WO1998047123A2 - Elektrisches gerät - Google Patents
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- WO1998047123A2 WO1998047123A2 PCT/DE1998/000986 DE9800986W WO9847123A2 WO 1998047123 A2 WO1998047123 A2 WO 1998047123A2 DE 9800986 W DE9800986 W DE 9800986W WO 9847123 A2 WO9847123 A2 WO 9847123A2
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- control element
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- G—PHYSICS
- G02—OPTICS
- G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
- G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
- G02B6/0001—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings specially adapted for lighting devices or systems
- G02B6/0011—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings specially adapted for lighting devices or systems the light guides being planar or of plate-like form
- G02B6/0013—Means for improving the coupling-in of light from the light source into the light guide
- G02B6/0015—Means for improving the coupling-in of light from the light source into the light guide provided on the surface of the light guide or in the bulk of it
- G02B6/002—Means for improving the coupling-in of light from the light source into the light guide provided on the surface of the light guide or in the bulk of it by shaping at least a portion of the light guide, e.g. with collimating, focussing or diverging surfaces
- G02B6/0021—Means for improving the coupling-in of light from the light source into the light guide provided on the surface of the light guide or in the bulk of it by shaping at least a portion of the light guide, e.g. with collimating, focussing or diverging surfaces for housing at least a part of the light source, e.g. by forming holes or recesses
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- G—PHYSICS
- G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
- G09F—DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS
- G09F9/00—Indicating arrangements for variable information in which the information is built-up on a support by selection or combination of individual elements
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- G—PHYSICS
- G02—OPTICS
- G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
- G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
- G02B6/0001—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings specially adapted for lighting devices or systems
- G02B6/0011—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings specially adapted for lighting devices or systems the light guides being planar or of plate-like form
- G02B6/0081—Mechanical or electrical aspects of the light guide and light source in the lighting device peculiar to the adaptation to planar light guides, e.g. concerning packaging
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
- H01H13/00—Switches having rectilinearly-movable operating part or parts adapted for pushing or pulling in one direction only, e.g. push-button switch
- H01H13/70—Switches having rectilinearly-movable operating part or parts adapted for pushing or pulling in one direction only, e.g. push-button switch having a plurality of operating members associated with different sets of contacts, e.g. keyboard
- H01H13/83—Switches having rectilinearly-movable operating part or parts adapted for pushing or pulling in one direction only, e.g. push-button switch having a plurality of operating members associated with different sets of contacts, e.g. keyboard characterised by legends, e.g. Braille, liquid crystal displays, light emitting or optical elements
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- G—PHYSICS
- G02—OPTICS
- G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
- G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
- G02B6/0001—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings specially adapted for lighting devices or systems
- G02B6/0011—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings specially adapted for lighting devices or systems the light guides being planar or of plate-like form
- G02B6/0081—Mechanical or electrical aspects of the light guide and light source in the lighting device peculiar to the adaptation to planar light guides, e.g. concerning packaging
- G02B6/0083—Details of electrical connections of light sources to drivers, circuit boards, or the like
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
- H01H2219/00—Legends
- H01H2219/054—Optical elements
- H01H2219/062—Light conductor
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
- H01H2219/00—Legends
- H01H2219/054—Optical elements
- H01H2219/062—Light conductor
- H01H2219/0622—Light conductor only an illuminated ring around keys
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
- H01H2221/00—Actuators
- H01H2221/07—Actuators transparent
Definitions
- the invention is based on an electrical device according to the preamble of the main claim.
- a radio device which comprises a display device.
- At least one control element for selecting and / or activating functions of the radio which can be represented on the display device is also provided.
- the at least one control element is preferably arranged in the immediate vicinity of the display device, so that there is a local association between the at least one control element and the representation of the functions of the radio on the display device.
- the at least one control element can be illuminated.
- the electrical device according to the invention with the features of the main claim has the advantage that the support for the display device and the at least one control element is used simultaneously to illuminate them and thus fulfills several functions simultaneously. In this way, no additional components for receiving and illuminating the display device and the at least one control element are required, so that material, manufacturing outlay and costs are saved.
- the light guide body also serves to absorb force when the at least one control element is actuated, so that there are no additional components and devices to be provided on the housing of the electrical device, and material, effort and costs can thus be saved.
- control element preferably in the immediate vicinity of the edge area of the housing surface of the electrical device. In this way, the at least one control element is accessible to the user so that the at least one control element can also be operated with the
- Fingers of the hand holding the electrical device is possible. This advantage is of particular importance for the design of the electrical device as a portable device, for example as a radio device. It is also advantageous that in the area of the at least one control element a flexible circuit board with a switching dome rests on the light guide body, that the switching dome can be actuated by means of the at least one control element and that the flexible circuit board has at least one opening outside the switching dome. Due to the flexibility of the circuit board, the force that occurs when the at least one control element is actuated is transmitted to the light-guiding body, so that the light-guiding body enables an additional function to be taken up. The at least one control element can still be illuminated via the opening in the circuit board. Using the switching dome provides a particularly simple way of making contact when the at least one control element is actuated. Due to the flexibility of the circuit board, it can also be easily adapted to the contour of the light guide body.
