Earphone assemblies with multiple subassembly housings are provided.

Earphone assemblies with multiple subassembly housings are provided.

According to one aspect, a portable electronic device having a base portion having a keypad, and a sliding portion. The sliding portion is coupled to the base portion and slideable relative thereto between a closed position wherein the keypad is covered by the sliding portion, and an open position wherein the keypad is exposed. The keypad includes a plurality of keys, at least some of the plurality of keys having a ridge that extends upwardly from the top surface of the key. Each ridge extends between a lower edge of the key and an upper edge of the key and is curved therebetween. Each ridge is offset from a midline of each key.

The slidable control button device provides inputs to an electronic communication device such as a smartphone. When the slidable control button is moved to positions within a grooved path, it acquires additional functionalities. These include (a) gaming console hand devices for both left and right hand thumbs of gamers, (b) pressing on the left or right edge of the button will control functions of software of apps, (c) motion detection (d) sending and receiving data related to measuring motion, speed or acceleration, temperature, and communicating with the software applications installed in the smartphone.

The slidable control button device provides inputs to an electronic communication device such as a smartphone. When the slidable control button is moved to positions within a grooved path, it acquires additional functionalities. These include (a) gaming console hand devices for both left and right hand thumbs of gamers, (b) pressing on the left or right edge of the button will control functions of software of apps, (c) motion detection (d) sending and receiving data related to measuring motion, speed or acceleration, temperature, and communicating with the software applications installed in the smartphone.

The present invention provides a key structure and a manufacturing method thereof. The key structure includes a keycap made of a first material and a graphics made of a second material. A part of the graphics is filled in a groove that extends downwards from an upper surface of the keycap, and an other part of the graphics is exposed outside the groove for press, and the graphics is molded by means of a resin dispensing process. In addition, the present invention further provides a keyboard devices that applies the foregoing key structure.

Earphone assemblies with multiple subassembly housings are provided.

The invention discloses low profile switches for standard mechanical profile switch/MX profile switch keyboards, the low profile switch installed on PCB of standard mechanical profile switch/MX profile switch keyboards, the bottom of low profile switches arranged with a positioning column, the outer diameter of positioning column being 3.85 mm0.15, one side of positioning column arranged with a moving unit pin and a stationary unit pin, the distance between moving unit pin and positioning column in X direction being L1, the distance between the moving unit pin and the positioning column in Y direction being L2, the distance between the stationary unit pin and the positioning column in X direction being L3, and the distance between the stationary unit pin and the positioning column in Y direction being L4; low profile switches in the invention compatible with standard mechanical profile switch/MX profile switch keyboards, to promote low profile switches at lower costs.

An operating device with a number of actuating elements, such as switches and/or pushbuttons, arranged next to one another and/or one below the other is provided. The actuating elements are delimited, at least in part, by at least one frame element. The frame element is provided, at least in some regions, with surface sections that are shaped such that they can be detected haptically. One actuating element is respectively assigned to at least a part of the haptically detectable surface sections.

Provided are an operation panel capable of reliably pressing down a target operation key while saving arrangement space of operation keys, an image forming device provided with the same, and an image reading device. An operation panel (3) is provided with a main body unit (10) having a panel surface (10a) tilted with respect to a horizontal direction and operation keys (12 to 16) protruded from the panel surface. The operation keys have operation surfaces (12a to 16a) pressed down by a user and protrusion portions (12b to 16b) formed so as to be protruded from the operation surfaces along lower end portions of the operation surfaces.