Light-guide board assembly and portable electronic device using same
AssigneeFIH (Hong Kong) Limited
InventorsMU-WEN YANG, CHIH-CHIANG CHANG
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Abstract
A light-guide board assembly includes a light-guide board, a shielding board disposed on the light-guide board, and a plurality of light-guide poles. The light-guide board defines a plurality of engaging holes, a plurality of light-focusing slots and a plurality of channels. One end of each light-guide pole is received in a corresponding engaging hole. The light-focusing slots focus light to strengthen the light emitted from the light-guide slots. Each engaging hole communicates with one adjacent engaging hole or an adjacent light-focusing slot through a channel.
Claims12
A light-guide board assembly comprising:
- a light-guide board defining a plurality of engaging holes, a plurality of light-focusing slots and a plurality of channels;
- a shielding board disposed on the light-guide board;
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- a plurality of light-guide poles, one end of each light-guide pole being received in a corresponding engaging hole, the light-focusing slots focusing light to strengthen the light emitted from the light-guide slots, each engaging hole communicating with one adjacent engaging hole or an adjacent light-focusing slot through a channel.
A portable electronic device comprising:
- a housing;
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- a keypad module disposed on the housing, the keypad module comprising a keypad board and a light-guide board assembly, the light-guide board assembly comprising a light-guide board and a shielding board disposed on the light-guide board, and a plurality of light-guide poles, the light-guide board defining a plurality of engaging holes, a plurality of light-focusing slots and a plurality of channels;
- one end of each light-guide pole being received in a corresponding engaging hole, the light-focusing slots focusing light to strengthen the light emitted from the light-guide slots, each engaging hole communicating with one adjacent engaging hole or an adjacent light-focusing slot through a channel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.