Switch apparatus and manufacturing method thereof

A method of manufacturing a switch comprising:

• providing a switch assembly adapted to receive a first force in a first direction;
• and
• providing a protective member arranged on a substrate and adapted to receive the switch assembly, the protective member comprising a spring portion applying a second force to the switch assembly in a second direction that is opposite to the first direction,
• the switch assembly being adapted to be moved relative to the substrate in response to the first force exceeding a predefined threshold value.

A switch apparatus, comprising:

• a switch assembly adapted to receive a first force in a first direction, the switch assembly comprising a button assembly, a button housing adapted to receive the button assembly, and a pair of contacts received in the button housing;
• and
• a protective member arranged on a substrate and adapted to receive the switch assembly,
• the button assembly comprising:
• a pressing member adapted to receive the first force from a first side of the button housing;
• and
• a resisting member adapted to electrically connect the pair of contacts in response to the pressing member moving in the first direction for a threshold distance, the resisting member providing a third force in a second direction that is opposite to the first direction in response to the pair of contacts being electrically connected, and
• each of the contacts comprising an elastic portion adapted to be elastically deformed as the switch assembly moves relative to the substrate in the first direction, each of the contacts being electrically connected to the substrate through the elastic portion, and
• the protective member comprising a spring portion applying a second force larger than the third force to the switch assembly in the second direction, a second side of the button housing that is opposite to the first side being adapted to receive the second force, and the switch assembly being adapted to be moved relative to the substrate in response to the first force exceeding a sum of the second force and the third force.