226results about "Tactile feedback" patented technology

A portable computer includes a display portion comprising a display and a base portion pivotally coupled to the display portion. The base portion may include a bottom case and a top case, formed from a dielectric material, coupled to the bottom case. The top case may include a top member defining a top surface of the base portion and a sidewall integrally formed with the top member and defining a side surface of the base portion. The portable computer may also include a sensing system including a first sensing system configured to determine a location of a touch input applied to the top surface of the base portion and a second sensing system configured to determine a force of the touch input.

A device includes a frame and a haptic engine. The frame defines at least one flexure. The haptic engine includes a core attached to the frame, an attraction plate attached to the at least one flexure, and an electric coil wound around at least a portion of the core. The attraction plate is separated from the core by a gap. The electric coil, when energized, creates a magnetic field that causes a width of the gap to temporarily change. Some embodiments include a cushioning pad positioned within the gap or a layer of compliant material that attaches the attraction plate to the at least one flexure or the frame.

An electronic watch may include a tactile switch and / or one or more sensors for detecting rotational and translational inputs. The watch may include a display configured to produce graphical outputs that may change in response to rotational inputs, translational inputs, and / or touch inputs received at the display. The watch include a crown positioned along an exterior of the watch enclosure and a shaft coupled to the crown and extending into the enclosure. The tactile switch and / or the one or more sensors may be used to detect rotational and / or translational inputs provided at the crown.

An aerosol-generating device is provided, including: a housing having an outer surface, an inner surface, and a through-hole connecting the outer surface and the inner surface; and a button at least partially arranged in the through-hole, the button being configured to be pressed in a pressing direction, centering parts being provided at one of a lateral surface of the button and a wall portion of the housing delimiting the through-hole, the centering parts being configured to center the button in the through-hole, and the centering parts being further configured to limit rotation of the button within the through-hole. An aerosol-generating system including an aerosol-generating article and the aerosol-generating device is also provided. A method for operating a button of an aerosol-generating device is also provided.

A rubber stem for use in a switch apparatus having a dome-shaped invertible spring includes an operating portion on which a pressing action is performed, a skirt surrounding the operating portion and configured to be deformed in response to the pressing action performed on the operating portion, a base extending annularly along a lower edge of the skirt and supporting the lower edge of the skirt, and a pressing portion provided on a back side of the operating portion at a position facing a top of the invertible spring and configured to press the top of the invertible spring in response to the pressing action performed on the operating portion, wherein the skirt is formed of a low-hardness elastic material, and at least a part of the rubber stem other than the skirt is formed of a high-hardness elastic material.

The invention provides a switch assembly, a key module, a combined key and an electronic device, an accommodating part of the switch assembly accommodates an abutting part where a terminal pair is in contact with an elastic sheet and contacts where the terminal pair is electrically connected with an external circuit, and the two contacts of the terminal pair are arranged adjacently. The external circuit board can be electrically connected with the switch assembly by being electrically connected with the two contacts of the terminal pair. The external circuit board does not need to be arranged at the bottom of the switch assembly, or does not need to be stacked with the switch assembly, and the back surface of the switch assembly does not need to reserve a space for filling colloid, thereby facilitating the reduction of the width of the switch assembly. The switch assembly, the key module and the combined key are small in size, reliable in function and small in occupied space after installation, the electronic equipment provided with the switch assembly can be further thinned in the thickness direction, and the switch assembly, the key module and the combined key can be widely applied to the electronic equipment with limited accommodating space.

Dome switches can provide inconsistent positive tactile feedback, particularly when depressed around the edges of a corresponding push button as compared to depression at the middle of the push button. Various arrangements intended to render push buttons that incorporate one or more dome switches more consistent in providing positive tactile feedback, while maintaining a reasonable ease and cost of manufacturing, are discussed herein. A push button with consistent edge performance using a single dome switch incorporates a hinge arm that spans button posts. This reduces or eliminates rotation deflection of a button cap caused by the torsional forces on the push button created by depression forces applied by the user at an edge of the push button. As a result, the dome switch provides a predictable and consistent positive tactile feedback to the user similar to that achieved by a centrally applied depression force.

A keyboard includes a plurality of keys. Each key includes a keycap, a coil spring extending from a top side of the keycap to a bottom side of the transparent top case, and a magnet positioned within the keycap. The coil spring biases the keycap toward an undepressed position.

