MUMBAI, India, Aug. 1 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202441006477 A) filed by Ather Energy Limited, Bengaluru, Karnataka, on Jan. 31, 2024, for 'switch apparatus and method of momentary interaction.'

Inventor(s) include Sahgal, Sumit; Rohan; Mathad, Chetan; Kapasi, Rushabh; Chandran, Nithin; and R, Venkataramani.

The application for the patent was published on Aug. 1, under issue no. 31/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A switch apparatus (200) includes an enclosure (202), a knob (204), an interface component (304), and an elastic element (310). The enclosure (202) has asymmetric profile (202A). The knob (204) extends outwards from enclosure (202), where the knob (204) includes a shaft member (302) extending towards the asymmetric profile (202A). The interface component (304) is attached to the shaft member (302), where interface component (304) includes contact nodes (304A, 304B, 304C, 304D) to connect with conductive elements (306) corresponding to a movement of the knob (204). The elastic element (310) includes a first end (310A) and a second end (310B), where the first end (310A) is attached to shaft member (302) and the second end (310B) includes a spherical member (312), and where the spherical member (312) momentarily interacts with the asymmetric profile (202A) corresponding to the movement of the knob (204)."

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