Compact push-button switch assembly
AssigneeSpectra Lux Corporation
InventorsJeffrey Watson, Bryan Sammons
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Abstract
A push-button switch assembly adapted for use on a printed circuit board having a contact switch attached thereto. The switch assembly comprises a base attachable to the printed circuit board, the base having an interior cavity sized and shaped to receive the contact switch therein; an actuator disposed within the interior cavity of the base and positioned in contact with the contact switch; and a cap having an interior cavity therein, wherein a portion of the interior cavity of the cap is sized to slidably receive the base therein, and wherein the cap is in contact with the actuator.
Claims16
A push-button switch assembly adapted for use on a printed circuit board having a contact switch attached thereto, the switch assembly comprising:
- a base attachable to the printed circuit board, the base having an interior cavity sized and shaped to receive the contact switch therein;
- an actuator disposed within the interior cavity of the base and positioned in contact with the contact switch;
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- a cap having an interior cavity therein, wherein a portion of the interior cavity of the cap is sized to slidably receive the base therein, and wherein the cap is in contact with the actuator.
A push-button switch assembly adapted for use on a printed circuit board having a contact switch attached thereto, the switch assembly comprising:
- a base attachable to the printed circuit board, the base having an interior cavity designed to receive the contact switch therein and having a slot in a side thereof;
- an actuator disposed within the interior cavity of the base and positioned to bear against the contact switch, wherein the actuator includes a tab which projects through the slot in the base;
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- a cap having therein an interior cavity, wherein a portion of the interior cavity of the cap is sized to slidably receive the base therein, and wherein the cap is in contact with the actuator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.