Patent ID: 8787029
Filing Date: 2014-07-22
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
1. A button module, comprising: a body, the body having a first body end, a second body end, and an intermediate body portion between the first body end and the second body end; a fixing pin projecting from the body adjacent to the first body end; a light member fixed to the body adjacent to the second body end; a switch fixed to the body in the intermediate body portion and electrically connected to the light member, axes of the light member and the switch being oblique relative to each other; a button located opposite to the light member, the button including a button body and two opposite latches projecting from the button body; and an elastic member made of a single v-shaped sheet, the elastic member having a first member end, a second member end, and an intermediate member portion between the first member end and the second member end; the first member end comprising a fixing end rotatably mounted to the fixing pin, the intermediate member portion comprising a pressing portion for pressing against the switch, the second member end having two branch sections, each branch section for attachment to the one of the latches projecting from the button body; such that pressing the button causes the elastic member to rotate about the fixing pin and the intermediate member portion contacts and activates the switch, and the light member lighting the button.