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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2004
Richard J. Dombrowski, Libertyville, IL (US);
Ryszard J. Gordecki, Green Oaks, IL (US);
Daniel P. Rodgers, Chicago, IL (US);
Patrick J. Cauwels, South Beloit, IL (US);
Steve C. Emmert, Crystal Lake, IL (US);
Richard J. Dombrowski, Libertyville, IL (US);
Ryszard J. Gordecki, Green Oaks, IL (US);
Daniel P. Rodgers, Chicago, IL (US);
Patrick J. Cauwels, South Beloit, IL (US);
Steve C. Emmert, Crystal Lake, IL (US);
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
A keypad assembly, the keypad assembly including a keycap layerhaving multiple user interface key caps flexibly coupled to a carrier portion, a luminescent layerdisposed toward a backside of the plurality of key caps, the luminescent layer carrying a plurality of switch domes each aligned with a corresponding one of the plurality of key caps of the key cap layer. In some embodiments, a backing material is applied to a backside of the user interface key caps.