公开(公告)号：US20180082800A1

公开(公告)日：2018-03-22

申请号：US15447070

申请日：2017-03-01

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Paul X. WANG ,  Qiliang XU ,  Aidan N. ZIMMERMAN ,  Chia Chi WU

IPC: H01H13/02 ,  H01H13/14 ,  H01H13/83 ,  H01H13/10 ,  H01H13/88 ,  G06F1/16

CPC classification number: H01H13/023 ,  G06F1/1662 ,  H01H13/10 ,  H01H13/14 ,  H01H13/83 ,  H01H13/88 ,  H01H2221/07

Abstract: This application relates to illuminated dome switches and a dome switch assembly having a first contact carried by a switch base and a dome shaped structure coupled to and supported by the switch base, the dome shaped structure comprising a material that is flexible and capable of internally transmitting visible light. The switch assembly can include a second contact coupled to the dome shaped structure and arranged opposite the first contact, and a light source configured to emit visible light, the light source in optical communication with the dome shaped structure such that at least some of the visible light emitted by the light source passes into the material and is subsequently emitted by the material in a generally uniform manner.

公开(公告)号：US20190206641A1

公开(公告)日：2019-07-04

申请号：US16266976

申请日：2019-02-04

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Paul X. WANG ,  Qiliang XU ,  Aidan N. ZIMMERMAN ,  Chia Chi WU

IPC: H01H13/02 ,  H01H13/10 ,  H01H13/88 ,  H03K17/968 ,  H01H13/83 ,  G06F1/16 ,  H01H13/14

Abstract: This application relates to illuminated dome switches and a dome switch assembly having a first contact carried by a switch base and a dome shaped structure coupled to and supported by the switch base, the dome shaped structure comprising a material that is flexible and capable of internally transmitting visible light. The switch assembly can include a second contact coupled to the dome shaped structure and arranged opposite the first contact, and a light source configured to emit visible light, the light source in optical communication with the dome shaped structure such that at least some of the visible light emitted by the light source passes into the material and is subsequently emitted by the material in a generally uniform manner.