Patent ID: 7521643
Filing Date: 2009-04-21
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
1. An operating button device adapted for use with an electronic apparatus, the electronic apparatus including a main body, a pair of spaced apart first switches disposed on the main body, and a pair of second switches disposed between the first switches, said operating button device comprising: a first operating button set including a mounting seat and a pair of press buttons disposed on said mounting seat so as to be adapted to correspond respectively in position to the first switches; a second operating button set including a toggle button rotatable relative to said mounting seat and having a bottom part, and a pair of contact pieces disposed on said bottom part of said mounting seat so as to be adapted to correspond respectively in position to the second switches; an elastic component having a securing end disposed on said mounting seat, and a restoring end opposite to said securing end and in sleeving engagement with said toggle button; and a covering frame including a hollow frame body, and a pair of partition plates that are disposed in and that cooperate with said frame body to define three access openings for exposing said press buttons and said toggle button respectively, each of said partition plates having one end that is adjacent to said mounting seat and that is formed with a notch, said toggle button having a pair of pivot studs that extended into said notches in said partition plates, respectively.