ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,451,307, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Snap Inc. (Santa Monica, Calif.).
"Button-switch assembly for AR-VR device" was invented by Chao Chen (Marina Del Rey, Calif.), Mark Kraz (Los Gatos, Calif.) and Nicholas Streets (View Park, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A button-switch assembly provides a preloaded force design with an enhanced tactile feel while also providing a non-wobbly (stabilized) configuration and water/dust protection functions. Features of the button-switch assembly include excellent tactile feel through a stack up of a soft rubber layer of a deflection web and a hard PET film shim layer, a consistent pre-load...