Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Universal control button for control panel
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Application No.: US17285085Application Date: 2019-10-17
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Publication No.: US11644857B2Publication Date: 2023-05-09
- Inventor: Philippe Morel , Thierry Clerc , Bernard Buisset
- Applicant: THALES
- Applicant Address: FR Courbevoie
- Assignee: THALES
- Current Assignee: THALES
- Current Assignee Address: FR Courbevoie
- Agency: BakerHostetler
- Priority: FR 01097 2018.10.18
- International Application: PCT/EP2019/078226 2019.10.17
- International Announcement: WO2020/079156A 2020.04.23
- Date entered country: 2021-04-13
- Main IPC: G05G1/02
- IPC: G05G1/02 ; B64D43/00 ; H01H13/14

Abstract:
A control button which includes a button head having an upper end acting as a pressing surface for initiating an action, and a lower end having at least one electrical connector; an internal button body into which the button head can be inserted; an external button body comprising an upper end and a lower end, the upper end being open for the insertion of the internal button body such that it comes into abutment and the pressing surface of the button head protrudes, and such that the at least one electrical connector emerges from the lower end of the external button body, the flanks of the external button body between the upper end and the lower end not being solid and having material openings, the open structure of the external button body allowing compression of the external body along the axis of the button, the control button being wherein the lower base of the external body of the button has housings for accommodating different contacts of the internal body of the button when the latter is inserted.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220026942A1 UNIVERSAL CONTROL BUTTON FOR CONTROL PANEL Public/Granted day:2022-01-27
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