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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.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2018
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Simon R. Lancaster-Larocque, San Jose, CA (US);
Dinesh C. Mathew, San Francisco, CA (US);
Christiaan A. Ligtenberg, San Carlos, CA (US);
Mikael M. Silvanto, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 9/18 (2006.01); G06F 3/02 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); F21Y 115/10 (2016.01); F21V 7/28 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/021 (2013.01); G06F 1/1616 (2013.01); G06F 1/1662 (2013.01); H01H 9/182 (2013.01); F21V 7/28 (2018.02); F21Y 2115/10 (2016.08);
Abstract
An electronic device includes an enclosure, a substrate within the enclosure, a keycap support mechanism, and a keycap supported by the keycap support mechanism and movable relative to the substrate. The keycap includes a body, a mask layer defining a glyph opening, and a semitransparent mirror layer positioned within the glyph opening. The electronic device also includes a light source configured to direct light through the semitransparent mirror layer.