IP Library Granted Patent US 10,001,895
Granted Patent B2
US 10,001,895 · App. 15/335,442 · Granted Jun 19, 2018

Touch control device easy to display temperature and time and method thereof

Inventor: Weilin Lu (Dongguan, CN)
Assignee: DONG GUAN SONG WEI ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
G06F3/046F24C7/081H01L33/486H01L33/52
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Patent No.
US 10,001,895
App. No.
15/335,442
Granted
Jun 19, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A touch control device easy to display temperature and time and a method thereof are provided. The touch control device is used to an electric fireplace or a heater. The touch control device includes a casing, a touch display screen, a touch nixie tube, and an operation panel. Through the touch nixie tube composed of the touch pad, the touch IC, the luminous member, the light blocker, the inductive electrode and the light-guide layer, the light emitted from the luminous member can be projected to the light-guide layer. The user can see a character sign from the surface of the operation panel.

Claims (8)

1. A touch control device easy to display temperature and time, used to an electric fireplace or a heater, comprising a casing, a touch display screen, a touch nixie tube, and an operation panel; both the touch display screen and the touch nixie tube being disposed in the casing, the operation panel being disposed on top of the touch display screen and the touch nixie tube, the touch nixie tube including a touch pad, a touch IC, a luminous member, a light blocker, an inductive electrode, and a light-guide layer; the touch pad being connected with a master control board of the electric fireplace or the heater, the touch IC, the luminous member, the light blocker, and the inductive electrode being disposed on the touch pad, the touch IC and the luminous member being electrically connected with the touch pad, the luminous member and the inductive electrode being located in the light blocker, the inductive electrode leading an input signal to be connected with a pin of the touch IC, the light-guide layer being provided with a sign character layer thereon, the light-guide layer being disposed between a bottom surface of the operation panel and an upper end surface of the light blocker.

2. The touch control device easy to display temperature and time as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the touch display screen is composed of a capacitive touch screen or a touch nixie tube, and the touch display screen is connected with the touch pad or the master control board.

3. The touch control device easy to display temperature and time as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the luminous member is a light emitting diode (LED), the LED is red, yellow, green or blue, and the LED is encapsulated by means of plug-in or SMD (surface mount devices).

4. The touch control device easy to display temperature and time as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the inductive electrode is a spring or a PCB (printed circuit board) metal bond pad.

5. The touch control device easy to display temperature and time as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the luminous member is placed in the spring or directly soldered on the touch pad.

6. The touch control device easy to display temperature and time as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the light-guide layer includes at least one light-pervious area, the at least one light-pervious area is aligned with a route of light emitted from the luminous member.

7. The touch control device easy to display temperature and time as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the operation panel is a piece of glass or an insulation panel.

8. The touch control device easy to display temperature and time as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the operation panel comprises a light-pervious film attached to a light-proof plate or a light-pervious plate.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 11, 2022
From: DONG GUAN SONG WEI ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
To: LU, MIN-HSUN
Reel/Frame 060468/0132 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 27, 2016
From: LIN, WEILIN
To: DONG GUAN SONG WEI ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 040144/0131 →
Continuity (1)
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