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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2018
Motorola Solutions, Inc, Chicago, IL (US);
Andrew P. Miehl, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Jody H. Akens, Weston, FL (US);
Jin Siang Chew, Coral Springs, FL (US);
William Robertson, Pompano Beach, FL (US);
Anthony M Kakiel, Coral Sprins, FL (US);
Peter Gilmore, Plantation, FL (US);
MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC., Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A control switch () is provided to facilitate a primary user interface for a control top surface () of a non-orthogonal control top () of a portable communication device (). The control switch () comprises a thumb button actuator (), a rotary lever () having a lever arm () extending therefrom, a transfer arm () coupled between the thumb button actuator and the lever arm of the rotary lever, and an electrical rotary switch () with a switch shaft () providing a primary axis of orthogonal rotation. Actuation of the thumb button actuator () results in linear, non-orthogonal motion of the transfer arm () being translated into rotary motion of the switch shaft () about the primary axis of orthogonal rotation ().