Button indicator and light-guide ring assembly

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10641944-B2
Application number	US-201916421214-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 23, 2019
Priority date	Jun 12, 2018
Publication date	May 5, 2020
Grant date	May 5, 2020

Abstract

A button indicator and a light guiding ring assembly are provided. The button indicator includes a button cover and a light guiding ring. The button cover has a cover body, retaining walls and hooks. The cover body has a top surface and a bottom surface. The retaining walls and the hooks protruded from the bottom surface are disposed around the cover body. The light guiding ring sleeved on the button cover has a ring body, elastic arms, a sliding matching groove and light guiding portions. The ring body has an inner surface with the elastic arms and the sliding matching groove disposing thereon and an outer surface with the light guiding portions locating thereon. The retaining walls abut against the inner surface of the ring body, and the hooks move along and snap the sliding matching groove. The elastic arms abut against the bottom surface of the cover body.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A button indicator, comprising:
a button cover, having a cover body, a plurality of retaining walls and a plurality of hooks, the cover body having a top surface and a bottom surface, wherein the top surface and the bottom surface are oppositely disposed, the retaining walls and the hooks are protruded from the bottom surface, and the retaining walls and the hooks are disposed around the cover body; and
a light guiding ring, assembled with the button cover, having a ring body, a plurality of elastic arms, a sliding matching groove and a plurality of light guiding portions, wherein the ring body has an inner surface and an outer surface, the elastic arms and the sliding matching groove are disposed on the inner surface, the light guiding portions are located on the outer surface, the retaining walls are adapted to abut the inner surface of the ring body, and the hooks are adapted to move along and to be hooked to the sliding matching groove, and the elastic arms are adapted to abut the bottom surface of the cover body.

2. The button indicator of claim 1 , wherein the elastic arms are protruded from the inner surface of the ring body toward a center of the ring body, and extend along an axial direction of the ring body toward the button cover.

3. The button indicator according to claim 1 , wherein the light guiding portions are grooves, and an arc angle of the groove ranges from 91 degrees to 101 degrees.

4. The button indicator according to claim 1 , wherein the outer surface of the ring body is an inclined surface, and an angle between the inclined surface and a horizontal plane ranges from 111 degrees to 117 degrees.

5. The button indicator of claim 1 , wherein the number of the elastic arms is greater than or equal to 3.

6. The button indicator according to claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of light sources, surrounding the light guiding ring and configured corresponding to the light guiding portions.

7. The button indicator of claim 1 , further comprising a hood, disposed around the outer surface of the ring body of the light guiding ring and exposing the light guiding portions.

8. The button indicator according to claim 1 , further comprising a button guide sleeve, the button cover further comprising a support shaft, the support shaft is located inside of the retaining walls and the hooks, wherein the button guide sleeve is assembled with the support shaft to fix the button cover and the light guiding ring together.

9. A light guiding ring assembly, assembled with the button cover having a cover body, a plurality of retaining walls and a plurality of hooks, the cover body having a top surface and a bottom surface, the top surface and the bottom surface being oppositely disposed, the retaining walls and the hooks being protruded from the bottom surface, the retaining walls and the hooks being disposed around the cover body, and the light guiding ring assembly comprising:
a light guiding ring, having a ring body, a plurality of elastic arms, a sliding matching groove, and a plurality of light guiding portions, the ring body having an inner surface and an outer surface, the elastic arms and the sliding matching groove being disposed on the inner surface, the light guiding portions being located on the outer surface, wherein the light guiding portions are grooves, the retaining walls are adapted to abut the inner surface of the ring body, and the hooks are adapted to move along and to be hooked to the sliding matching groove, and the elastic arms are adapted to abut the bottom surface of the cover body; and
a hood, disposed around the outer surface of the ring body, and exposing the light guiding portions.

10. The light guiding ring assembly of claim 9 , wherein the arc angle of the groove ranges from 91 degrees to 101 degrees.

11. The light guiding ring assembly of claim 9 , wherein the outer surface of the ring body is an inclined surface, and an angle between the inclined surface and a horizontal plane ranges from 111 degrees to 117 degrees.

Assignees

• Pegatron Corp

Inventors

• Ye Long-Sing
• Tang Tao-Hsiang

Classifications

• G02B6/0045 Primary

  by shaping at least a portion of the light guide · CPC title

• F21V33/0052 Primary

  Audio or video equipment, e.g. televisions, telephones, cameras or computers; Remote control devices therefor · CPC title

• H01H9/182

  Illumination of the symbols or distinguishing marks (H01H9/181 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H01H13/04

  Cases; Covers · CPC title

• G02B6/0068

  Arrangements of plural sources, e.g. multi-colour light sources · CPC title