Patent ID: 9666388
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: F24C,H01H

Claim:
1. A control panel for an appliance, comprising: a printed circuit board (PCB) having a first surface; a tactile switch positioned on the PCB at the first surface of the PCB; an elastic spacer sheet positioned over the PCB at the first surface of the PCB, the elastic spacer sheet defining an opening, the tactile switch disposed within the opening of the elastic spacer sheet; a rigid backer plate positioned over the elastic spacer sheet such that the rigid backer plate is positioned opposite the PCB about the elastic spacer sheet, the rigid backer plate defining an opening, the opening of the rigid backer plate aligned with the opening of the elastic spacer sheet; and a plastic film positioned on the rigid backer plate such that the plastic film is positioned opposite the elastic spacer sheet about the rigid backer plate, wherein the rigid backer plate defines a thickness at the opening of the rigid backer plate and the elastic spacer sheet defines a thickness at the opening of the elastic spacer sheet, the tactile switch also extending away from the PCB by a height, a sum of the thickness of the rigid backer plate and the thickness of the elastic spacer sheet being about equal to the height of the tactile switch.