Patent ID: 9627159
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: H01H

Claim:
1. A slide actuation apparatus, comprising: a bezel configured to maintain a configuration of the slide actuation apparatus and including an opening on an external surface; an actuator configured to move within a compartment formed by the opening, the actuator having a plunger formed thereon; a sliding rail configured to guide movements of the actuator along a surface of the sliding rail and compressible downward in response to movement of the actuator plunger along the surface of the sliding rail; and a slide contact configured to make an electrical connection to a flexible circuit and configured to provide a signal of a change to a circuit board of a computing device attached to the slide actuation apparatus in response to downward compression of the sliding rail, wherein the sliding rail includes a keypad co-molded with a sheet metal and the sliding rail is configured to maintain and facilitate a sliding direction of the actuator along the surface of the sliding rail; and wherein the keypad comprises a rubber web configured to flexibly compress the sliding rail downward to touch the slide contact in response to movement of the actuator along the surface of the sliding rail.