IP Library Granted Patent US 10,354,815
Granted Patent B2
US 10,354,815 · App. 15/935,552 · Granted Jul 16, 2019

Push switch

Inventor: Junichi Miyamoto (Miyagi, JP)
Assignee: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.
H01H13/04H01H13/06H01H13/48H01H13/52H01H2215/004H01H2223/044H01H2227/022H01H2227/026H01H2239/036
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,354,815
App. No.
15/935,552
Granted
Jul 16, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A push switch includes a base member including a depressed accommodating part, a fixed contact member provided and exposed in the accommodating part of the base member, a movable contact member installed in the accommodating part and including a dome part configured to be reversible to contact the fixed contact member, a sheet member installed to cover the accommodating part and hold the movable contact member, a pusher member installed between the top of the dome part and the sheet member, and a sheet-shaped reinforcing member formed of a material having a lower coefficient of thermal expansion than the sheet member. The reinforcing member is installed over the sheet member.

Claims (15)

1. A push switch comprising:

a base member including a depressed accommodating part;

a fixed contact member provided and exposed in the accommodating part of the base member;

a movable contact member installed in the accommodating part and including a dome part configured to be reversible to contact the fixed contact member;

a sheet member installed to cover the accommodating part and hold the movable contact member;

a pusher member installed between a top of the dome part and the sheet member; and

a sheet-shaped reinforcing member formed of a material having a lower coefficient of thermal expansion than the sheet member, the reinforcing member being installed over the sheet member, the reinforcing member having a circular ring shape in a plan view and being adhered to the sheet member through an adhesive layer.

2. The push switch as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the reinforcing member is installed over the sheet member at least between a part of the sheet member joined to the base member and a center of the sheet member where the pusher member is installed.

3. The push switch as claimed in claim 2 , wherein a width of the circular ring shape is more than or equal to 40% of a radius of the dome part.

4. The push switch as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the reinforcing member has a hole at a position corresponding to the pusher member in a plan view.

5. The push switch as claimed in claim 4 , wherein

the pusher member is cylindrically formed,

an outer diameter of the reinforcing member is less than or equal to 150% of a diameter of the dome part, and

a diameter of the hole is more than or equal to 100% of a diameter of the pusher member.

6. The push switch as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the reinforcing member is installed on top of the sheet member.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 11, 2019
From: ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
To: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 048300/0827 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 28, 2018
From: MIYAMOTO, JUNICHI
To: ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 045366/0568 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-202362 · Oct 13, 2015 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2016078455 · Sep 27, 2016
Related Publication 20180218854A1 · Aug 2, 2018