on the casing along a movable direction, the main body having a first side surface, a second side surface opposite to the first side surface, and at least one groove recessed along the movable direction from the second side surface so that the at least one groove has an opening at the second side surface and a closed end which is located between the first side surface and the opening, wherein the main body further has at least one guiding surface being a side surface of the at least one groove located between the opening and the closed end of the at least one groove so that the at least one guiding component is slidable between the opening and the closed end of the at least one groove along the at least one guiding surface so as to guide the main body to move along the movable direction with respect to the casing;
- wherein the at least one guiding component comprises a mount post and a rotatable component, the mount post is fixed in the casing, and the rotatable component is rotatably disposed on the mount post, the at least one guiding surface of the main body is in contact with the rotatable component so as to allow the rotatable component to guide the main body to move toward or away from the switch.
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