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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. 12, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2006
Applicants:
Sun-tae Jung, Anyang-si, KR;
Joo-hoon Lee, Yongin-si, KR;
Kyoung-youm Kim, Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Maetan-Dong, Yeongtong-Gu, Suwon-Si, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Disclosed is a keypad which can realize uniform and bright illumination, small power consumption and low manufacturing cost. The keypad includes a light guide layer through which light travels, at least one key button disposed on an upper surface of the light guide layer, a lower elastic layer disposed on a lower surface of the light guide layer, located opposite the upper surface, and at least one reflective pattern formed on the light guide layer and partially reflecting light traveling through the light guide layer toward the key button.