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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2021
Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Masahiro Kitamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuroh Kamimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Shogo Akiyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoshi Douzono, Kanagawa, JP;
LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD, Singapore, SG;
Abstract
An electronic apparatus having key tops that can be illuminated without cooling performance being affected is described. The electronic apparatus includes: a chassis and a keyboard device having a set of key tops; a base plate for supporting the key tops; a membrane sheet laminated on a top surface side of the base plate; a light guide plate laminated on a bottom surface side of the base plate; and a light source module for irradiating the key tops with light via the light guide plate. The keyboard device, which is located on a top surface side of the chassis, includes an inlet port for passing air in a top-bottom direction and a set of individual light sources arranged respectively on bottom surface sides of a part of the key tops that is located to overlap the inlet port.