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Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2014

Filed:

May. 27, 2011
Applicants:

Orin M. Ozias, Austin, TX (US);

Robert C. Nerhood, Ii, Round Rock, TX (US);

Inventors:

Orin M. Ozias, Austin, TX (US);

Robert C. Nerhood, II, Round Rock, TX (US);

Assignee:

Dell Products LP, Round Rock, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Sub-membrane keycap indicators for keyboard assemblies may be implemented by positioning an indicator light element beneath a switch membrane circuit and within the baseplate of a key device. The indicator light element may be so positioned to direct light upward in a substantially narrow cone to an aperture or lightguide molded into a keycap in order to illuminate or light the indicator aperture or lightguide to indicate the current status of at least one component of an information handling system.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Ozias, Orin. (2014). Sub-membrane keycap indicator (U.S. Patent No. 8748767). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8748767

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