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Gimbal mounted multifunctional button

A gimbal and button technology, applied in emergency protection devices, electrical components, electric switches, etc., can solve problems such as dependence, difficulty in distinguishing, and hesitation

Inactive Publication Date: 2002-11-13
INTERDIGITAL CE PATENT HLDG
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Additionally, some multi-function buttons have a "dead" or indistinguishable feel, which causes users to hesitate during selection and to rely on confirmation displays that the desired selection is complete

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[0015] Particularly, figure 1 A multifunction button assembly 100 is depicted having a selector button 102 connected to a gimbal plate 104 disposed a predetermined distance from a printed circuit board 106 .

[0016] Selector button 102 is preferably made of a moldable plastic such as polycarbonate. The selector button 102 has a boss 142 protruding from the center of the selector button 102 . The selector button 102 has a first actuator 108 , a second actuator 110 , a third actuator 112 and a fourth actuator 114 protruding from the selector button 102 . The actuators 108 to 114 are equidistantly arranged in a polar arrangement about the boss 142 . Furthermore, the selector button 102 has a plurality of retaining lugs 116 arranged around the periphery of the selector button. The retaining tab 116 serves to retain the selector button 102 on the multi-function button assembly 100 when the selector button 102 protrudes through the faceplate of a configuration on which the multi...

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Abstract

A gimbal mounted with a multifunction button has a selector button that selectively actuates one or more microswitches according to a biasing force. The multifunction button has a selector button mounted on a gimbal contained within the panel. The selector button has a plurality of protruding actuators passing through the plate and aligning with a plurality of micro switches mounted on the printed circuit board. The selector button may be biased to selectively cause one of the actuators to actuate the corresponding switch, or alternatively to selectively cause an adjacent pair of actuators to actuate the corresponding pair of corresponding switches. adjacent switch.

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[0001] public background technical field [0002] The present invention generally relates to push button selector switches. More particularly, the present invention relates to a gimbal mounted with a selector switch that selectively actuates a plurality of underlying switches. Background technique [0003] Components for selectively actuating switch closure upon manual actuation of components, such as multifunction buttons, have seen increasing use and are often found in such devices as: e.g. computer interfaces, joysticks, auto mirror controls Wait. One use of multifunction buttons is in telecommunication devices such as televisions and associated peripherals (ie, control boxes, remote controls, video projectors, etc.). These multi-function buttons allow users to respond to menu prompts in a quick and efficient manner with a minimal user interface. [0004] However, in order for the actuator of the multifunction button to close the appropriate contacts or switches, the m...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): H01H25/04
CPCH01H25/041H01H2300/012H01H25/04
Inventor D·B·里特W·H·波斯
Owner INTERDIGITAL CE PATENT HLDG