- Control element are beveled. In this way, the lateral accessibility of the at least one control element is further improved, so that the operation of the at least one control element with the fingers of the hand holding the electrical device is further simplified, especially in the case of a portable electrical device according to the invention.
- the switching dome is made of translucent material. In this way, the light supply to the at least one control element is further improved.
- FIG. 1 shows a cross section through an electrical device according to the invention and
- FIG. 2 shows a top view of a printed circuit board with a switching dome.
- 1 denotes an electrical device designed as a radio. 1 shows only a part of a cross section through the radio device 1 that is necessary for the description of the invention.
- the housing of the radio device 1 is divided into an underside 70 and an upper side 65, the underside 70 with the upper side 65 being interconnected by a side wall 75 are connected, which is chamfered in the area of the top 65 towards the top 65, wherein any angle can be selected for the chamfer.
- This bevel represents an edge region 45 of the housing surface 25 of the radio device 1.
- a first printed circuit board 55 is arranged on the underside 70 of the radio device 1.
- a light guide body 15 is arranged on the side of the first printed circuit board 55 facing away from the underside 70.
- the light guide body 15 On its side facing away from the first printed circuit board 55, the light guide body 15 has a receptacle 80 designed as a depression, into which a display device 5 is inserted. On the side of the display device 5 facing away from the light guide body 15, a window 60 is let into the upper side 65 of the radio device 1, through which the user can perceive representations on the display device 5. Below the window 60, on its side facing away from the housing surface 25, the light guide body 15 has a first indentation 90 Recording of a first light source 20 contacted on the first printed circuit board 55 and designed as a light-emitting diode.
- the edge area 45 has an opening 100 for receiving an operating element 10 designed as a button.
- the button 10 has in the interior of the radio device 1 projections 105 which, when the button 10 is not in use, bear against the inside of the housing wall and prevent the button 10 from falling out of the radio device 1.
- the light guide body 15 is also beveled in a plane approximately parallel to the edge area 45.
- a second circuit board 30 is arranged between the button 10 and the light guide body 15, the base area of which corresponds to the base area of the button 10 and on the side facing away from the light guide body 15 a switching dome 35 with a curvature toward the button 10 is arranged.
- Figure 1 shows the key 10 in the unactuated state. If the key 10 is actuated in the direction of the arrow according to FIG. 1, the switching dome 35 is depressed in a manner known to the person skilled in the art
- the second printed circuit board 30 is formed from flexible printed circuit board material in order to apply the force to the button 10 in the direction of the arrow
- the button 10 To transmit light guide body 15 and to adapt to the shape of the light guide body 15.
- the button 10 When the button 10 is pressed in the direction of the arrow, the light guide body 15 absorbs force. After pressing the button 10, that is to say after releasing the button 10, it is pressed back against the inside wall of the radio of the radio device 1 with its lugs 105 by arching the switching dome 35 back.
- FIG. 2 shows a plan view of the second printed circuit board 30.
- An annular opening 40 is arranged around the switching dome 35, which is applied approximately in the middle on the second printed circuit board 30.
- the switching dome 35 can be formed from translucent material.
- the light emitted by the first light-emitting diode 20 serves both to illuminate the display device 5 and to illuminate the button 10, which for this purpose is also at least partially transparent, via the light guide body 15.
- the button 10 can be made of translucent silicone.
- Printed circuit board 55 side directly below the button 10 additionally have a second indentation 95 for receiving a second light source 50, which in this example is also designed as a light-emitting diode. Since the second light-emitting diode 50 is arranged in the immediate vicinity of the button 10, it can specifically improve the lighting of the button 10. The light from the first and / or second light-emitting diode 20, 50 is fed to the button 10 via the opening 40 and the translucent switching dome 35 of the second printed circuit board 30.
- the extent of the display device 5 extends to in the immediate vicinity of the edge region 45, so that the key 10 is arranged in the immediate vicinity of the display device 5. It lies in the actuated as well as in the unpowered state Key 10 on the second circuit board 30 and the switching dome 35 on the light guide 15 so that it can not fall inside the radio 1.
- the invention also relates to any other electrical devices with a display device, such as pagers, corded telephone devices, pocket calculators, measuring devices, etc.
- a display device such as pagers, corded telephone devices, pocket calculators, measuring devices, etc.
- the attachment of the second circuit board 30 and the display device 5 on the The light guide body 15 can be made, for example, by means of a translucent adhesive layer.
- the key 10 can, for example, also between the
- Edge area 45 and the window 60 may be arranged on the upper side 65 of the radio device 1, so that it is arranged both in the immediate vicinity of the edge area 45 and in the immediate vicinity of the display device 5 or the window 60.
- the extension of the display device 5 and the window 60 would have to be matched accordingly, so that there is still a sufficiently large contact surface of the light guide body 15 for the button 10 and the second circuit board 30 with the top surface 65 between the edge area 45 and the window 60 attached switching dome 35 results.
