Systems, methods and apparatuses provide for technology that includes a motor, a trigger assembly including a trigger member and an elastomer member mechanically coupled to the trigger member and moveable along a movement axis, wherein the elastomer member includes an electrically-conductive non-planar surface, a controller configured to operate the motor, and a circuit board oriented substantially perpendicularly to the movement axis, the circuit board including a plurality of conductive tracks facing the non-planar surface coupled to a resistor divider, and wherein controller is configured to vary a speed of the motor based on a number of the plurality of conductive tracks contacted by the non-planar surface of the elastomer member. The elastomer member may include a non-planar surface having a conductive central region, a conductive peripheral region and an insulative region positioned between the conductive central region and the conductive peripheral region.

A plug (1) for a profiled safety edge section (2), comprising a first contact element for a first wire (3) of the profiled safety edge section (2), a second contact element for a second wire (4) of the profiled safety edge section (2), and an insertion nose (16), wherein the two contact elements are received in the insertion nose (16). The first contact element is a first support (8) with a first claw (9), and the second contact element is a second support (10) with a second claw (11).

A pressure-activated membrane switch and methods of use are provided. The pressure-activated membrane switch includes a first electrically-conductive membrane, and a second electrically-conductive membrane. Contact between the first electrically-conductive membrane and the second electrically-conductive membrane is configured to cause an electrical circuit, of which the switch is a part, to close. The pressure-activated membrane switch further includes a plurality of spacers dispersed between the first electrically-conductive membrane and the second electrically-conductive membrane, and one or more columns positioned on an outer surface of the second electrically-conductive membrane. The plurality of spacers form one or more gaps between the first electrically-conductive membrane and the second electrically-conductive membrane, and the one or more columns are configured to pass through the one or more gaps when a pressure is applied to the one or more columns, which will cause the second electrically-conductive membrane to deform to contact the first electrically-conductive membrane.

A multidirectional input apparatus with a switch includes a strain generating body including at least a cylindrical portion and a first plate portion; a plurality of strain sensors; a wiring substrate; a contact rubber configuring the switch together with an electrode on the wiring substrate; and a button. The contact rubber includes a base portion, a movable portion, and a deformable portion. The movable portion is movable to a first position when the deformable portion is not deformed, and to a second position when the deformable portion is deformed. A center of a lower surface of the button contacts an upper surface of the movable portion when the movable portion is at the first and second positions. When the movable portion moves from the first position to the second position and contacts the electrode, a protruding portion on the lower surface of the button presses the wiring substrate.

A multidirectional input apparatus with a switch includes a strain generating body including at least a cylindrical portion and a first plate portion; a plurality of strain sensors; a wiring substrate; a contact rubber configuring the switch together with an electrode on the wiring substrate; and a button. The contact rubber includes a base portion, a movable portion, and a deformable portion. The movable portion is movable to a first position when the deformable portion is not deformed, and to a second position when the deformable portion is deformed. A center of a lower surface of the button contacts an upper surface of the movable portion when the movable portion is at the first and second positions. When the movable portion moves from the first position to the second position and contacts the electrode, a protruding portion on the lower surface of the button presses the wiring substrate.

An operation input device includes an operation input unit that is configured to receive a tracing operation performed in a one-dimensional direction. The operation input unit includes a plurality of mechanical switches that are arranged side by side in an operation direction and each include an operation surface subjected to the tracing operation, the operation surface defining a curved surface along the operation direction.

A touchpad module includes a circuit board and a switch assembly. The switch element includes a conductive element and a metal dome. The conductive element is capable of providing buffering efficacy. The conductive element is arranged between the circuit board and the metal dome. When the metal dome is subjected to deformation, the metal dome does not collide with the circuit board to generate the click sound directly. Consequently, the comfort of operating the touchpad module is enhanced. The present invention further provides a computing device with the touchpad module.

In a contact member, a mesh-like contact including one or more layers of a metal other than a noble metal is embedded in such a manner as to be exposed from one of the surfaces of a rubbery elastic body. The contact member includes a highly conductive metal coat layer only in the regions of the mesh-like contact which are exposed from the rubbery elastic body, the coat layer having conductivity higher than that of the metal on the outermost surfaces of the mesh-like contact.

A touchpad module includes a circuit board and a switch assembly. The switch element includes a conductive element and a metal dome. The conductive element is capable of providing buffering efficacy. The conductive element is arranged between the circuit board and the metal dome. When the metal dome is subjected to deformation, the metal dome does not collide with the circuit board to generate the click sound directly. Consequently, the comfort of operating the touchpad module is enhanced. The present invention further provides a computing device with the touchpad module.

An operation input device includes an operation input unit that is configured to receive a tracing operation performed in a one-dimensional direction. The operation input unit includes a plurality of mechanical switches that are arranged side by side in an operation direction and each include an operation surface subjected to the tracing operation, the operation surface defining a curved surface along the operation direction.