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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2012
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Elvis M. Kibiti, Meru, KE;
Luen-Chiou Lin, Cupertino, CA (US);
Sean S. Corbin, Cupertino, CA (US);
Shih-Ning Kao, Cupertino, CA (US);
Stephen R. McClure, San Francisco, CA (US);
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Slide input component assemblies of an electronic device and methods for making the same are provided. In some embodiments, a slide input component assembly may include a slide button subassembly that may have a knob, a base, a retention mechanism that may couple the knob to the base, and a shell part that may be provided about at least a portion of the base. The slide input component assembly may also include a slide switch subassembly that may have a switch that may be configured to move along a switch path when the slide button subassembly moves along a button path.