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Granted Patent B2
US 9,443,676 · App. 13/819,887 · Granted Sep 13, 2016

Light emitting control knob

Inventor: Sun-He Na (Cheonan-si, KR)
Assignee: ASTEC CO., Ltd.
H01H19/025H01H13/023H01H13/14H01H19/14H01H2219/014H01H2219/028H01H2219/036H01H2219/039H01H2221/07H01H2229/048H01H2229/056
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Patent No.
US 9,443,676
App. No.
13/819,887
Granted
Sep 13, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a light-emitting control knob capable of consistently maintaining a beautiful design without a problem, such as discoloration or rubbing-off, despite use of a long period because a light-blocking metal plate having light-emitting display windows formed therein is stacked and formed on a top surface of a knob body and of providing a much more beautiful and high-class design than a conventional control knob because surface processing unique to metal can be performed on the light-blocking metal plate. The light-emitting control knob in accordance with the present invention includes a knob body made of transparent or semitransparent synthetic resins which transmit light and a light-blocking metal plate formed of a metal plate stacked on a top surface of the knob body and configured to have light-emitting display windows formed therein.

Claims (10)

1. A light-emitting control knob, comprising:

a knob body made of transparent or semitransparent synthetic resins which transmit light;

a light-blocking metal plate formed of a metal plate stacked on a top surface of the knob body and configured to have light-emitting display windows formed therein, wherein the light-blocking metal plate is stacked on the top surface of the knob body by way of adhesion or inserted injection, and the light-emitting display windows are formed by stacking the light-blocking metal plate on the top surface of the knob body and then partially cutting the light-blocking metal plate by way of laser processing or CNC processing;

wherein a light diffusing resin layer is stacked on the top surface of the knob body and is exposed through the light-emitting display windows; and

wherein the light diffusion resin layer is made of synthetic resins where the synthetic resins include crystal beads or a light diffusion prism formed thereon.

2. The light-emitting control knob of claim 1 , further comprising light-emitting devices provided within the knob body.

3. The light-emitting control knob of claim 1 , wherein metal surface processing is performed on a top surface of the light-blocking metal plate.

4. The light-emitting control knob of claim 3 , wherein the metal surface processing performed on the top surface of the light-blocking metal plate is one of plating, deposition, anodizing, and hair line processing.

5. The light-emitting control knob of claim 2 , wherein metal surface processing is performed on a top surface of the light-blocking metal plate.

6. The light-emitting control knob of claim 1 , wherein metal surface processing is performed on a top surface of the light-blocking metal plate.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 23, 2018
From: ASTEC CO., LTD.
To: ASENTEC CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 044701/0114 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 5, 2015
From: NA, SUN-HE
To: ASTEC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 036726/0265 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2012-0068942 · Jun 27, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150092387A1 · Apr 2, 2015