Hybrid power button with multiple functions
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorsJer-Yo Lee, Chun-Ting Lu, Cheng-Hsiang Chuang
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Abstract
A multiple function button for an information handling system includes an outer shell and an inner button. The outer shell includes multiple channels having first, second, third and fourth channels. The inner button is inserted within the outer shell. The inner button includes a tab and a contact component. The tab moves within the multiple channels. When the tab is within the first channel, the inner button is in a first position and contact component is positioned over a first contact of the information handling system. When the tab is within the third channel, the inner button is in a second position and the contact component is positioned over a second contact of the information handling system.
Claims18
A multiple function button for an information handling system, the multiple function button comprising:
- an outer shell including first, second, third and fourth channels;
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- an inner button inserted within the outer shell, the inner button including:
- a tab configured to move within the channels, wherein when the tab is within the first channel the inner button is in a first position, and when the tab is within the third channel the inner button is in a second position;
- a contact component wherein when the tab is within the first channel the contact component is positioned over a first contact of the information handling system, and when the tab is within the third channel the contact component is positioned over a second contact of the information handling system;
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- a spring to bias a top surface of the inner button even with a top surface of the outer shell.
An information handling system comprising:
- a component including first and second contacts;
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- a hybrid button device in physical communication with the component, the hybrid button device including:
- an outer shell having first, second, third and fourth channels;
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- an inner button inserted within the outer shell, the inner button including:
- a tab configured to move within the channels, wherein when the tab is within the first channel the inner button is in a first position, and when the tab is within the third channel the inner button is in a second position;
- a contact component wherein when the tab is within the first channel the contact component is positioned over the first contact of the component, and when the tab is within the third channel the contact component is positioned over the second contact of the component;
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- a bump along a top edge of the second channel, wherein when the inner button is biased upwardly, the bump prevents the tab from leaving the first channel and entering the second channel.
A multiple function button for an information handling system, the multiple function button comprising:
- an outer shell including:
- an inner surface;
- multiple channels within the inner surface, the multiple channels including first, second, third and fourth channels;
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- an inner button inserted within the outer shell, the inner button including:
- a retention component of the inner button, the retention component having a snap fit portion, wherein the snap fit portion of the retention component snap fits within the notch of the outer shell to secure the inner button within the outer shell;
- a tab configured to move within the multiple channels, wherein when the tab is within the first channel the inner button is in a first position, and when the tab is within the third channel the inner button is in a second position;
- a contact component wherein when the tab is within the first channel the contact component is positioned over a first contact of the information handling system, and when the tab is within the third channel the contact component is positioned over a second contact of the information handling system;
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- a bump along a top edge of the second channel, wherein when the inner button is bias upward, the bump prevents the tab from leaving the first channel and entering the second channel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.