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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2013
Applicant:
Joseph Taylor, Seattle, WA (US);
Inventor:
Joseph Taylor, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 15/02 (2006.01); H01H 15/00 (2006.01); H01H 15/06 (2006.01); H04M 1/23 (2006.01); H01H 25/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 15/02 (2013.01); H01H 15/005 (2013.01); H01H 15/06 (2013.01); H04M 1/236 (2013.01); H01H 2025/004 (2013.01);
Abstract
A switch assembly for an electronic device comprises a switch mount and a keycap. The switch mount has a slide switch with a slide switch base and a slide switch actuator. The keycap is positionable for slidable movement relative to the switch mount and is coupleable to the slide switch actuator. The keycap has an exposed portion slidable by a user between at least a first position and a second position to execute a first control function. The keycap is depressible in at least one of the first and second positions to execute a second control function.