US 11,955,298 B2
Button module
Te-Wei Huang, Taipei (TW); Zih-Siang Huang, Taipei (TW); Jhih-Wei Rao, Taipei (TW); Hung-Chieh Wu, Taipei (TW); and Liang-Jen Lin, Taipei (TW)
Assigned to ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC., Taipei (TW)
Filed by ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC., Taipei (TW)
Filed on Aug. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/898,730.
Claims priority of application No. 111101403 (TW), filed on Jan. 13, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0223218 A1, Jul. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. H01H 21/22 (2006.01)
CPC H01H 21/22 (2013.01) 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A button module, comprising:
a base, comprising a detection surface;
a pressing part, comprising a fixed end and a free end, the fixed end being pivotally connected to the base in a first axial direction; and
an elastic part, disposed on a side of the pressing part facing the base, and comprising a first damping portion and a second damping portion selectively pressing against the detection surface, wherein a hardness of the first damping portion is different from a hardness of the second damping portion;
wherein the elastic part comprises a partition;
wherein the partition divides the elastic part into a plurality of zones, and the first damping portion and the second damping portion are disposed in the plurality of zones respectively.