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Granted Patent B2
US 11,217,405 · App. 16/792,008 · Granted Jan 4, 2022

Illuminated keyboard and backlight module thereof

Inventor: Hsuan-Wei Ho (New Taipei, TW)
Assignee: CHICONY POWER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
H01H13/83G02B6/0031H01H13/705H01H2219/018H01H2219/06
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,217,405
App. No.
16/792,008
Filed
Feb 14, 2020
Granted
Jan 4, 2022
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2875
USPC
362/23.03
Abstract

A backlight module is adapted to an illuminated keyboard. The backlight module includes a light source assembly and a light guide film. The light guide film has a top surface, a bottom surface, a through hole, a light-incident pattern and a light-exit pattern. The light source assembly includes a light-emitting component configured to emit light toward the through hole. A size of the through hole is smaller than a size of the light-emitting component. The light-incident pattern is located on at least one of the top surface and the bottom surface. The light-exit pattern is located on the bottom surface. A distance from the through hole to the light-exit pattern is greater than a distance from the through hole to the light-incident pattern.

Claims (15)

1. An illuminated keyboard, comprising:

a keyboard assembly; and

a backlight module, located below the keyboard assembly, wherein the backlight module comprises:

a light source assembly, comprising a light-emitting component, wherein the light-emitting component includes an LED and a lens; and

a light guide film, having a top surface, a bottom surface, a through hole, a light-incident pattern and a light-exit pattern, wherein the light-emitting component is correspondingly located below the through hole, a size of an opening area of the through hole is smaller than a size of an extension area except the height of the light-emitting component, the light of the light-emitting component is emitted upward toward the through hole, the light-incident pattern is on at least one of the top surface and the bottom surface and is adjacent to the through hole, the light-exit pattern is on the bottom surface, and a distance from the through hole to the light-exit pattern is greater than a distance from the through hole to the light-incident pattern;

wherein the light-incident pattern encloses the through hole, and the light-exit pattern encloses the through hole.

2. The illuminated keyboard according to claim 1 , wherein the backlight module further comprises a reflective sheet, and the reflective sheet is between the light guide film and the keyboard assembly and corresponds to the through hole.

3. The illuminated keyboard according to claim 1 , wherein the light-incident pattern is adjacent to the through hole and on both the top surface and the bottom surface.

4. The illuminated keyboard according to claim 1 , wherein the keyboard assembly comprises a plurality of keycaps, a central axis of the through hole is toward one of the plurality of keycaps, the light-exit pattern is located near the edge of the keycap, the backlight module further comprises a shading ring, the shading ring is between the light guide film and the keyboard assembly, the shading ring has an opening, and the opening corresponds to the light-exit pattern.

5. The illuminated keyboard according to claim 1 , wherein the keyboard assembly comprises a plurality of keycaps, a central axis of the through hole is toward a position between two adjacent keycaps of the plurality of keycaps, the light guide film has two light-exit patterns, the two light-exit patterns correspond to the two adjacent keycaps respectively, the backlight module further comprises a shading ring, the shading ring is between the light guide film and the keyboard assembly, the shading ring has two openings, and the two openings correspond to the two light-exit patterns respectively.

6. The illuminated keyboard according to claim 1 , wherein the keyboard assembly comprises a plurality of keycaps, a central axis of the through hole is toward a position among three adjacent keycaps of the plurality of keycaps, the light guide film has three light-exit patterns, the three light-exit patterns correspond to the three adjacent keycaps respectively, the backlight module further comprises a shading ring, the shading ring is between the light guide film and the keyboard assembly, the shading ring has three openings, and the three openings correspond to the three light-exit pattern respectively.

7. The illuminated keyboard according to claim 6 , wherein the light guide film further has a light-blocking band, and the light-blocking band surrounds the three adjacent keycaps.

8. The illuminated keyboard according to claim 7 , wherein the light source assembly further comprises a circuit board, the light-emitting component is on the circuit board, the backlight module further comprises a light-blocking ring, and the light-blocking ring is between the circuit board and the light guide film and corresponds to the light-blocking band.

9. The illuminated keyboard according to claim 6 , wherein the through hole has three light-collecting corners, and the light-collecting corners correspond to the three light-exit patterns respectively.

10. The illuminated keyboard according to claim 1 , wherein the light source assembly comprises a plurality of light-emitting components, and at least two of the light-emitting components emit light of different colors.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 14, 2020
From: HO, HSUAN-WEI
To: CHICONY POWER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 051826/0908 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 108133123 · Sep 12, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210082642A1 · Mar 18, 2021
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