Patent ID: 8872053

Claim:
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 movable portion positioned at least partially within the opening and operative to move along the actuation axis; and a coupling portion extending into the housing and connected to the movable portion: 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: the conductive trace is angled with respect to the pivot axis; and the plurality of switch contacts are arranged to respectively contact the conductive trace as the shaft is rotated into different orientations about the pivot axis by translation of the movable portion of the button member along the actuation axis.