Backlit button/switchpad assembly

Details Backlit button/switchpad assembly Backlit button/switchpad assembly

1997-10-02

1999-09-14

Ramsey, Kenneth J.

Electric lamp or space discharge component or device manufacturi

Process

Combined, e.g., with shaping of lamp or device envelope

264242, 26427211, H01H 902

Patent

active

059513497

ABSTRACT:
A backlit button assembly suitable for use in an illuminated graphic display in an instrument panel of an automobile. The backlit assembly is composed of a support member and any number of molded plastic or silicone rubber buttons or keys that, together with the support member, form a keypad or switchpad. Each button of the assembly is injection molded to include a translucent portion that enables light to be transmitted from a backside of the button to a front surface of the button accessible to a person operating the button assembly. Each button is disposed at least partially within an opening formed in the support member, and has at least one integrally-formed hinge member that is directly adhered to the support member. The hinge member flexibly interconnects the button with the support member such that the button is flexibly supported within the opening in the support member.

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