CPC G06F 3/0414 (2013.01) [G06F 3/016 (2013.01); G06F 3/0418 (2013.01); G06F 3/167 (2013.01); H01H 13/83 (2013.01); H01H 13/85 (2013.01); H03K 17/9625 (2013.01); B62D 1/04 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04106 (2013.01); H03K 2217/96062 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A switch assembly comprising:
a housing having one or more walls that define a chamber;
a printed circuit board (PCB) disposed within the chamber, the PCB having a first planar surface that faces in a first axial direction and a second planar surface that faces in a second axial direction, the second axial direction being opposite from the first axial direction, the PCB comprising one or more force sensors disposed on the second planar surface;
at least one support surface facing in the second axial direction, the support surface being fixedly coupled to the housing, wherein at least a portion of the first planar surface of the PCB engages the support surface;
a flexible membrane, the flexible membrane having a first surface that faces in the first axial direction toward the second surface of the PCB and a second surface that faces in the second axial direction; and
a touch overlay plate, the touch overlay plate having a first surface that faces in the first axial direction and a second surface that faces in the second axial direction, wherein the first surface of the touch overlay plate is coupled to the second surface of the flexible membrane.
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