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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2009
Hsu-tang Chen, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Wen-te Lai, Taipei Hsien, TW;
Hsiang-jung Su, Taipei Hsien, TW;
Liang Xiong, Shenzhen, CN;
Kai-ming Guo, Shenzhen, CN;
You-li Liu, Shenzhen, CN;
Jian-hua Wu, Shenzhen, CN;
Zhao-long Zheng, Shenzhen, CN;
Hsu-Tang Chen, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Wen-Te Lai, Taipei Hsien, TW;
Hsiang-Jung Su, Taipei Hsien, TW;
Liang Xiong, Shenzhen, CN;
Kai-Ming Guo, Shenzhen, CN;
You-Li Liu, Shenzhen, CN;
Jian-Hua Wu, Shenzhen, CN;
Zhao-Long Zheng, Shenzhen, CN;
Shenzhen Futaihong Precision Industry Co., Ltd., ShenZhen, Guangdong Province, CN;
FIH (Hong Kong) Limited, Kowloon, HK;
Abstract
A keypad assembly, comprising: a main body made of metal, the main body defining a plurality of slots and the slots enclosing a plurality of pressing buttons thereon, each pressing button defining at least one symbol slot, the main body having a contact surface and a operating surface; and a light-transmissive filling member, the filling member defining a plurality of protruding strips and the protruding strips enclosing a plurality of button areas thereon, each button area having at least one symbol block protruding therefrom, the filling member bonding to the contact surface with the protruding strips and the symbol blocks respectively engaging in the corresponding slots and the symbol slots. A method for making the present keypad assembly is also described.