Compressible seal for rotatable and translatable input mechanisms
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United States of America Patent
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May 21, 2024
Grant Date -
Feb 25, 2021
app pub date -
Nov 6, 2020
filing date -
Mar 8, 2015
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Abstract
An electronic device has a housing and a rotatable and translatable input mechanism. The housing has an aperture and the rotatable and translatable input mechanism has a shaft positioned at least partially within the aperture and a manipulation structure coupled to the shaft. The manipulation structure may be manipulated to rotationally and translationally move the shaft to provide rotational and translational input to the electronic device. A compressible seal is positioned in a gap between the housing and the rotatable and translatable input mechanism. The compressible seal may resist and/or prevent passage of contaminants into the aperture and/or obscure one or more internal components. The compressible seal may be configured to collapse or bend when the rotatable and translatable member translates.
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- 2020 Application Filing Year
- G04B Class
- 279 Applications Filed
- 183 Patents Issued To-Date
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