IP Library Granted Patent US 10,738,965
Granted Patent B2
US 10,738,965 · App. 15/313,251 · Granted Aug 11, 2020

Input component, sensor sheet, and decorative component

Inventor: Shinya Tateda (Saitama, JP)
Assignee: SEKISUI POLYMATECH CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 10,738,965
App. No.
15/313,251
Granted
Aug 11, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

The input component includes a molding that forms an external frame, a sensor sheet formed by providing a sensor electrode on a base sheet formed of a resin film, the sensor sheet being installed inside the molding, a display element capable of being illuminated by an internal light source, a light shielding portion that shields a light from the internal light source, the display element being illuminated when the internal light source is on, a contact with the display element enabling an input operation, a colored transparent layer formed so as to have a color tone that creates a blackout in which the display element becomes integrated with the light shielding portion surrounding the display element when the internal light source is off so as to become difficult to perceive, the colored transparent layer being provided so as to be layered on the display element, and a light diffusing layer.

Claims (35)

1. An input component comprising:

a molding having a molding body exposed outside and a light shielding layer in direct contact with and laminated on an inner surface of the molding body except for portions where display elements are located which are illuminated when the internal light source is on, so as to shield a light of the internal light source;

a sensor sheet attached to an inside of the molding, the sensor sheet including

a sensor sheet body formed of a resin film,

a sensor electrode formed on a first surface of the sensor sheet body; and

an adhesion layer attached to the molding and the sensor sheet;

a colored transparent layer provided on the molding or the sensor sheet; and

a light diffusing layer, is either of a coating layer and a printing layer, formed on a second surface of the sensor sheet body opposite from the first surface,

wherein the colored transparent layer formed in a color tone that creates a blackout in which the display elements become integrated with the light shielding layer and are not easily viewed when the internal light source is turned off.

2. The input component according to claim 1 , wherein a transmittance of the colored transparent layer is 10% or higher to 70% or lower.

3. The input component according to claim 1 , wherein a transmittance of the light diffusing layer is 2.0% or higher.

4. The input component according to claim 1 , wherein an arithmetic average roughness Ra of an unevenness of the surface of the light diffusing layer is 0.3 μm or larger.

5. The input component according to claim 1 , wherein the light diffusing layer is also a colored transparent layer.

6. The input component according to claim 1 , wherein the colored transparent layer is positioned over the light diffusing layer.

7. The input component according to claim 1 , wherein a transmittance of the colored transparent layer is 20% or higher to 50% or lower.

8. The input component according to claim 1 , wherein the colored transparent layer is provided to be located under the light diffusing layer, and a lower surface, facing the light source, of a colored light transmitting layer is uneven.

9. The input component according to claim 1 ,

wherein the molding body is the colored transparent layer.

10. The input component according to claim 1 ,

wherein a color tone of the colored transparent layer is the same as a color tone of the light shielding layer.

11. The input component according to claim 1 ,

wherein the colored transparent layer is provided on the first surface.

12. The input component according to claim 1 ,

wherein the colored transparent layer is provided on a surface above the light shielding layer.

13. The input component according to claim 1 ,

wherein the molding body is provided with the light shielding layer and the colored transparent layer.

14. An input component comprising:

a molding having a body exposed outside and a light-shielding colored resin formed with a plurality of through holes that form display elements which are illuminated when an internal light source is on, so as to shield a light of the internal light source;

a sensor sheet attached to an inside of the molding, the sensor sheet including

a sensor sheet body formed of a resin film,

a sensor electrode formed on a first surface of the sensor sheet body; and

an adhesion layer attached to the molding and the sensor sheet;

a colored transparent layer provided on the molding or the sensor sheet; and

a light diffusing layer, is either of a coating layer and a printing layer, formed on a second surface of the sensor sheet body opposite from the first surface,

wherein the colored transparent layer formed in a color tone that creates a blackout in which the display elements become integrated with the light-shielding colored resin and are not easily viewed when the internal light source is turned off.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 1, 2018
From: POLYMATECH JAPAN CO., LTD.
To: SEKISUI POLYMATECH CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 045964/0914 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 22, 2016
From: TATEDA, SHINYA
To: POLYMATECH JAPAN CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 040401/0175 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2014-132171 · Jun 27, 2014 · national
JP 2014-172034 · Aug 26, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
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