An electrical switch comprising a button cap (40) is provided. The button cap (40) has an actuation part (41) configured to be actuated by a user and a flexible bellows (42) extending circumferentially around the actuation part (41), wherein the actuation part (41) and the bellows (42) each have at least one translucent portion. An electrical unit (50) of the switch comprises a switching element (51) and a light emitting device (52). The switch further comprises an optical waveguide component (20) that is arranged between the button cap (40) and the electrical unit (50) and that is in engagement with the button cap (40). The optical waveguide component (20) has a protrusion (25) configured to actuate the switching element (51). The optical waveguide component (20) is movable in an actuation direction (12) to mechanically transmit an actuation stroke from the button cap (40) to the switching element (51) via the protrusion (25). The optical waveguide component (20) further comprises a first portion (21) that extends in the actuation direction (12) towards the light emitting device (52) to receive light from the light emitting device (52) and a second portion (22) that extends towards the button cap (40) to emit light towards the button cap (40). The second portion (22) distributes received light at least towards the translucent portion of the actuation part (41) and the translucent portion of the bellows (42).

The present invention provides a switch device that suppresses poor electrical contact caused by the intrusion of foreign matter. The switch device includes: a housing having a storage portion that is recessed in the thickness direction from an opening formed on a first surface; a metal component that is insert-molded in the housing, and the metal component has: a terminal that protrudes from the first end of the housing to the outside; a fixed contact that is exposed inside the storage portion; and a connecting portion that connects the terminal to the fixed contact; and a movable contact component that is stored in the storage portion and can be in contact with and separated from the fixed contact, and a sealing portion is provided in the gap between the connecting portion and the housing, and the sealing portion is formed by curing a sealant supplied from a second surface of the housing opposite to the first surface through a hole connected to the connecting portion.

The technology provides a system for controlling illumination of a luminous keyboard. A non-transitory storage medium stores a trained machine learning model for identifying a user sentiment. A processor receives at least one keyboard input entered by the user. The processor processes the keyboard input using the trained machine learning model to identify a sentiment or behavior of the user. The processor determines an illumination profile for the keyboard based on the identified user sentiment or behavior. The keyboard illuminates according to the illumination profile.

The present disclosure relates to an operating member including a support; an actuating part, which has an actuating surface facing towards an operator, and the actuating part has an edge region, which is provided outside the actuating surface and via which the actuating part is supported on the support; wherein the actuating part has a layer structure, defining the actuating surface, and the layer structure has at least two layers that differ in the modulus of elasticity; wherein, in a transitional region between the edge region and the actuating surface, a layer with the smallest modulus of elasticity is a highly elastic layer, and has the greatest layer thickness compared to other layers of the layer structure, in order to provide an elastic compliance of the actuating part; a force sensor disposed between the support and the actuating part detects a displacement of the actuating part.

The invention relates to a leaf spring (10) for electrically contacting a plurality of contacts (20), which lie in a first plane and are insulated from one another, in each case, said leaf spring (10) comprising: a support body (11) for supporting on a surface lying in the first plane; a deformable body (12) connected to the support body (11); and a plurality of contact bridges (13) arranged on the deformation body (12), spaced apart from the support body (11) and insulated from one another, the deformation body (12) being designed to hold the contact bridges (13) in a second plane spaced apart from the first plane in an undeformed stable state; and elastically deforming in the direction of the first plane by a force (K) acting from the second plane to the first plane into a deformed, unstable or metastable state in which the contact bridge (13) lies in or on the first plane, the contact bridge (13) being each designed to electrically connect at least two mutually insulated contacts (20) in the deformed state.

This application provides a switch assembly, a button module, a combined button, and an electronic device. Abutting parts that are of a terminal pair and that are in contact with a dome and contacts that are of the terminal pair and that are electrically connected to an external circuit are accommodated in an accommodating member of the switch assembly, and the two contacts of the terminal pair are disposed adjacently. An external circuit board may be electrically connected to the two contacts of the terminal pair, to be electrically connected to the switch assembly. The external circuit board does not need to be disposed at a bottom of the switch assembly, or does not need to be stacked on the switch assembly. No glue filling space needs to be reserved on a back surface of the switch assembly. This helps reduce a width of the switch assembly. The switch assembly, the button module, and the combined button are small in size, have reliable functions, and occupy less space after being mounted. The electronic device on which the switch assembly is mounted can be further thinned in a thickness direction, so that use in an electronic device with limited accommodating space is extensive.

An electrical switch comprising a button cap (40) is provided. The button cap (40) has an actuation part (41) configured to be actuated by a user and a flexible bellows (42) extending circumferentially around the actuation part (41), wherein the actuation part (41) and the bellows (42) each have at least one translucent portion. An electrical unit (50) of the switch comprises a switching element (51) and a light emitting device (52). The switch further comprises an optical waveguide component (20) that is arranged between the button cap (40) and the electrical unit (50) and that is in engagement with the button cap (40). The optical waveguide component (20) has a protrusion (25) configured to actuate the switching element (51). The optical waveguide component (20) is movable in an actuation direction (12) to mechanically transmit an actuation stroke from the button cap (40) to the switching element (51) via the protrusion (25). The optical waveguide component (20) further comprises a first portion (21) that extends in the actuation direction (12) towards the light emitting device (52) to receive light from the light emitting device (52) and a second portion (22) that extends towards the button cap (40) to emit light towards the button cap (40). The second portion (22) distributes received light at least towards the translucent portion of the actuation part (41) and the translucent portion of the bellows (42).

