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Granted Patent B1
US 10,297,404 · App. 15/835,934 · Granted May 21, 2019

Illuminated pushbuttion switch

Inventor: An-Ching Ho (Tainan, TW)
Assignee: Lyric Shin Enterprise Co., Ltd.
H01H13/06H01H13/14H01H13/50H01H13/023
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,297,404
App. No.
15/835,934
Granted
May 21, 2019
Kind
B1
Abstract

An illuminated pushbutton switch is provided. The pushbutton switch includes a case, a button assembly received in the case, and a switch contact assembly disposed in the case. The button assembly includes a button part, a first spring against a center of the button part, a waterproof jacket assembled in the button part, and a frame fixed on the button part. The switch contact assembly includes a switch frame, a plurality of second springs against a bottom side of the switch frame, a contact sheet against the plurality of second springs, a rivet penetrating the contact sheet and the switch frame, a plurality of contacts disposed at an interval from the contact sheet, a plurality of pins used for fixing the contacts, and a bottom case receiving the pins.

Claims (10)

1. An illuminated pushbutton switch, comprising:

a case;

a button assembly received in the case, wherein the button assembly includes a button part, a first spring against a center of the button part, a waterproof jacket assembled in the button part, and a frame fixed on the button part;

a switch contact assembly disposed in the case, wherein the switch contact assembly includes a switch frame fixed to the frame, a plurality of second springs against a bottom side of the switch frame, a contact sheet against the plurality of second springs, a rivet penetrating the contact sheet and the switch frame, a plurality of contacts disposed at an interval from the contact sheet, a plurality of pins used for fixing the contacts, and a bottom case receiving the pins; and

a LED assembly disposed between the button assembly and the switch contact assembly and having a LED light, a light frame for assembling the LED light, and a pair of light pins electrically connected to the LED light and respectively disposed on two sides of the light frame, wherein the light frame is fixed in position above the switch frame, and the first spring surrounds a part of the light frame.

2. The metal button switch of claim 1 , wherein an external side of the case has threads, a hexagonal nut threadedly engages the threads, and an O-ring is disposed in a slit between the hexagonal nut and the button part.

3. The illuminated pushbutton switch of claim 1 , wherein the button part includes a metal sleeve cover, an upper cover disposed in the metal sleeve cover, and a sheet received in the upper cover.

4. The illuminated pushbutton switch of claim 1 , wherein the button part includes a metal ring disposed on an inner edge of the case.

5. The illuminated pushbutton switch of claim 1 , further comprising a jumper board disposed in the switch contact assembly and through which one of the plurality of pins and one of the pair of light pins pass.

6. The illuminated pushbutton switch of claim 1 , wherein the frame includes bumps disposed on an inner side thereof and the switch frame includes trenches for correspondingly receiving the bumps therein.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 8, 2017
From: HO, AN-CHING
To: LYRIC SHIN ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.
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Cited By (1)
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