US 11,990,292 B2
Button mechanism with stabilizing dome
Yu-Po Chang, Shanghai (CN); and Chia Chi Wu, Taipei (TW)
Assigned to APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/934,321.
Prior Publication US 2024/0105400 A1, Mar. 28, 2024
Int. Cl. H01H 13/14 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H01H 13/20 (2006.01)
CPC H01H 13/14 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1662 (2013.01); H01H 13/20 (2013.01); H01H 2215/004 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computing device comprising:
a housing defining an opening;
a base layer; and
a button mechanism positioned in the opening, the button mechanism comprising:
a keycap movable relative to the base layer between an undepressed state and a depressed state; and
a dome contacting the keycap, the dome comprising a first surface and a second surface, opposite the first surface;
wherein:
in the undepressed state, the first surface is concave and the second surface is convex;
in a partially depressed state, a first portion of the first surface is convex and a second portion of the first surface is concave; and
in the depressed state, the first portion and the second portion of the first surface are convex and the second surface is concave.