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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 10879019 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2020

Filed:

Dec. 14, 2018

Light-emitting assembly for keyboard

Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Bradford J. Zercoe, Cupertino, CA (US);

Craig C. Leong, Cupertino, CA (US);

Keith J. Hendren, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Primary Examiner:

Edwin A Leon

Assistant Examiner:

Lheiren Mae A Caroc

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 13/06 (2006.01); H01H 13/02 (2006.01); H01L 33/50 (2010.01); H01H 13/70 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/02 (2006.01); H01H 3/12 (2006.01); H01H 13/79 (2006.01); H01H 13/80 (2006.01); H01H 13/803 (2006.01); H01H 13/83 (2006.01); H01H 13/86 (2006.01); H01H 13/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 13/06 (2013.01); G06F 1/1662 (2013.01); G06F 3/0202 (2013.01); H01H 3/125 (2013.01); H01H 13/023 (2013.01); H01H 13/04 (2013.01); H01H 13/70 (2013.01); H01H 13/7006 (2013.01); H01H 13/79 (2013.01); H01H 13/80 (2013.01); H01H 13/803 (2013.01); H01H 13/83 (2013.01); H01H 13/86 (2013.01); H01L 33/50 (2013.01); H01H 2203/004 (2013.01); H01H 2203/038 (2013.01); H01H 2203/056 (2013.01); H01H 2205/016 (2013.01); H01H 2205/024 (2013.01); H01H 2207/04 (2013.01); H01H 2211/028 (2013.01); H01H 2213/01 (2013.01); H01H 2213/016 (2013.01); H01H 2215/038 (2013.01); H01H 2219/036 (2013.01); H01H 2219/052 (2013.01); H01H 2219/06 (2013.01); H01H 2219/062 (2013.01); H01H 2221/076 (2013.01); H01H 2227/026 (2013.01); H01H 2229/046 (2013.01); H01H 2239/004 (2013.01);
Abstract

A light-emitting assembly positioned within a switch housing of a keyboard assembly for an electronic device is disclosed. The light-emitting assembly may include a phosphor structure, a transparent material positioned on opposing side surfaces of the phosphor structure, and an epoxy layer formed over an entire back surface of the phosphor structure and the transparent material. The light-emitting assembly may also include a mask layer formed over an entire top surface of: the phosphor structure, the transparent material, and the epoxy layer. The light-emitting assembly may further include a light source positioned within the phosphor structure for emitting a light.

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