A keyboard includes a sliding member, a first elastic member that elastically buckles and deforms, a second elastic member that opens and closes an electrical contact, a support member that guides the sliding member, a membrane sheet having a first surface pressed by the second elastic member and a second surface including a conductive member, a printed circuit board that faces the second surface, and includes a controller having an output port and a reception port, a first contact connected to the output port, a second contact connected to the reception port, and a diode connected between the reception port and the second contact, and a spacer that forms a space between the membrane sheet and the printed circuit board, wherein the conductive member is in contact with the first contact and the second contact in accordance with sliding of the sliding member.

To provide listening devices, earpieces and headphones that improve the overall user experience by incorporating an array of sensors and new mechanical features.SOLUTION: An earpiece 2500 comprises: an earpiece housing defining an interior volume; an earpiece cover 2504 covering a central opening of the earpiece housing; an annular earpiece cushion 2506 surrounding an ear-receiving region of the earpiece 2500; a speaker disposed within the interior volume of the earpiece housing; a carrier 2524 coupled to the earpiece housing; and an optical sensor 2520 coupled to the carrier 2524.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 25A

An input device comprising a processor(s), an input element, an electropermanent magnet (EPM) assembly including: a permanent magnet operable to generate a magnetic field; and a magnetizing assembly configured to set a magnetic field generated by the permanent magnet, a first ferromagnetic element, and a second ferromagnetic element. The first ferromagnetic element is configured to part and move away from the second ferromagnetic element as the input element is depressed. When the EPM assembly magnetizes the permanent magnet to a first polarity, the first and second ferromagnetic elements are magnetically attracted to each other and provide an attracting that magnetically opposes the first and second ferromagnetic elements from parting, and when the EPM assembly magnetizes the permanent magnet to a second polarity, the first and second ferromagnetic elements are not magnetically attracted to each other and do not magnetically oppose the first and second ferromagnetic elements from parting.

The present disclosure discloses a rubber dome with advanced conduction which includes a support portion, an elastic connection portion, and a pressing portion connected in sequence, the pressing portion having a columnar triggering portion at an axially inner side thereof. An axial end of the triggering portion is spaced at an axial distance b from an axially lower surface of the support portion, and an axial upper surface of the support portion is spaced at a distance h from the axially lower surface of the support portion, and b<h. The pressing portion is axially opened with a bowl-shaped groove extending to the triggering portion. The rubber dome provided by the present disclosure avoids the over-sensitivity phenomenon conventionally caused by lowering the triggering force of the thin film circuit switch by adjusting the conduction distance to make the triggering portion closer to the thin film circuit switch. By the bowl-shaped groove arrangement, it is possible to overcome the problem of large deformation force caused by simply extending the length of the triggering portion and the conduction point FP is advanced. Thus, the conduction efficiency, i.e., the conduction agility at the time of pressing is improved, and the conduction performance for corner pressing is also improved, so that the key reaction is more agile.

An activation assembly (10, 10a, 10b, 10c, 10d, 10e, 10f, 10g) is configured to be assembled with a substrate (30) and a keycap (50). The activation assembly (100) includes a flexible guiding component (100, 100a, 100b, 100c, 100d, 100e, 100f, 100g) and an elastic component (200, 200a, 200b, 200c, 200d, 200e, 200f, 200g). The flexible guiding component includes a covering portion (110, 110a, 110b, 110c, 110d, 110e, 110f, 110g), a first contact portion (120, 120a, 120b, 120c, 120d, 120e, 120f, 120g), and a second contact portion (130, 130a, 130b, 130c, 130d, 130e, 130f, 130g). The covering portion has a plurality of openings (O). The covering portion is configured to be mounted on the substrate. The first contact portion and the second contact portion are respectively located at two opposite sides of the covering portion. The elastic component includes a coupling portion (210, 210a, 210b, 210c, 210d, 210e, 210f, 210g) and a plurality of support portions (220, 220a, 220b, 220c, 220d, 220e, 220f, 220g). The coupling portion is connected to the covering portion. The support portions are connected to the coupling portion and are respectively located in the openings.

