MUMBAI, India, Sept. 22 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202647101809 A) filed by Koninklijke Philips N. V. on August 24, 2026, for Switch Assembly And Electric Device Having Switch Assembly.
Inventors include Deshmukh, Manojkumar Shrikrushna; and Schiebol, Anna-Christina.
The application for the patent was published on September 18, 2026, under issue no. 38/2026.
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a switch assembly (4) for switching an operational state of an electric device by pushing a push surface (12). The switch assembly comprises a first part (1) comprising a base (14) and a first connection element (17) for connection to a third part (3), a second part (2) comprising a switch (5) for electric communication with the electric device and a sandwich section (13). The third part (3) is at least partially made of a flexible material and comprises an actuation area (10), a cover (16) including the push surface (12), at least one leg (8) protruding from the cover (16) and a second connection element (19) for connection to the first part (1). The switch (5) comprises an actuator (11), and the actuation area (10) is adapted to switch the operational state of the switch (5) by pushing the actuator (11). Furthermore, the at least one leg (8) and the actuation area (10) of the third part (3) are connected by a ramp (23), and an angle (a) formed between the actuation area (10) and the ramp (23) is obtuse. Moreover, the first (1) and third (3) parts are fixed to each other by means of the first and second connection elements (17, 19), and the sandwich section (13) of the second part (2) is at least partially sandwiched between the at least one leg (8) of the third part (3) and the base (14) of the first part (1) and pressed by the at least one leg (8) against the base (14), so that the second part (2) is fixed relative to the first (1) and third (3) parts.
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