GB2285518B - Light guide - Google Patents

Light guide

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Publication number
GB2285518B
GB2285518B GB9500773A GB9500773A GB2285518B GB 2285518 B GB2285518 B GB 2285518B GB 9500773 A GB9500773 A GB 9500773A GB 9500773 A GB9500773 A GB 9500773A GB 2285518 B GB2285518 B GB 2285518B
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Prior art keywords
light guide
guide
light
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Expired - Fee Related
Application number
GB9500773A
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GB2285518A (en
GB9500773D0 (en
Inventor
Seppo Pienimaa
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Nokia Oyj
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Nokia Mobile Phones Ltd
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Application filed by Nokia Mobile Phones Ltd filed Critical Nokia Mobile Phones Ltd
Publication of GB9500773D0 publication Critical patent/GB9500773D0/en
Publication of GB2285518A publication Critical patent/GB2285518A/en
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of GB2285518B publication Critical patent/GB2285518B/en
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical
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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
    • G02B6/0033—Means for improving the coupling-out of light from the light guide
    • G02B6/0035—Means for improving the coupling-out of light from the light guide provided on the surface of the light guide or in the bulk of it
    • G02B6/0036—2-D arrangement of prisms, protrusions, indentations or roughened surfaces
    • 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
    • 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
    • G02B6/0033—Means for improving the coupling-out of light from the light guide
    • G02B6/0058—Means for improving the coupling-out of light from the light guide varying in density, size, shape or depth along the light guide
    • G02B6/006—Means for improving the coupling-out of light from the light guide varying in density, size, shape or depth along the light guide to produce indicia, symbols, texts or the like
    • 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
    • H01H13/702—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 with contacts carried by or formed from layers in a multilayer structure, e.g. membrane switches
    • 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
    • G02B6/0065—Manufacturing aspects; Material aspects
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H2219/00—Legends
    • H01H2219/036—Light emitting elements
    • H01H2219/044—Edge lighting of layer
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H2219/00—Legends
    • H01H2219/054—Optical elements
    • H01H2219/056—Diffuser; Uneven surface
    • 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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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Push-Button Switches (AREA)
  • Input From Keyboards Or The Like (AREA)
GB9500773A 1994-01-10 1995-01-10 Light guide Expired - Fee Related GB2285518B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
FI940092A FI95177C (en) 1994-01-10 1994-01-10 Equipped with an illuminated keyboard front panel for an electronic device

Publications (3)

Publication Number Publication Date
GB9500773D0 GB9500773D0 (en) 1995-03-08
GB2285518A GB2285518A (en) 1995-07-12
GB2285518B true GB2285518B (en) 1998-02-18

Family

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Family Applications (1)

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GB9500773A Expired - Fee Related GB2285518B (en) 1994-01-10 1995-01-10 Light guide

Country Status (2)

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GB (1) GB2285518B (en)

Families Citing this family (23)

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FR2723454B1 (en) * 1994-08-03 1997-01-03 Sagem FLAT KEYPAD DATA INPUT.
US5975711A (en) * 1995-06-27 1999-11-02 Lumitex, Inc. Integrated display panel assemblies
US5895115A (en) * 1996-01-16 1999-04-20 Lumitex, Inc. Light emitting panel assemblies for use in automotive applications and the like
US5746493A (en) * 1996-03-08 1998-05-05 Ericsson Inc. Light guide for a display or keyboard
US5708428A (en) * 1996-12-10 1998-01-13 Ericsson Inc. Method and apparatus for providing backlighting for keypads and LCD panels
AU5675400A (en) * 1999-06-02 2000-12-18 Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ) Keypad-integrated lcd carrier for mobile telephones
GB2355569A (en) 1999-10-19 2001-04-25 Nokia Mobile Phones Ltd Light Guide
EP1189130A1 (en) * 2000-09-11 2002-03-20 Günter Witteborg Keyboard for computer
US7006349B2 (en) 2000-12-29 2006-02-28 Vertu Limited Casing
GB2371265B (en) * 2000-12-29 2005-08-10 Nokia Mobile Phones Ltd A casing
JP2004517447A (en) 2000-12-29 2004-06-10 ベルツ リミテッド Case
GB2371266B (en) * 2000-12-29 2005-08-10 Nokia Mobile Phones Ltd A casing
GB2374235B (en) 2000-12-29 2004-09-22 Nokia Mobile Phones Ltd A casing
CN1252763C (en) * 2000-12-29 2006-04-19 弗图有限公司 A casing
US7511701B2 (en) 2000-12-29 2009-03-31 Vertu Limited Casing having light guide with legends
GB2371018B (en) * 2000-12-29 2005-04-06 Nokia Mobile Phones Ltd A Casing
WO2002079895A2 (en) * 2001-03-28 2002-10-10 Barbara Sexton Computer
US6827459B2 (en) * 2002-03-27 2004-12-07 3M Innovative Properties Company Lighted fastening structure
US6861600B1 (en) 2003-10-01 2005-03-01 Lumitex, Inc. Integrated switch and backlight assembly
JP4382432B2 (en) * 2003-10-10 2009-12-16 スタンレー電気株式会社 Self-illuminating pushbutton input device
DE102008053357B4 (en) * 2008-10-27 2010-08-05 Gigaset Communications Gmbh Electrotechnical device with a lighting arrangement for illuminating a keyboard mat and a display module
DK2206529T4 (en) † 2008-12-18 2020-08-10 Sanofi Aventis Deutschland Drug delivery device and method of making a drug delivery device
US8330725B2 (en) 2010-06-03 2012-12-11 Apple Inc. In-plane keyboard illumination

Citations (6)

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US3774021A (en) * 1972-05-25 1973-11-20 Bell Telephone Labor Inc Light emitting device
GB2027551A (en) * 1978-03-15 1980-02-20 Decca Ltd Illuminated panels
GB2065373A (en) * 1979-12-07 1981-06-24 Shinetsu Polymer Co Illuminated key-board switch unit
GB2235295A (en) * 1989-08-24 1991-02-27 Technophone Ltd Light guide for keypads and the like
US5050946A (en) * 1990-09-27 1991-09-24 Compaq Computer Corporation Faceted light pipe
GB2260840A (en) * 1990-05-21 1993-04-28 Eurotherm Recorders Ltd Keyboard having visible and invisible states

Patent Citations (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3774021A (en) * 1972-05-25 1973-11-20 Bell Telephone Labor Inc Light emitting device
GB2027551A (en) * 1978-03-15 1980-02-20 Decca Ltd Illuminated panels
GB2065373A (en) * 1979-12-07 1981-06-24 Shinetsu Polymer Co Illuminated key-board switch unit
GB2235295A (en) * 1989-08-24 1991-02-27 Technophone Ltd Light guide for keypads and the like
GB2260840A (en) * 1990-05-21 1993-04-28 Eurotherm Recorders Ltd Keyboard having visible and invisible states
US5050946A (en) * 1990-09-27 1991-09-24 Compaq Computer Corporation Faceted light pipe

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
FI95177C (en) 1995-12-27
GB2285518A (en) 1995-07-12
FI95177B (en) 1995-09-15
GB9500773D0 (en) 1995-03-08
FI940092A0 (en) 1994-01-10
FI940092A (en) 1995-07-11

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Legal Events

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PCNP Patent ceased through non-payment of renewal fee

Effective date: 20030110