US 12,355,322 B2
Retractable buttons for a user input device of an information handling system
Jason Scott Morrison, Chadron, NE (US); and Erik Summa, Austin, TX (US)
Assigned to Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed by Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed on Jan. 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/647,852.
Prior Publication US 2023/0223830 A1, Jul. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. H02K 33/18 (2006.01); H02K 33/16 (2006.01)
CPC H02K 33/18 (2013.01) [H02K 33/16 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus, comprising:
a first magnet;
a second magnet;
a coil positioned between the first magnet and the second magnet;
a spacer coupled at one end to the first magnet, coupled at an opposite end to the second magnet, and configured to arrange the first magnet on one side of the coil and the second magnet on an opposite side of the coil; and
a cap coupled to the spacer over the first magnet,
wherein the first magnet, the second magnet, the coil, the spacer, and the cap are part of a first button, and wherein the apparatus comprises an array of buttons including the first button.