Button, button arrangement and electronic device employing same
AssigneesShenzhen Futaihong Precision Industry Co., Ltd., FIH (Hong Kong) Limited
InventorYan-Ling Gao
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Abstract
A button is mounted to a housing of an electronic device, the button includes a pressing body and a sealed body. The pressing body is mounted to the housing. The sealed body is coupled to the pressing body, the sealed body defines a slot around an external peripheral wall and forms two opposite elastic walls, the two elastic walls resist to the pressing body and the housing, respectively. An electronic device and a button arrangement employing the button are also disclosed.
Claims11
A button mounted to a housing of an electronic device, the button comprising:
- a pressing body mounted to the housing;
- a sealed body coupled to the pressing body, the sealed body defining a slot along an external peripheral wall and forming two opposite elastic walls, the two elastic walls resisted to the pressing body and the housing, respectively;
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- a main body;
- wherein the pressing body comprises a main portion and a protruding portion protruding from one side of the main portion, the protruding portion defines a securing slot therethrough and a plurality of securing grooves;
- wherein the main body comprises two opposite side surfaces and a resisting surface connecting the two opposite side surfaces, a peripheral edge of the resisting surface is protruded from the side surfaces and forms a flange;
- wherein the opposite side surfaces comprise latching blocks near the flange and corresponding to the securing grooves, the main body is received in protruding portion defining the securing slot therethrough, thereby the securing slot and the main body form a block, the sealed body is coupled to the block.
An electronic device, comprising:
- a housing defining a mounting slot;
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- a button mounted to the housing, the button comprising:
- a pressing body mounted to the housing;
- a sealed body coupled to the pressing body, the sealed body defining a slot along an external peripheral wall and forming two opposite elastic walls;
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- a main body;
- wherein the pressing body is mounted in the housing, defining the mounting slot, the sealed body is resisted between the pressing body and the housing defining the mounted slot, the two elastic walls are resisted to the pressing body and the housing, respectively;
- wherein the pressing body comprises a main portion and a protruding portion protruding from one side of the main portion, the protruding portion defines a securing slot therethrough and a plurality of securing grooves;
- wherein the main body comprises two opposite side surfaces and a resisting surface connecting the two opposite side surfaces, a peripheral edge of the resisting surface is protruded from the side surfaces and forms a flange;
- wherein the opposite side surfaces comprise latching blocks near the flange and corresponding to the securing grooves, the main body is received in protruding portion defining the securing slot therethrough, thereby the securing slot and the main body form a block, the sealed body is coupled to the block.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.