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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2002
Brian Huppi, San Carlos, CA (US);
Thai Q. La, San Jose, CA (US);
Walter Joseph Galbraith, Jr., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Apple Computer, Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
An illumination system for a computer system. In one exemplary embodiment, a light guide panel has a first end and a second end, wherein lights from a light source enter the light guide panel from the first end and exit through the second end. A light guide tube is coupled to the second end of the light guide panel. The light guide tube captures the lights that exit the second end and reflecting the lights downward illuminating at least a portion of a keyboard of the computer system. The chassis that houses the display assembly includes a plurality of holes created along the top edge of the chassis wherein the lights captured and reflected by the light guide tube exit through the plurality of holes.