IP Library Granted Patent US 8,835,787
Granted Patent B2
US 8,835,787 · App. 13/598,923 · Granted Sep 16, 2014

Push switch

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Patent No.
US 8,835,787
App. No.
13/598,923
Granted
Sep 16, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A push switch includes a switch contact part for carrying out electrical connection by pressing, a case having a wall part on a periphery thereof and accommodating the switch contact part in a concave portion surrounded by the wall part, and a protective sheet covering the concave portion. The protective sheet and at least a part of an upper surface of the wall part of the case are welded together as a first welding place.

Claims (17)

1. A push switch comprising:

a switch contact part for carrying out electrical connection by pressing,

a case having a wall part on a periphery thereof and accommodating the switch contact part in a concave portion surrounded by the wall part; and

a protective sheet covering the concave portion,

wherein the protective sheet and at least a part of an upper surface of the wall part of the case are welded together as a first welding place,

the switch contact part comprises a dome-shaped movable contact,

a pressing member is located between the protective sheet and a center portion of the movable contact, and

the protective sheet and the pressing member are welded to each other by a second welding place provided between the protective sheet and the pressing member.

2. The push switch of claim 1 , wherein the second welding place is welded by laser irradiation.

3. The push switch of claim 1 , wherein the first welding place is formed along an outer periphery of the upper surface of the wall part.

4. The push switch of claim 1 , wherein the first welding place is formed along an inner periphery of the upper surface of the wall part.

5. The push switch of claim 1 , wherein the first welding place has a closed shape seen from an outer side of the protective sheet.

6. The push switch of claim 1 , wherein an outer shape of the first welding place is a rectangular shape seen from an outer side of the protective sheet.

7. The push switch of claim 1 , wherein an outer shape of the first welding place is a polygonal shape seen from an outer side of the protective sheet.

8. The push switch of claim 1 , wherein an outer shape of the first welding place has a circular shape seen from an outer side of the protective sheet.

9. The push switch of claim 1 , wherein the first welding place is welded by laser irradiation.

10. The push switch of claim 1 , wherein at least an upper surface of the wall part of the case is formed of a same material as a material of the protective sheet.

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ERRONEOUSLY FILED APPLICATION NUMBERS 13/384239, 13/498734, 14/116681 AND 14/301144 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 034194 FRAME 0143. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Dec 24, 2020
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 056788/0362 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 10, 2014
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 034194/0143 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 11, 2012
From: TAKEUCHI, MASATSUGU; NAKAGAWA, YUTARO
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 029440/0849 →