US 11,984,278 B2
Hinge structure of button and electronic device
Takeshi Shimoyama, Yokohama (JP)
Assigned to JVCKENWOOD Corporation, Yokohama (JP)
Filed by JVCKENWOOD Corporation, Yokohama (JP)
Filed on Sep. 14, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/474,093.
Application 17/474,093 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2019/040498, filed on Oct. 15, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-057481 (JP), filed on Mar. 25, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0407747 A1, Dec. 30, 2021
Int. Cl. H05K 5/00 (2006.01); H01H 13/14 (2006.01); H01H 13/20 (2006.01)
CPC H01H 13/20 (2013.01) [H01H 13/14 (2013.01); H05K 5/0017 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A hinge structure of a button, the hinge structure comprising:
a contact portion contacting an arrangement portion in which a button is arranged;
a button main body varying in a relative positional relationship with the arrangement portion;
a first hinge having flexibility, and being coupled to the button main body at one end and coupled to the contact portion at another end; and
a second hinge having flexibility, and being coupled at one end to a position in the button main body on an opposite side on which the first hinge is coupled to the button main body, and coupled at another end to the first hinge at a position in the button main body on a side on which the first hinge is coupled, the another end of the second hinge being coupled to the another end of the first hinge without the contact portion, the second hinge bending at a predetermined position in a direction in which the first hinge is positioned.