Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Keypad lighting device for portable terminal
- Patent Title (中): 便携式终端的键盘照明装置
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Application No.: US13747711Application Date: 2013-01-23
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Publication No.: US08777433B2Publication Date: 2014-07-15
- Inventor: Byung-Sun Kim
- Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: KR Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do
- Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do
- Agency: Cha & Reiter, LLC
- Priority: KR10-2012-0014617 20120214
- Main IPC: G01D11/28
- IPC: G01D11/28

Abstract:
A keypad lighting device includes: a keypad member formed by an arrangement of plural key tops; at least one light emitting device arranged below the key pad member; and a light guide plate member arranged below the keypad member to light the key tops with light projected from the light emitting device. The light guide plate member is formed with at least one light-incident surface, to which the light projected from the light emitting device is incident. The light-incident surface is formed by a curved surface or plural inclined surfaces, and at least one of the normal lines of the light-incident surface is arranged to pass through the light emitting surface of the light emitting device.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130208441A1 KEYPAD LIGHTING DEVICE FOR PORTABLE TERMINAL Public/Granted day:2013-08-15
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