Keyboard Integrated Pushbutton with Multi Illumination

A multi-illuminated pushbutton, comprising:

• a substrate having a switch;
• a lighting board affixed to the substrate, the lighting board having a first light source configured to emit light to indicate a first state, a second light source configured to emit light to indicate a second state, and a through channel disposed between the first light source and the second light source;
• a button cap having a first window for transmission of light from the first light source, a second window for transmission of light from the second light source, and a button base disposed through the channel of the lighting board and arranged to actuate the switch;
• and
• wherein the button base includes at least one wall disposed between the first light source and the second light source, the at least one wall separating the first light source and the first window from the second light source and the second window.

A control panel, comprising:

• a panel including a plurality of multi-illuminated pushbuttons, each pushbutton, including:
• a substrate having a switch;
• a lighting board affixed to the substrate, the lighting board having a first light source configured to emit light to indicate a first state, a second light source configured to emit light to indicate a second state, and a through channel disposed between the first light source and the second light source;
• a button cap having a first window for transmission of light from the first light source, a second window for transmission of light from the second light source, and a button base disposed through the channel of the lighting board and in operable relation with the switch;
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• a frame having a button orifice, the frame configured to contain at least a portion of the substrate, the light board, and the button cap;
• wherein the button cap is operably disposed through the button orifice such that a user may actuate the button-cap;
• wherein the button base has a shape that prevents substantially all light emitted from the first light source from transmission through the second window and prevents substantially all light emitted from the second light source from transmission through the first window;
• wherein the lighting board comprises a PCB;
• and
• wherein the substrate comprises a PCB.