Multi-directional button assembly with center and peripheral arranged buttons and microswitches
AssigneesSony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc.
InventorArthur H. Ozaki
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Abstract
A button assembly for a television receiver control box, wherein a center button is located within a cluster of outer buttons. The outer buttons are cantilevered from the truss of a button plate that is mounted to a printed circuit board which has a plurality of microswitches. Located within the cluster of outer buttons is a center button. The center button is cantilevered from a button bracket that is mounted to a front panel of the control box. The buttons extend through corresponding openings in the front panel. Each button has a column that engages a corresponding microswitch when the button is depressed.
Claims10
A button assembly for a television receiver control box which has a front panel and a plurality of microswitches mounted to a printed circuit board, comprising:
- a button plate located between the front panel and the printed circuit board, said button plate having a truss which has a center opening, a plurality of first buttons located about said center opening, said first buttons being cantilevered radially outward from said truss, each said first button having a first column that is adjacent to a corresponding microswitch and engages the microswitch when each said first button is depressed;
- and,
- a center bracket that is mounted to the front panel, a center button that is cantilevered from said center bracket and located adjacent to said first buttons, said center button has a center column that extends through said center opening of said button plate, said center column being adjacent to a corresponding microswitch and engages the microswitch when said center button is depressed.
A television receiver control box, comprising:
- a housing;
- a front panel attached to said housing;
- a printed circuit board attached to said housing;
- a plurality of microswitches mounted to said printed circuit board;
- a button plate located between said front panel and said printed circuit board, said button plate having a truss which has a center opening, a plurality of first buttons located about said center opening, said first buttons being cantilevered radially outward from said truss, each said first button having a first column that is adjacent to a corresponding microswitch and engages the microswitch when each said first button is depressed;
- and,
- a center bracket that is mounted to said front panel, a center button that is cantilevered from said center bracket and located adjacent to said first buttons, said center button has a center column that extends through said center opening of said button plate, said center column being adjacent to a corresponding microswitch and engages the microswitch when said center button is depressed.
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