Elastomeric push button return element for providing enhanced tactile feedback
US4604509A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 1, 1985 |
| Grant date | Aug 5, 1986 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 1, 2005 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01H2239/006
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An elastomeric push button return element for providing enhanced tactile feedback, and a push button switch employing the return element. The return element is configured as a tubular section, a flange adapted to be restrained on a mounting surface, a radial web thinner than the wall of the tubular section joining the flange and a first end of the tubular section, a hollow frustum section joined at its large end to the second end of the tubular section, and a crown joined to the small end of the hollow frustum section and adapted to be connected to a push button.
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