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Modular entertainment control system of snap-mounted multi-functional modules within a modular mounting frame
10998153 · 2021-05-04 ·

Multi-functional audio and lighting devices are enclosed in snap-in modules adapted to fit in industry standard rocker switch panels. Each module has at least two functional parts. Included are auxiliary audio jacks, with USB charging ports and with or without a voltmeter; a Bluetooth transceiver with pairing and volume controls; an FM radio receiver with channel scan and a channel display; a single (dual-function) knob audio controller; a push-button audio controller; and an RGB LED controller with color, flash, and speed controls. A modular rocker switch panel that can be configured for two or more switches is presented. Various numbers and types of multi-function modules can be configured in a panel to customize an entertainment system. The modules are preferably marine grade and may have optional tethered water resistant covers.

Tactile switch for an electronic device

An electronic watch may include a tactile switch and/or one or more sensors for detecting rotational and translational inputs. The watch may include a display configured to produce graphical outputs that may change in response to rotational inputs, translational inputs, and/or touch inputs received at the display. The watch include a crown positioned along an exterior of the watch enclosure and a shaft coupled to the crown and extending into the enclosure. The tactile switch and/or the one or more sensors may be used to detect rotational and/or translational inputs provided at the crown.

Pedal with sliding and locking mechanisms for surgical robots
10921842 · 2021-02-16 · ·

A foot pedal system for controlling a surgical robotic system, the foot pedal system comprising a foot pedal assembly movably coupled to a foot pedal assembly platform. The foot pedal assembly having a foot pedal base, a foot pedal pivotally coupled to the foot pedal base, and a foot pedal platform, the foot pedal base operable to slide across the foot pedal platform along an x-axis and a y-axis to an arrangement of activation positions. The foot pedal platform operable to translate and rotate with respect to the foot pedal assembly platform to any position along the foot pedal assembly platform, and the foot pedal platform is operable to engage or disengage with the foot pedal assembly platform at the any position along the foot pedal assembly platform.

Tactile Switch for an Electronic Device
20230418230 · 2023-12-28 ·

An electronic watch may include a tactile switch and/or one or more sensors for detecting rotational and translational inputs. The watch may include a display configured to produce graphical outputs that may change in response to rotational inputs, translational inputs, and/or touch inputs received at the display. The watch include a crown positioned along an exterior of the watch enclosure and a shaft coupled to the crown and extending into the enclosure. The tactile switch and/or the one or more sensors may be used to detect rotational and/or translational inputs provided at the crown.

Switch knob and operating module having the same

The present invention provides an operating module comprising: a vehicular multi-operating switch unit; a module housing configured to allow the vehicular multi-operating switch unit to be movably accommodated therein; a module drive unit disposed in the module housing and configured to generate a driving force that moves the module housing; a module unit shuttle configured to allow the vehicular multi-operating switch unit to be accommodated therein, the module unit shuttle being movably disposed in the module housing; and a module drive transfer unit connected at one side thereof to the module drive unit and connected at the other side thereof to the module unit shuttle, and configured to transfer a driving force that moves the vehicular multi-operating switch unit relative to the module housing, wherein a switch knob is provided at an end of the switch shaft unit, is moved together with the module unit shuttle in response to the movement of the module unit shuttle, and forms a grip for a user, and wherein a module optical unit s provided at the module housing and is configured to display an operation state of the switch knob, including whether or not the switch knob can be operated.

Multi-directional input device, handle and game machine

Disclosed is a multi-directional input device. The device includes: an upper case, defining an opening part in a center of a top part; a first operating member, protruding from the opening part and including a flange; a first sliding member, defining a first opening; an elastic piece, arranged on an outer periphery of the first sliding member and configured to push the first sliding member back to an origin position; a second and third sliding members sliding in X and Y directions, respectively; a first and second movable contacts provided on the second the third sliding members, respectively; a circuit board, including a first and second fixed contacts; a push member including a flat part in contact with the flange and a boss; a coil spring, pushing the push member upward; a first support, configured to hold the push member at an upper limit position; and a lower case.

TACTILE SWITCH FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE
20200326659 · 2020-10-15 ·

An electronic watch may include a tactile switch and/or one or more sensors for detecting rotational and translational inputs. The watch may include a display configured to produce graphical outputs that may change in response to rotational inputs, translational inputs, and/or touch inputs received at the display. The watch include a crown positioned along an exterior of the watch enclosure and a shaft coupled to the crown and extending into the enclosure. The tactile switch and/or the one or more sensors may be used to detect rotational and/or translational inputs provided at the crown.

Varistor type multi-directional input device
10770247 · 2020-09-08 · ·

A varistor type multi-directional input device, including an upper cover, a base, a rocker assembly, a reset assembly, an electrical component, a switch elastic piece and a terminal assembly. The conductive elastic piece of the electrical component is mounted in a cavity surrounded by the upper cover, the base and the varistor. The rocking bar is operated to swing the eccentric wheel of the upper rocker arm or the lower rocker arm, and the surface pressure of the varistor is different due to the different deformation of elastic piece caused by the change of the height of the eccentric wheel in the axial direction, so that the varistor outputs different resistance values to achieve control of the screen cursor. The present disclosure is provided with a rocker arm seat which is matched with the upper rocker arm and the lower rocker arm.

Multi-directional input device
10768658 · 2020-09-08 · ·

In a multi-directional input device, an upward convex spherical trapezoidal portion is provided at a lower end of an operation shaft projecting downward of a lower arm, a receiving portion for the upward convex spherical trapezoidal portion is provided in a case, the receiving portion has a receiving surface configured with a spherical surface having a radius of curvature identical to a radius of curvature of a spherical zone of the upward convex spherical trapezoidal portion, the receiving surface against which the spherical zone of the upward convex spherical trapezoidal portion is pressed downward by a compression coil spring, and the operation shaft is supported to be rotatable around the center of curvature of the receiving surface.

Shifting device

This shifting device is equipped with an operation unit that is operated for switching among a plurality of shift ranges of a transmission installed in a vehicle. The operation unit includes: a first operation portion that is operated by pressing; and a plurality of second operation portions that are arranged on either side of the first operation portion and are operated in different directions about their common turning axis.