Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Tactile switch for an electronic device
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Application No.: US14455375Application Date: 2014-08-08
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Publication No.: US09627163B2Publication Date: 2017-04-18
- Inventor: Colin M. Ely , John B. Morrell , Duncan Kerr , Camille Moussette
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: APPLE INC.
- Current Assignee: APPLE INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP
- Main IPC: H01H3/12
- IPC: H01H3/12 ; H01H25/00 ; H01H9/16 ; H01H25/06 ; G06F3/0362 ; G06F1/16

Abstract:
One embodiment of the disclosure includes an input module. The input module includes a switch, a rotatable and translatable input member operably connected to the switch and configured to actuate the switch, and an electrical contact operably connected to the switch and in electrical communication with the input member. During operation, the electrical connection between the input member and the electrical contact is maintained during translation and rotation of the input member. The input module may be used with a variety of electronic devices and can be used by a user to provide input to those devices.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150041289A1 TACTILE SWITCH FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE Public/Granted day:2015-02-12
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