Switch display assembly with seal
AssigneeAdvanced Input Devices, Inc.
InventorsJames T. Clark, Peter R. Bokma, Chris Weber, Doug Krumpelman
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides a switch assembly including a lens having a hollow interior, a display at least partially received within the hollow interior of the lens, an actuator moveably engageable by the lens, and an elastomeric switch activatable by the actuator in response to movement of the lens. The elastomeric switch may include a circuit assembly, a sealing switch layer disposed over the circuit assembly, and an elastomeric switch member formed within the sealing switch layer that is actuatable by the movement of the lens for engagement with the circuit assembly.
Claims21
A switch assembly, comprising:
- (a) a lens having a hollow interior;
- (b) a display assembly at least partially received within the hollow interior of the lens;
- (c) an actuator moveably engageable by the lens;
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- (d) an elastomeric switch activatable by the actuator in response to movement of the lens, wherein the elastomeric switch includes a sealing switch layer covering a circuit assembly and an elastomeric switch member formed within the sealing switch layer, the elastomeric switch member having at least one circuit-closing contact that is engageable with the circuit assembly to close a circuit on the circuit assembly;
- and wherein the elastomeric switch member includes a lens-receiving portion that is sealingly engageable with the hollow interior of the lens.
A switch assembly, comprising:
- (a) a lens having a hollow interior;
- (b) a display assembly at least partially received within the hollow interior of the lens;
- (c) an elastomeric switch, comprising:
- (i) a circuit assembly;
- (ii) a sealing switch layer disposed over the circuit assembly;
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- (iii) an elastomeric switch member formed within the sealing switch layer that is actuatable by the movement of the lens for engagement with the circuit assembly, wherein the elastomeric switch member includes a lens-receiving portion that is sealingly engageable with the hollow interior of the lens.
A switch assembly, comprising:
- (a) a lens having a hollow interior;
- (b) an elastomeric switch, comprising:
- (i) a circuit assembly;
- (ii) a sealing switch layer disposed over the circuit assembly;
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- (iii) an elastomeric switch member formed within the sealing switch layer that is actuatable by the movement of the lens for engagement with the circuit assembly, wherein the elastomeric switch member includes a lens-receiving portion that is sealingly engageable with the hollow interior of the lens;
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- (c) a display assembly at least partially received within the hollow interior of the lens, the display assembly comprising:
- (i) a display box bottom member securable to a portion of the elastomeric switch;
- (ii) a display box top member securable to the display box bottom member;
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- (iii) a display removably securable within the display box top member, wherein the display box top member is moveable between an open position, wherein the display may be removed from the display box top member, and a closed position, wherein the display is positioned to display images through the lens.
A switch assembly, comprising:
- (a) a lens having a hollow interior;
- (b) an elastomeric switch that is activatable by the movement of the lens, wherein the elastomeric switch member includes a lens-receiving portion that is sealingly engageable with the hollow interior of the lens;
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- (c) a display assembly, comprising:
- (i) a display mounting assembly at least partially disposed within the lens-receiving portion;
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- (ii) a display removably secured within the display mounting assembly such that the display is positionable within the hollow interior of the lens.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.