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 button and an inner button. The outer button includes a first contact component positioned over a first contact of the information handling system. The first contact is associated with a first operation within the information handling system. The inner button is inserted within the outer button and includes a second contact component. The second contact component is positioned over a second contact of the information handling system, which in turn is associated with a second operation within the information handling system.
Claims20
A multiple function button for an information handling system, the multiple function button comprising:
- an outer button including a first contact component, wherein the first contact component is positioned over a first contact of the information handling system associated with a first operation within the information handling system;
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- an inner button inserted within the outer button, the inner button including a second contact component, wherein the second contact component is positioned over a second contact of the information handling system associated with a second operation within the information handling system.
An information handling system comprising:
- a circuit board 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 button including a first contact component, wherein the first contact component is positioned over the first contact of the circuit board associated with a first operation within the information handling system;
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- an inner button inserted within the outer button, the inner button including a second contact component, wherein the second contact component is positioned over the second contact of the circuit board associated with a second operation within the information handling system.
A multiple function button for an information handling system, the multiple function button comprising:
- an outer button including a first contact component, wherein the first contact component is positioned over a first contact of the information handling system associated with a first operation within the information handling system;
- an inner button inserted within the outer button, the inner button including a second contact component, wherein the second contact component is positioned over a second contact of the information handling system associated with a second operation within the information handling system;
- a spring to bias a top surface of the inner button even with a top surface of the outer button;
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- a cantilever in physical communication with the first contact component, the cantilever including a contact portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.