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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2008
William R. Duffy, Iii, Raleigh, NC (US);
Jeffrey J. Smith, Raleigh, NC (US);
David T. Windell, Raleigh, NC (US);
William R. Duffy, III, Raleigh, NC (US);
Jeffrey J. Smith, Raleigh, NC (US);
David T. Windell, Raleigh, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A wireless display panel for an electronic system includes a plurality of light status indicators. Each light status indicator includes a first chamber attached to the wireless display panel and having an excitable gas inside an end of thereof and a second chamber attached to a surface of the electronic system. The first and second chambers being formed of conducting material and corresponding to each other, connecting with each other to form a sealed enclosure when the wireless display panel is connected with the electronic system. Each light status indicator also includes a generator attached to the surface of the electronic system and surrounded by the second chamber, outputting alternating current (AC) power inside the sealed enclosure for wirelessly transmitting AC current to excite the excitable gas, as determined by the electronic system.