IP Library Granted Patent US 10,317,618
Granted Patent B2
US 10,317,618 · App. 15/528,375 · Granted Jun 11, 2019

Electronic device including display and light guide

Inventors: Junewoo Seo (Seoul, KR); Baul Cho (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
G02B6/0095G02B6/002G02B6/0051G06F1/1656G06F1/1681G06F1/1683G02B6/0065
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Patent No.
US 10,317,618
App. No.
15/528,375
Granted
Jun 11, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic device is disclosed. An electronic device according to the present invention comprises a first body equipped with a display in one side thereof; a coupling opening located in the other side of the first body; a light guide unit located in the coupling opening and transmitting light generated by operation of the display to the other side of the first body; and a second body connected to the first body through a hinge, wherein the light guide unit includes a plate and a convex portion formed on one surface of the plate and corresponding to the shape of the coupling opening. According to the present invention, an electronic device may include a light guide unit capable of transmitting light so as to correspond to the shape of a coupling opening of the body.

Claims (19)

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a first body equipped with a display in one side thereof,

a coupling opening located in an other side of the first body;

a light guide covering the coupling opening and transmitting light generated by operation of the display to the other side of the first body;

at least one buffer member coupled to an inner surface of the other side of the first body and positioned in an outer peripheral region of the light guide;

a second body connected to the first body through a hinge; and

a paint layer formed on the light guide and exposed to an outside through the coupling opening, wherein the light guide comprises:

a plate attached to the inner surface of the other side of the first body; and

a convex portion formed on one surface of the plate and positioned in the coupling opening.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the plate is formed to have a width corresponding to the area including a plurality of the coupling openings separated from each other, and the convex portion is formed to correspond to each of the plurality of coupling openings separated from each other.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the paint layer is applied on at least one area of the plate and the convex portion.

4. The electronic device of claim 3 , wherein the paint layer is applied to one surface side of the plate in which the convex portion is formed.

5. The electronic device of claim 3 , further comprising a taping layer located in an upper side of the paint layer and blocking light from being transmitted to the other side of the first body.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein an upper surface of the convex portion is positioned side by side at a same height of a surface of the other side of the first body.

7. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein a bottom surface of the plate corresponding to an upper surface of the convex portion is positioned parallel to the other side surface of the first body.

8. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein a height of the light guide is smaller than a sum of a height of the coupling opening and a height of the buffer member.

9. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the light guide is bonded to the first body.

10. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the convex portion corresponds to the shape of the coupling opening.

11. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein a height of the buffer member from the inner surface is higher than a height of the plate from the inner surface.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 8, 2017
From: SEO, JUNEWOO; CHO, BAUL
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2014-0162804 · Nov 20, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170322368A1 · Nov 9, 2017