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Granted Patent B2
US 8,666,456 · App. 13/585,840 · Granted Mar 4, 2014

Handheld electronic apparatus

Inventors: Cheng-Hsi Liu (Taoyuan County, TW); Pi-Lin Lo (Taoyuan County, TW); Jih-Jonq Shiue (Taoyuan County, TW); Chung-Ju Wu (Taoyuan County, TW)
Assignee: HTC Corporation
H04M1/72519
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Patent No.
US 8,666,456
App. No.
13/585,840
Granted
Mar 4, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A handheld electronic apparatus including a casing, a cover, a motherboard, an in-cell touch display module, a light guide member, and a touch module is provided. The cover covers a casing opening, and constitutes an accommodation space with the casing. The cover has a first area and a second area having a light transmissive icon. The motherboard is electrically connected with the in-cell touch display module and the touch module. The in-cell touch display module has a display area disposed beneath the first area. The light guide member is disposed within the accommodation space, and capable of guiding a light generated from a light emitting element to the light transmissive icon. The light guide member has a sheet-shaped portion disposed beneath the second area by corresponding to the light transmissive icon. The touch module is disposed within the accommodation space and beneath the second area.

Claims (14)

1. A handheld electronic apparatus comprising:

a casing having a casing opening;

a cover disposed on the casing and covering the casing opening, so as to constitute an accommodation space with the casing, the cover having a first area and a second area, and the second area having at least one light transmissive icon;

a motherboard disposed within the accommodation space, the motherboard having at least one light emitting element;

an in-cell touch display module disposed within the accommodation space and electrically connected to the motherboard, the in-cell touch display module having a display area, and the display area disposed beneath the first area of the cover;

at least one light guide member disposed within the accommodation space, and capable of guiding a light generated from the light emitting element to the light transmissive icon, the light guide member having a sheet-shaped portion, and the sheet-shaped portion disposed beneath the second area of the cover by corresponding to the light transmissive icon; and

a touch module disposed within the accommodation space and beneath the second area of the cover, and electrically connected to the motherboard.

2. The handheld electronic apparatus as recited in claim 1 , wherein the touch module is disposed beneath the sheet-shaped portion of the light guide member.

3. The handheld electronic apparatus as recited in claim 2 , wherein the in-cell touch display module has a flexible printed circuit board electrically connected to the motherboard, and the touch module is co-constructed on the flexible printed circuit board.

4. The handheld electronic apparatus as recited in claim 1 , wherein the touch module has at least one module opening, the module opening is corresponded to a profile of the light transmissive icon, the sheet-shaped portion of the light guide member is disposed beneath the touch module, and the light guide member guides the light generated form the light emitting element to the light transmissive icon.

5. The handheld electronic apparatus as recited in claim 1 , wherein the touch module has at least one breach, the breach is corresponded to a profile of the sheet-shaped portion of the light guide member, the sheet-shaped portion of the light guide member is disposed within the breach, and the light guide member guides the light generated from the light emitting element to the light transmissive icon.

6. The handheld electronic apparatus as recited in claim 1 , wherein the touch module has a flexible printed circuit board electrically connected to the motherboard, and a signal generated by the touch module is transmitted to the motherboard via the flexible printed circuit board.

7. The handheld electronic apparatus as recited in claim 1 , wherein the in-cell touch display module has a non-display area adjacent to the display area, and the sheet-shaped portion is located between the second area of the cover and the non-display area of the in-cell touch display module.

8. The handheld electronic apparatus as recited in claim 1 , wherein a material of the cover comprises glass.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 10, 2012
From: LIU, CHENG-HSI; LO, PI-LIN; SHIUE, JIH-JONQ; WU, CHUNG-JU
To: HTC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 028930/0491 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61546068 · Oct 12, 2011
Related Publication 20130095885A1 · Apr 18, 2013