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Tactile touch-sensing interface system

  • US 8,994,666 B2
  • Filed: 12/23/2010
  • Issued: 03/31/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/23/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A button assembly for use with a touch sensitive display including a virtual controller, the button assembly comprising:

  • a button body defining a contact face;

    a frame including an annular shoulder, a head, and post, wherein the head and the post project in opposite directions from the shoulder, the post terminating in a stop face opposite the head;

    wherein the button body is mounted over an exterior of the head; and

    a base defining a mounting face, a button face, and a central passage;

    wherein the annular shoulder aligns a central axis of the post with a central axis of the central passage and in a normal state, locates the contact face spaced from the button face;

    and further wherein the button assembly is mountable to a touch sensitive display screen, the frame being deflectable from the normal state in response to a user-applied force at the button body to bring the contact face into contact with the button face to generate a touch registering event at the touch sensitive display screen.

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