Patent ID: 8872053
Filing Date: 2014-10-28
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
1. An electronic device button in an electronic device having a housing that defines an opening, the electronic device button comprising: a sliding button member that is actuatable by a user along an actuation axis, the sliding button member comprising: a shaft within the housing comprising a conductive trace and defining a groove, the groove accepting and retaining the coupling portion of the button member, the shaft extending along a pivot axis perpendicular to the actuation axis and being rotatable about the pivot axis by translation of the movable portion at the button member along the actuation axis; and a switch comprising a plurality of switch contacts and at least a part of the switch contacts comprising the conductive trace, the switch having at least a first state and a second state and changeable from the first state to the second state by rotation of the shaft to a first angle; wherein: