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Component assembly

  • US 8,432,678 B2
  • Filed: 01/26/2010
  • Issued: 04/30/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/06/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A button assembly comprising:

  • a button body having an external top surface configured to receive a press event;

    at least one tactile switch unit, mounted on a top surface of a first printed circuit board positioned such that a bottom surface of the button body can contact the tactile switch unit when the top surface of the button body receives the press event; and

    a plurality of conductive posts mounted on a top surface of a second printed circuit board positioned and connected to a bottom surface of the first printed circuit board through a plurality of conductive pads mounted thereon;

    wherein a current passes through at least two of the plurality of conductive posts when the external top surface of the button body receives the press event thereby closing a circuit in the tactile switch unit.

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