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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2007
Krista Lynn Orr, Plymouth, MI (US);
Sabin Oana, Howell, MI (US);
Krista Lynn Orr, Plymouth, MI (US);
Sabin Oana, Howell, MI (US);
Vistcon Global Technologies, Inc., Van Buren Township, MI (US);
Abstract
A push-button assembly has a button retainer having a first side wall connected to a second side wall, with an included angle between the first and second side wall being in the range of about 100 degrees to about 170 degrees. Additional side walls connect the second side wall back to the first side wall, forming a hollow portion within the button retainer. The button retainer can be mated within the channel of a corresponding bezel structure. The bezel structure can be tuned to fit the button retainer along a single axis of the bezel structure. A tune-to-fit process includes forming the bezel structure from a mold and measuring the fit of the button retainer within the bezel structure along an x-axis. The bezel mold is either re-cut or material is added to the bezel mold along the x-axis, without re-cutting or adding material along any other axis.