- the second indentation 95 of the light guide body 15 with the second light-emitting diode 50 accommodated therein is likewise to be arranged directly below the button 10 attached to the upper side 65 of the radio device 1, so that the best possible illumination of the button 10 for this attachment location is achieved when the illumination by the first light-emitting diode 20 should not be sufficient.
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- Optics & Photonics (AREA)
- Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
- Theoretical Computer Science (AREA)
- Switch Cases, Indication, And Locking (AREA)
- Illuminated Signs And Luminous Advertising (AREA)
- Telephone Set Structure (AREA)
- Push-Button Switches (AREA)
- Input From Keyboards Or The Like (AREA)
- Devices For Indicating Variable Information By Combining Individual Elements (AREA)
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Priority Applications (4)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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KR1019997009089A KR20010006011A (ko) | 1997-04-11 | 1998-04-08 | 전기장치 |
RU99123432/09A RU99123432A (ru) | 1997-04-11 | 1998-04-08 | Электрическое устройство |
EP98929201A EP0974220A2 (de) | 1997-04-11 | 1998-04-08 | Elektrisches gerät |
JP54336598A JP2002500833A (ja) | 1997-04-11 | 1998-04-08 | 電気装置 |
Applications Claiming Priority (2)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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DE19715053A DE19715053A1 (de) | 1997-04-11 | 1997-04-11 | Elektrisches Gerät |
DE19715053.5 | 1997-04-11 |
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WO1998047123A2 true WO1998047123A2 (de) | 1998-10-22 |
WO1998047123A3 WO1998047123A3 (de) | 1999-01-28 |
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Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
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PCT/DE1998/000986 WO1998047123A2 (de) | 1997-04-11 | 1998-04-08 | Elektrisches gerät |
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EP (1) | EP0974220A2 (de) |
JP (1) | JP2002500833A (de) |
KR (1) | KR20010006011A (de) |
CN (1) | CN1252200A (de) |
DE (1) | DE19715053A1 (de) |
RU (1) | RU99123432A (de) |
TW (1) | TW384458B (de) |
WO (1) | WO1998047123A2 (de) |
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EP1566951A1 (de) * | 2004-02-18 | 2005-08-24 | NEC Corporation | Tragbares Telefon und Verfahren zu dessen Herstellung |
US7826806B2 (en) | 2006-10-18 | 2010-11-02 | Lg Electronics Inc. | Mobile terminal |
US8095180B2 (en) | 2008-09-29 | 2012-01-10 | Lg Electronics Inc. | Mobile terminal |
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EP0470403A2 (de) * | 1990-08-07 | 1992-02-12 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | Tastatur-und Anzeigenbeleuchtung |
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JPH0622017A (ja) * | 1992-07-03 | 1994-01-28 | Matsushita Electric Ind Co Ltd | バックライト付電話装置 |
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- 1997-04-11 DE DE19715053A patent/DE19715053A1/de not_active Withdrawn
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- 1998-04-08 EP EP98929201A patent/EP0974220A2/de not_active Withdrawn
- 1998-04-08 JP JP54336598A patent/JP2002500833A/ja active Pending
- 1998-04-08 WO PCT/DE1998/000986 patent/WO1998047123A2/de not_active Application Discontinuation
- 1998-04-08 RU RU99123432/09A patent/RU99123432A/ru not_active Application Discontinuation
- 1998-04-08 CN CN98804036A patent/CN1252200A/zh active Pending
- 1998-04-08 KR KR1019997009089A patent/KR20010006011A/ko not_active Application Discontinuation
- 1998-04-09 TW TW087105338A patent/TW384458B/zh not_active IP Right Cessation
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EP0470403A2 (de) * | 1990-08-07 | 1992-02-12 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | Tastatur-und Anzeigenbeleuchtung |
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PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 014, no. 394 (E-0969), 24. August 1990 & JP 02 148633 A (FUJIKURA LTD), 7. Juni 1990 * |
PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 018, no. 230 (E-1542), 26. April 1994 & JP 06 022017 A (MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC IND CO LTD), 28. Januar 1994 * |
PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 095, no. 002, 31. März 1995 & JP 06 318897 A (MURATA MACH LTD), 15. November 1994 * |
Cited By (4)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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EP1566951A1 (de) * | 2004-02-18 | 2005-08-24 | NEC Corporation | Tragbares Telefon und Verfahren zu dessen Herstellung |
US7369881B2 (en) | 2004-02-18 | 2008-05-06 | Nec Corporation | Portable telephone and method of manufacturing the same |
US7826806B2 (en) | 2006-10-18 | 2010-11-02 | Lg Electronics Inc. | Mobile terminal |
US8095180B2 (en) | 2008-09-29 | 2012-01-10 | Lg Electronics Inc. | Mobile terminal |
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RU99123432A (ru) | 2001-10-27 |
JP2002500833A (ja) | 2002-01-08 |
CN1252200A (zh) | 2000-05-03 |
WO1998047123A3 (de) | 1999-01-28 |
KR20010006011A (ko) | 2001-01-15 |
TW384458B (en) | 2000-03-11 |
EP0974220A2 (de) | 2000-01-26 |
DE19715053A1 (de) | 1998-10-15 |
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