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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:
Jun. 15, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2003
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 9/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 9/00 ;
Abstract
A control panel assembly for home appliances devised for a better external appearance and more stable operation is disclosed. The control panel assembly includes a substrate ( ) provided with at lest one switch ( ) for operating home appliance and at least one display element ( ) for displaying the operation state, an external film ( ) configured to make it possible for an user to access to the switch ( ) and the display element ( ), and a control panel ( ) allowing the substrate to be installed therein, the control panel ( ) injection-molded to be inserted in the external film ( ) and integrated with the external film ( )