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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2014
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Ashutosh Y. Shukla, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Tyler B. Cater, Cupertino, CA (US);
Sawyer I. Cohen, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Edward S. Huo, San Jose, CA (US);
David A. Pakula, San Francisco, CA (US);
Benjamin Shane Bustle, Cupertino, CA (US);
Dhaval N. Shah, Fremont, CA (US);
Yaocheng Zhang, Cupertino, CA (US);
Vivek Katiyar, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
This application relates to various button related embodiments for use with a portable electronic device. In some embodiments, a snap clip can be integrated with a button bracket to save space where two separate brackets would take up too much space in the portable electronic device. In other embodiments, a tactile switch can be waterproofed by welding a polymeric layer atop a tactile switch assembly. In this way water can be prevented from contacting moisture sensitive components of the tactile switch assembly. The weld joining the polymeric layer to the tactile switch can include at least one gap to trapped gas surrounding the tactile switch assembly to enter and exit during heat excursions caused by various operating and/or assembly operations.