Hermetically sealed over-molded button assembly
AssigneeN2 Imaging Systems, LLC
Inventorslliyan lliev, Jay Meyer
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Abstract
A button assembly is disclosed including a plastic cover having an upper body portion and a lower flange portion, the upper body portion having a top wall and an interior cavity, wherein a port is formed in the top wall of the upper body portion and the lower flange portion is adapted and configured to be welded to a wall of a plastic housing, and an elastomeric button over-molded on the plastic cover and including an upper actuation portion and a lower body portion, wherein the upper actuation portion extends through the port formed in the top wall of the upper body portion of the cover, and the lower body portion resides in the interior cavity of the upper body portion of the cover.
Claims17
(canceled)
A button assembly comprising:
- a housing comprising an exterior surface and interior surface, the housing forming a raised ridge and an aperture extending therethrough;
- a housing cover coupled to the housing;
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- an elastomeric button disposed at least partially between the housing cover and the plastic housing;
- wherein the button includes a lower body portion, wherein the lower body portion of the button has an outer wall with a bottom surface having a channel for accommodating the raised ridge surrounding the aperture in the housing.
A button assembly comprising:
- a housing comprising a raised ridge;
- a housing cover including an upper body portion comprising a top wall and an interior cavity, wherein the a port is formed in the top wall of the upper body portion;
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- an elastomeric button comprising an upper actuation portion extending through the port formed in the top wall of the upper body portion of the housing cover;
- wherein the elastomeric button comprises an outer wall having a bottom surface with a channel for accommodating the raised ridge of the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.