Annular knob-on-display devices and related apparatuses
AssigneeMicrochip Touch Solutions Limited
InventorNigel Hinson
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Abstract
An apparatus for a knob-on-display device may include a frame, a base sub-assembly, a plurality of detent ball-sockets, a plurality of detent balls, and a plurality of detent springs. The frame may have a substantially annual shape. The base sub-assembly may include inner detents. The plurality of detents ball sockets may be integral with the frame. The plurality of detent balls may be respectively positioned in the detent ball sockets. The plurality of detent springs may be respectively biasing the detent balls against the inner detents to provide tactile feedback during rotation of the frame relative to the base sub-assembly.
Claims20
An apparatus for a knob-on-display device, the apparatus comprising:
- a frame having a substantially annular shape;
- a base sub-assembly including inner detents;
- a plurality of detent ball sockets integral with the frame;
- a plurality of detent balls respectively positioned in the detent ball sockets;
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- a plurality of detent springs respectively biasing the detent balls against the inner detents to provide tactile feedback during rotation of the frame relative to the base sub-assembly.
A system, comprising:
- a touch screen device including a touch screen;
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- a knob-on-display apparatus mounted to the touch screen, the knob-on-display apparatus comprising:
- a frame having a substantially annular shape;
- a base sub-assembly including inner detents, the frame positioned within the base sub-assembly and rotatable relative thereto;
- a plurality of detent ball sockets integral with the frame;
- a plurality of detent balls respectively positioned in the detent ball sockets;
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- a plurality of detent springs respectively biasing the detent balls against the inner detents to provide tactile feedback during rotation of the frame relative to the base sub-assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.