IP Library Granted Patent US 11,047,550
Granted Patent B1
US 11,047,550 · App. 17/106,255 · Granted Jun 29, 2021

Electronic device

Inventors: Chun-Mao Tseng (Taipei, TW); Chien-Yi Huang (Taipei, TW); Chao-Shun Wang (Taipei, TW); Min-Che Kao (Taipei, TW); Min-Hung Chang (Taipei, TW); Lu-Chien Chen (Taipei, TW); Hui-Fang Yan (Taipei, TW); Yi-Nian Zou (Taipei, TW); Min-Yu Wu (Taipei, TW); Hao-Yen Chang (Taipei, TW); Li Ding (Taipei, TW); Chi Liu (Taipei, TW); Yu-Jen Chen (Taipei, TW)
Assignee: ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC.
F21V11/14F21K9/61F21Y2105/16
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Patent No.
US 11,047,550
App. No.
17/106,255
Granted
Jun 29, 2021
Kind
B1
Abstract

The electronic device provided includes a housing with two first through holes and two second through holes, a light guiding structure, and a light source. A first section is provided between the two first through holes, and a second section is provided between the two second through holes. The length of the first section is less than the length of the second section. The light guiding structure includes a light guiding layer, a diffusion layer, and a light adjusting layer. The light adjusting layer is disposed at the position of the first section. The light source is disposed at a position that corresponds to an intersection of the first section and the second section. Light emitted by the light source passes through the light transmitting portion and the intersection, and is separately emitted through the first through holes and the second through holes along the light transmitting portion.

Claims (23)

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a housing, comprising two first through holes and two second through holes, wherein a first section is provided between the two first through holes, a second section is provided between the two second through holes, the length of the first section is less than the length of the second section, and the first section and the second section intersect at an intersection;

a light guiding structure, disposed on a side of the housing, and comprising:

a light guiding layer, comprising a light transmitting portion and a light shielding portion, wherein the light transmitting portion corresponds to the positions of the first section and the second section, a portion other than the light transmitting portion is the light shielding portion, and the light transmitting portion comprises a first light transmission rate;

a diffusion layer, disposed at the position corresponding to the light transmitting portion; and

a light adjusting layer, disposed at the position corresponding to the first section, wherein the light adjusting layer comprises a second light transmission rate, and the second light transmission rate is less than the first light transmission rate; and

a light source, disposed at a position that is on a side of the light guiding structure and corresponds to the intersection, wherein light emitted by the light source passes through the light guiding structure and the intersection, and is separately emitted through the two first through holes and the two second through holes along the light transmitting portion;

wherein the diffusion layer is disposed between the housing and the light source.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the light shielding portion of the light guiding layer is opaque ink.

3. The electronic device according to claim 2 , wherein the light transmitting portion is a hollowed-out structure.

4. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the light adjusting layer is translucent ink.

5. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the light guiding layer, the diffusion layer, and the light adjusting layer are stacked with each other.

6. An electronic device, comprising:

a housing, comprising two first through holes and two second through holes, wherein a first section is provided between the two first through holes, a second section is provided between the two second through holes, the length of the first section is less than the length of the second section, and the first section and the second section intersect at an intersection;

a light guiding structure, disposed on a side of the housing, and comprising:

a light guiding layer, comprising a light transmitting portion and a light shielding portion, wherein the light transmitting portion corresponds to the positions of the first section and the second section, a portion other than the light transmitting portion is the light shielding portion, and the light transmitting portion comprises a first light transmission rate;

a diffusion layer, disposed at the position corresponding to the light transmitting portion; and

a light adjusting layer, disposed at the position corresponding to the first section, wherein the light adjusting layer comprises a second light transmission rate, and the second light transmission rate is less than the first light transmission rate; and

a light source, disposed at a position that is on a side of the light guiding structure and corresponds to the intersection, wherein light emitted by the light source passes through the light guiding structure and the intersection, and is separately emitted through the two first through holes and the two second through holes along the light transmitting portion; and

a plurality of dust-proof structures, disposed in the first through holes and the second through holes.

7. The electronic device according to claim 6 , wherein the dust-proof structures are lenses.

8. The electronic device according to claim 6 , wherein the dust-proof structures are light-transmitting plastic materials.

9. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the light guiding layer, the diffusion layer, and the light adjusting layer of the light guiding structure are bonded by a light-transmitting optical adhesive.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 30, 2020
From: TSENG, CHUN-MAO; HUANG, CHIEN-YI; WANG, CHAO-SHUN; KAO, MIN-CHE; CHANG, MIN-HUNG; CHEN, LU-CHIEN; YAN, HUI-FANG; ZOU, YI-NIAN; WU, MIN-YU; CHANG, HAO-YEN; DING, LI; LIU, CHI; CHEN, YU-JEN
To: ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC.
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 201911281753.3 · Dec 13, 2019 · national