The present invention belongs to the field of switches, and specifically provides a switch for a vehicle and a vehicle. The present invention aims to solve the problem of zero position offset and shaking of switches of existing vehicles due to the existence of dimensional deviation. To this end, the switch of the present invention includes a push rocker, a first push rod, a second push rod, a first elastic member, a second elastic member, a first limiter, a second limiter and a shell, wherein the push rocker is pivotally connected to the shell; the first push rod and the second push rod respectively pass through the first limiter and the second limiter and abut against the bottom of the first end and the second end of the push rocker, and the second push rod abuts against the second limiter; the first elastic member and the second elastic member are fixedly arranged and respectively connected to the bottom of the first push rod and the second push rod, the torque of the second push rod acting on the second end is greater than the torque of the first push rod acting on the first end, and in the pressing direction of the first push rod, a movable gap is left between the first limiter and the first push rod. Avoid switch shaking and ensure the accuracy of the switch position.

An electrical switch comprising a button cap (40) is provided. The button cap (40) has an actuation portion (41) configured to be actuated by a user and a flexible bellows (42) extending circumferentially around the actuation portion (41), where the actuation portion (41) and the bellows (42) each have at least one light transmissive portion. The electrical unit (50) of the switch comprises a switching element (51) and a light emitting device (52). The switch further includes an optical waveguide member (20) disposed between the button cap (40) and the electrical unit (50) and joined with the button cap (40). The optical waveguide member (20) has a protrusion (25) configured to actuate the switching element (51). The optical waveguide member (20) is movable in an actuation direction (12) to mechanically transmit an actuation stroke from the button cap (40) to the switching element (51) via the projection (25). The optical waveguide component (20) further comprises a first portion (21) extending in the actuation direction (12) towards the light emitting means (52) to receive light from the light emitting means (52), and a second portion (22) extending towards the button cap (40) to emit light towards the button cap (40). The second portion (22) distributes the received light toward at least a light transmissive portion of the actuating portion (41) and a light transmissive portion of the bellows (42).

A keyswitch assembly includes a base, a pressable plate, a first magnetic acting member and a second magnetic acting member. An accommodating space is defined within the base, and an upper surface of the base is provided with a connecting portion. The pressable plate includes a pressing portion, an acting portion and a pivotal connection portion located between the pressing portion and the acting portion and pivotally connected to the connecting portion. The first magnetic acting member is disposed on the acting portion; the second magnetic acting member is disposed on the base corresponding to the first magnetic acting member. The keyswitch assembly is configured such that the first magnetic acting member and the second magnetic acting are attracted or repulsed each other by a magnetic force, so as to provide or change a pressing resistance of the pressing portion.

There is provided a button for varying output based on force applied. The button comprises: a contact pad with at least two contacts, the contacts being arranged in a complementary pattern of interdigitated fingers with a separation therebetween; and an actuator and a conductive layer, the conductive layer being located between a base of the actuator and the contact pad and being independent of the actuator and contact pad, the base of the actuator being shaped to increase the surface area of the conductive layer in contact with the contacts as the actuator is pushed towards the contact pad. This increases current flow between the contacts in use as the force applied to the actuator increases.

A control device configured for use in a load control system to control an electrical load external to the control device may comprise an actuation member having a front surface defining a capacitive touch surface configured to detect a touch actuation along at least a portion of the front surface. The control device includes a main printed circuit board (PCB) comprising a control circuit, a tactile switch, a controllably conductive device, and a drive circuit operatively coupled to a control input of the controllably conductive device for rendering the controllably conductive device conductive or non-conductive to control the amount of power delivered to the electrical load. The control device also includes a capacitive touch PCB that comprises a touch sensitive circuit comprising one or more receiving capacitive touch pads located on the capacitive touch PCB and arranged in a linear array adjacent to the capacitive touch surface.

A keyboard key (1) comprising: - a base (2), - a plurality of light means (3) fixed to the base (2), - at least two light guides (4) fixed to the base (2) and configured to guide the light beam from the light means (3) to an external surface of the key (1), - a body (5) fixed to the base (2) and comprising housings (5a) for receiving the light guides (4), - a button (10) comprising an outer wall (11), a sealing membrane (12) integral with the outer wall (11), and a sliding member (13) on which the sealing membrane (12) is mounted and which is movable in translation within the body (5), and - a key switching member (7) integral with the base (2) and configured to be in contact with the sliding member (13) in a key (1) actuation position. Figure for the abbreviation: [Fig 2]

A switch control element comprising:• at least one silicone dome (7);• at least one actuating means (5) acting on the at least one silicone dome (7) for closing and selectively opening electrical contacts of at least one switch (6);wherein• the at least one actuating means (5) is moved along a vertical axis (Z) by a force exerted by a pushing means (3);• between the pushing means (3) and the at least one actuating means (5) there is at least one elastic means (4) adapted to be compressed by the pushing means (3) while the at least one silicone dome (7) is compressed, accumulating energy, and to expand, releasing the stored energy, while the at least one silicone dome (7) collapses towards the switch (6);• the switch control element extends substantially vertically along the vertical axis (Z);characterized in that the at least one elastic means (4) is made of silicone;