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US 11,024,475 B2Granted
Waterproof switch
AssigneeHuawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
InventorsJuuso Heiskanen, Jari Lamminparras
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Abstract
A sealed switch having a switch body with first and second switch body sections, a switch contact configured to be disposed in a slot in the first switch body section, a switch contact cover configured to cover the slot, and a seal configured to cover the circumference of the second switch body section.
Claims21
A waterproof switch comprising:
- a switch body comprising a first switch body section having a slot;
- a switch contact disposed in the slot;
- a switch contact cover covering the slot;
- a second switch body section adjacent to the first switch body section;
- a metal insert disposed within the second switch body section and configured for electrical coupling to an external conductor;
- a flex circuit assembly comprising:
- an L-shaped flexible flat cable electrically coupled to the metal insert;
- and
- a flex stiffener affixed to the flexible flat cable in a configuration for positioning the flex stiffener adjacent to a support plate;
- and
- a seal covering a circumference of the second switch body section.
8 more elements
A button structure for an electronic device comprising:
- a housing having an external surface and an internal surface;
- a through-going opening between the external surface and the internal surface;
- a push-button adjacent to the external surface;
- a flexible circuit assembly adjacent to the internal surface;
- a switch at least partially extending through the through-going opening between the push-button and the flexible circuit assembly, wherein the switch comprises:
- a switch body having a first switch body section and a second switch body section, wherein the first switch body section comprises a slot, and wherein the second switch body section comprises a metal insert;
- a switch contact disposed in the slot;
- a switch contact cover covering the slot and the switch contact;
- and
- a seal covering a circumference of the second switch body section;
- an L-shaped flexible flat cable electrically coupled to the metal insert;
- and
- a flex stiffener affixed to the flexible flat cable in a configuration for positioning the flex stiffener adjacent to a support plate.
10 more elements
An electronic device, comprising:
- a housing having a first external surface, a second external surface, a third external surface, and an internal surface, wherein the second external surface extends perpendicular to the first external surface;
- a through-going opening between the first external surface and the internal surface;
- a first groove extending from the second external surface to the through-going opening;
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- a button structure coupled to the housing and comprising:
- a push-button adjacent to the through-going opening;
- a button lock plate configured for interlocking with the push-button, wherein the push-button can be locked into or removed from the through-going opening by selectably positioning the button lock plate in the first groove;
- a flexible circuit assembly adjacent to the through-going opening;
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- a switch configured to at least partially extend through the through-going opening between the push-button and the flexible circuit assembly, wherein the switch comprises:
- a switch body comprising a first switch body section having a slot;
- a switch contact disposed in the slot;
- a second switch body section adjacent to the first switch body section;
- a metal insert disposed within the second switch body section and configured for electrical coupling to an external conductor;
- a switch contact cover covering the slot and the switch contact;
- and
- a seal covering a circumference of the second switch body section.
14 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.