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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2024
Filed:
May. 11, 2023
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Ajay Ram Narayana Pillai, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Arkadiusz Michal Teclaw, Wroclaw, PL;
Priyanka Popat Mali, Maharashtra, IN;
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A method of assembly for a switch within a user interface for a home appliance includes housing a circuit board within the user interface. The circuit board has at least one mechanically actuated switch having a first area. An input interface of the user interface has a button defining a second area, greater than the first area, and having an actuator corresponding to the switch. The button is coupled to at least one of the circuit board or the input interface for relative movement between an actuation position, where the actuator actuates the switch, and a non-actuation position, where the actuator does not actuate the switch.