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US 2019/0376676 A1Published application
Housing for light source
AssigneesSTMicroelectronics (Research & Development) Limited, STMicroelectronics (Grenoble 2) SAS
InventorsJoseph HANNAN, Stuart ROBERTSON, Romain COFFY, Jean-Michel RIVIERE
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Abstract
The disclosure concerns a housing for a light source mounted on a substrate, the housing comprising: a molded body having an opening permitting the passage of a light beam generated by the light source; one or more surfaces for receiving a diffuser; and first and second conducting pins traversing the molded body, each pin abutting one of said surfaces.
Claims20
A housing for a light source mounted on a substrate, the housing comprising:
- a molded body having an opening configured to permit passage of a light beam generated by the light source;
- one or more surfaces configured to receive a diffuser;
- and
- first and second conducting pins extending through the molded body, surfaces of the first and second conducting pins exposed atone of the one or more surfaces.
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An electronic device, comprising:
- a substrate having a first surface;
- a light source coupled to the first surface, the light source configured to generate a light beam;
- a diffuser;
- and
- a housing coupled to the first surface and covering the light source, the housing including:
- a through opening configured to permit passage of the light beam;
- a receiving surface, the diffuser coupled to the receiving surface;
- and
- first and second conductive pins extending through the housing, wherein the diffuser is coupled to the first and second conductive pins.
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A method, comprising:
- coupling first and second conductive pins to first and second contacts, respectively, on a surface of a substrate, the substrate including a diffuser verification circuit, wherein the first and second pins are electrically coupled to the diffuser verification circuit;
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- molding a housing around the first and second conductive pins.
A method, comprising:
- molding a housing on a surface of a substrate, the housing including first and second through holes that exposes first and second contacts on the surface of the housing, the substrate including a diffuser verification circuit that is coupled to the first and second contacts;
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- inserting first and second conductive pins into the first and second through holes, respectively, such that the first and second pins are electrically coupled to the first and second contacts, respectively.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.