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Granted Patent B2
US 12,237,121 · App. 18/116,273 · Granted Feb 25, 2025

Waterproof button structure

Inventors: Bing Ye (Hangzhou, CN); Baitong Wang (Hangzhou, CN)
Assignees: Fasikl Incorporated; Hangzhou Fasikl Technology Co.,Ltd
H01H13/06H01H13/14
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Patent No.
US 12,237,121
App. No.
18/116,273
Granted
Feb 25, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A waterproof button structure includes a button main body, a shell and a shaft sleeve, wherein a button mounting slot is reserved on the shell; a vertical column is arranged in the button mounting slot; the vertical column is provided with a through hole longitudinally penetrating through the vertical column; the button main body includes a pressing portion and a shaft portion; a bottom surface of the pressing portion is provided with a first annular groove; a second annular groove is formed between the vertical column and an inner wall of the button mounting slot.

Claims (4)

1. A waterproof button structure, comprising a button main body, a shell and a shaft sleeve, wherein a button mounting slot is reserved on the shell; a vertical column is arranged in the button mounting slot; the vertical column is provided with a through hole longitudinally penetrating through the vertical column; the button main body comprises a pressing portion and a shaft portion connected to a bottom surface of the pressing portion; the bottom surface of the pressing portion is provided with a first annular groove surrounding the shaft portion; a second annular groove is formed between the vertical column and an inner wall of the button mounting slot; a sealing ring groove is arranged on the shaft portion; the sealing ring groove is sleeved with a first sealing ring; the shaft portion is connected with the shaft sleeve after passing through the through hole; the first sealing ring resists against an inner wall of the through hole; a second sealing ring sleeves an outer circumferential side of the shaft sleeve; a third annular groove is formed in a bottom of the shell; the third annular groove surrounds a bottom of the through hole; the second sealing ring is provided with an annular bulge matched with the third annular groove; and the annular bulge is embedded into the third annular groove.

2. The waterproof button structure according to claim 1 , wherein a spring is arranged between the pressing portion and the button mounting slot; and two ends of the spring respectively resists against the first annular groove and the second annular groove.

3. The waterproof button structure according to claim 1 , wherein a plurality of trenches are uniformly arranged on the shaft portion; a plurality of bulges matched with the trenches are arranged on an inner wall of the shaft sleeve; and the plurality of bulges are embedded into and in interference fit with the plurality of trenches.

4. The waterproof button structure according to claim 1 , wherein an annular flange is arranged on the outer circumferential side of the shaft sleeve; and an annular groove matched with the annular flange is arranged in the second sealing ring.

Continuity (1)
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