Control panel assembly for home appliances and method for manufacturing the same
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsYoung Han Song, Ki Ho Kang, Myong Deok Kim
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Abstract
A control panel assembly for home appliances devised for a better external appearance and more stable operation is disclosed. The control panel assembly includes a substrate (40) provided with at lest one switch (42) for operating home appliance and at least one display element (43) for displaying the operation state, an external film (60) configured to make it possible for an user to access to the switch (42) and the display element (43), and a control panel (30) allowing the substrate 40 to be installed therein, the control panel (30) injection-molded to be inserted in the external film (60) and integrated with the external film (60)
Claims33
A control panel assembly for home appliances comprising:
- a substrate for fitting at least one switch for operating a home appliance and indicators for indicating operating states of the home appliance, respectively;
- an outside film formed such that a user can access the at least one switch and the indicators;
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- a control panel injection-molded so as to be inserted in and unitized with the outside film, and having a substrate fitted to an inside thereof.
A method for fabricating a control panel assembly for home appliances, comprising:
- forming an outside film such that a user can put a home appliance into operation and know an operation state;
- injection molding resin in the outside film, to form the control panel as one unit with the outside film;
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- fitting the control panel unitized with the outside film to a substrate, such that the outside film can interact with switches and buttons fitted on the substrate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.