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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2022
Applicant:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventor:
Michael Cameron Gordon, Sammamish, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 13/14 (2006.01); H01H 13/20 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H01H 13/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 13/14 (2013.01); G06F 1/1626 (2013.01); G06F 1/1656 (2013.01); H01H 13/04 (2013.01); H01H 13/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
Push buttons utilizing dome switches are often preloaded to take up any tolerances in the push button design causing a gap and provide consistent tactile feedback to a user. However, conventional push button preload techniques can be costly and difficult to consistently reproduce during push button manufacturing. A new pre-load design does not require pre-depression of the dome switch to close the gap, which permits a more forgiving tolerance to manufacturing variations.