The present disclosure relates to a button and an electronic device employing the button.
Most of electronic devices include buttons on one sidewall for functional controlling, such as, power switch button, volume controlling button, screen locking button, or camera switch button. However, such buttons usually include complicated structures to mount on a housing of the electronic device. In addition, there is space between button and the housing, which can prevent for waterproofing and dustproofing.
Many aspects of the disclosure can be better understood with reference to the following figures. The components in the figures are not necessarily drawn to scale, the emphasis instead being placed upon clearly illustrating the principles of the disclosure. Moreover, in the drawings, like reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views.
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The circuit board 20 is mounted on the bottom wall 11. The circuit board 20 includes a switch module 21 mounted thereon. The switch module 21 includes a switch button 211. The switch button 211 corresponds to the hole 132.
The button 30 includes a pressing body 31, a main body 32, and a sealed body 33. The pressing body 31 includes a main portion 311 and a protruding portion 310. The main portion 311 is a sheet shaped and includes a pressing surface 313 and a mounting surface 314. The protruding portion 310 is a ring shaped protrusion which protruded from the mounting surface 314. The protruding portion 310 defines a securing slot 312 and a plurality of securing grooves 3121 therethrough.
The main body 32 is substantially rectangular shaped and made of rubber material. The main body 32 can be a portion of the pressing body 31 and be integrally formed by molding. The main body 32 includes two opposite side surfaces 321 and a resisting surface 322 connecting the two side surfaces 321. A peripheral edge of the resisting surface 322 is protruded from the side surfaces 321 and forms a flange 3221. The side surfaces 321 include latching blocks 323 near the flange 3221 and corresponding to the securing grooves 3121. The main body 32 is coupled to the securing slot 312, the latching blocks 323 are coupled to the securing grooves 3121, thus the main body 32 can be secured in the securing slot 312 and protrudes from the mounting surface 314, thereby the main body 32 and the securing slot 312 form a block (not labeled) for securing the sealed body 33. The resisting surface 322 includes a protrusion 324 in a middle portion thereof. The protrusion 324 resists to the switch button 211. The main body 32 further includes a plurality of latches 325, the latches 325 are arranged on the flange 3221 and adjacent to the latching blocks 323. In at least one embodiment, the number of the latches 325 is four.
The sealed body 33 is made of a rubber material and coupled to the pressing body 31. The sealed body 33 is a ring-shaped. A middle of the outer surface of the sealed body 33 is recessed from the outer surface to the inner surface to form an annular slot 331, thus forming a substantially V-shaped viewed from cross-section and from an external peripheral wall, thereby forming two opposite elastic walls 332.
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It is believed that the embodiments and their advantages will be understood from the foregoing description, and it will be apparent that various changes can be made thereto without departing from the spirit and scope of the disclosure or sacrificing all of its advantages, the examples hereinbefore described merely being embodiments of the disclosure.
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