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US 8,008,592 B2Granted
Side key assembly for portable electronic device
AssigneeFIH (Hong Kong) Limited
InventorsMu-Wen Yang, Chih-Chiang Chang
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Abstract
A side key assembly comprises a base plate, a first push button and a second push button. The base plate has an opening defined therein and two opposite sidewalls defined in the opening. The first push button is rotatably assembled to the base in the opening, and the first push button is situated adjacent to one of the sidewalls. The second push button is rotatably assembled to the first push button in the opening and the second push button is situated adjacent to another sidewall.
Claims20
A side key assembly comprising:
- a base plate defining an opening having two opposite sidewalls;
- a first push button, rotatably assembled to the base plate in the opening, and adjacent to one sidewall;
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- a second push button, rotatably assembled to the first push button in the opening, and adjacent to the other sidewall.
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A portable electronic device, comprising:
- a circuit board having switches mounted thereon;
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- a side key assembly comprising:
- a base plate defining an opening having two opposite sidewalls;
- a first push button, rotatably assembled to the base in the opening, and adjacent to one sidewall;
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- a second push button, rotatably assembled to the first push button in the opening, and adjacent to the other sidewall.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.