Dome-shaped push switch

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9837226-B2
Application number	US-201615241611-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 19, 2016
Priority date	Apr 28, 2016
Publication date	Dec 5, 2017
Grant date	Dec 5, 2017

Abstract

A dome-shaped push switch includes a sheet and a conducting layer disposed at a low surface of the sheet. The sheet has a pressing portion arching upward. The conducting layer is disposed at a lower surface of the sheet. The conductivity of the sheet is greater than that of the sheet. The pressing portion includes at least one through hole penetrating through the pressing portion. The through hole has a side wall, the side wall sequentially has a shear surface and a tear surface from bottom up, and a fillet is provided between the shear surface and a lower surface of the pressing portion.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A dome-shaped push switch, comprising:
a sheet having a pressing portion arching upward; and
a conducting layer disposed at a lower surface of the sheet, a conductivity of the conducting layer being greater than that of the sheet,
wherein the pressing portion comprises at least one through hole penetrating through the pressing portion, the at least one through hole has a side wall, the side wall sequentially has a shear surface and a tear surface from bottom up, and a fillet is provided between the shear surface and a lower surface of the pressing portion, and
wherein a roughness of the tear surface is greater than a roughness of the shear surface.

2. The dome-shaped push switch of claim 1 , wherein the tear surface extends downward from an upper edge of the side wall to the shear surface.

3. The dome-shaped push switch of claim 1 , wherein the pressing portion comprises a sustaining portion located at a top of the pressing portion, and configured to receive a pressing member, a pressure is applied to the pressing portion by the pressing member, and the through hole is located around the sustaining portion.

4. The dome-shaped push switch of claim 1 , wherein the sheet further comprises a support portion disposed at an edge of the pressing portion, for contacting with a substrate.

5. The dome-shaped push switch of claim 4 , wherein the support portion is formed by bending and extending obliquely upward from the edge of the pressing portion.

6. The dome-shaped push switch of claim 4 , wherein the substrate has a first pad, and the support portion is in contact with the first pad.

7. The dome-shaped push switch of claim 6 , wherein the substrate has a second pad, and the pressing portion is in contact with the second pad after the pressing portion is pressed.

8. A dome-shaped push switch, comprising:
a sheet having a pressing portion arching upward;
a conducting layer disposed at a lower surface of the sheet, a conductivity of the conducting layer being greater than that of the sheet; and
a chamfer,
wherein the pressing portion comprises at least one through hole penetrating through the pressing portion, the at least one through hole has a side wall, the side wall sequentially has a shear surface and a tear surface from bottom up, a fillet is provided between the shear surface and a lower surface of the pressing portion, and the chamfer is disposed at a part of the fillet.

9. The dome-shaped push switch of claim 8 , wherein the chamfer is formed by squeezing.

10. The dome-shaped push switch of claim 8 , wherein the tear surface extends downward from an upper edge of the side wall to the shear surface.

11. The dome-shaped push switch of claim 8 , wherein the sheet further comprises a support portion disposed at an edge of the pressing portion, for contacting with a substrate.

12. The dome-shaped push switch of claim 11 , wherein the support portion is formed by bending and extending obliquely upward from the edge of the pressing portion.

13. A dome-shaped push switch, comprising:
a sheet having a pressing portion arching upward; and
a conducting layer disposed at a lower surface of the sheet, a conductivity of the conducting layer being greater than that of the sheet,
wherein the pressing portion comprises at least one through hole penetrating through the pressing portion, the at least one through hole has a side wall, the side wall sequentially has a shear surface and a tear surface from bottom up, and a fillet is provided between the shear surface and a lower surface of the pressing portion, and
wherein the sheet is formed by stretching a thick plate along a direction, a number of the at least one through hole is four, a connection portion is provided between every two adjacent through holes of the four through holes, and an angle between a longitudinal direction of one of the connection portions and the stretching direction of the thick plate is between 15° and 35°.

14. The dome-shaped push switch according to claim 13 , wherein an angle between two adjacent connection portions is 90°.

15. The dome-shaped push switch of claim 13 , wherein the tear surface extends downward from an upper edge of the side wall to the shear surface.

16. The dome-shaped push switch of claim 13 , wherein the sheet further comprises a support portion disposed at an edge of the pressing portion, for contacting with a substrate.

17. The dome-shaped push switch of claim 13 , wherein the pressing portion comprises a sustaining portion located at a top of the pressing portion, and configured to receive a pressing member, a pressure is applied to the pressing portion by the pressing member, and the at least one through hole is located around the sustaining portion.

18. The dome-shaped push switch of claim 16 , wherein the support portion is formed by bending and extending obliquely upward from the edge of the pressing portion.

19. The dome-shaped push switch of claim 16 , wherein the substrate has a first pad, and the support portion is in contact with the first pad.

20. The dome-shaped push switch of claim 19 , wherein the substrate has a second pad, and the pressing portion is in contact with the second pad after the pressing portion is pressed.

Assignees

• Lotes Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ju Ted
• Zhu yin fu
• Long Shuang Bo
• Zhou yu song

Classifications

• H01H13/79

  characterised by the form of the contacts, e.g. interspersed fingers or helical networks · CPC title

• H01H2203/05

  to avoid damage by deformation of layers · CPC title

• H01H13/48 Primary

  using buckling of disc springs · CPC title

• H01H13/26 Primary

  Snap-action arrangements depending upon deformation of elastic members · CPC title

• H01H2215/004

  Collapsible dome or bubble · CPC title