Button Structure With Hollow Elastic Member for Tactile Feedback
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing button apparatuses in electronic equipment lack an effective mechanism to enhance the tactile feedback and durability of push operations while maintaining efficient functionality.
Innovation Solution
A button apparatus comprising a push member, an elastic member with a hollowed shape, a detector, and a moving member that elastically deforms and moves in response to push operations, enhancing tactile feedback and durability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If an elastic member is added to improve clicking feel, then tactile feedback is enhanced, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the elastic member with the push button structure itself, making the push button a composite structure that integrates both the pressing function and the elastic deformation function. This merging approach provides tactile feedback through the elastic member's deformation while avoiding the need for separate additional components, thus enhancing ease of operation without proportionally increasing device complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The push button is designed to serve multiple functions simultaneously: it acts as both the pressing mechanism and the elastic element that provides tactile feedback. The push button structure itself is configured to elastically deform, making it a multi-functional component that reduces overall device complexity while improving tactile feedback
2Device complexity
If the push button structure is simplified, then device complexity is reduced, but manufacturing precision requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent optimizes the physical parameters of the push button, such as its dimensions, material properties, and structural geometry, to achieve the desired elastic deformation characteristics. By carefully selecting and adjusting these parameters, the push button can provide adequate tactile feedback while maintaining manufacturability with standard precision capabilities
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The solution provides improved tactile feedback and durability by optimizing the elastic deformation and movement of components, ensuring reliable operation and reduced risk of dislocation.
Implementation Method 1
an elastic member of a substantially hollowed shape provided on a push direction side of the push member and configured to be elastically deformed on a side thereof which faces the push member in response to the push operation performed on the push member
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AI summary
A button apparatus includes a push member on which a push operation can be performed, an elastic member of a substantially hollowed shape provided on a push direction side of the push member and configured to be elastically deformed on a side thereof which faces the push member in response to the push operation performed on the push member, a detector configured to detect the push operation performed on the push member, and a moving member supported on the elastic member and configured to move in the push direction in response to the push operation performed on the push member, and a side of the elastic member which faces the detector is elastically deformed as a result of the moving member moving in response to the push operation.