Patent ID: 7034237
Filing Date: 2006-04-25
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A portable electronic instrument including a case and a user interface for selecting the functions of said portable electronic instrument, said user interface including at least a first control member mounted to be mobile in an assembly orifice arranged in said case so as to have a translation travel along an axis of actuation, said control member being able to be actuated by pressure to be brought from a position called the non pushed-in position to a position called the pushed-in position and to generate in response a control signal, said control member including an electrically conductive stem which passes through said assembly orifice and which includes first and second ends opening out respectively inside and outside said case, said stem being adapted to allow transmission of electric signals from or to the portable electronic instrument, when said control member is brought into said pushed-in position, wherein said electronic instrument further includes means for bringing the stem of the control member to a determined electric potential when said control member occupies said non pushed-in position and for interrupting the connection of the stem of the control member to said determined electric potential when said control member occupies said pushed-in position and for thus allowing transmission of said electric signals from or to the portable electronic instrument.