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  • Illuminated key-pad assembly
    Patent number: 7671290
    Abstract: For a cell-phone or PDA, the rows of key-caps include respective light-strips, which pick up light from respective LEDs surface-mounted on the PCB. The light-strips are sandwiched between the key-caps and the key-switch actuators (whereby the light-strips move with the keys when the keys are depressed). Sockets for receiving the key-caps are co-molded to the light-strips. Sockets are provided in the resilient webs of the keys for receiving under-blocks co-molded to the light-strips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Chao Carl Chen, Timothy Herbert Kyowski, Dennis James Penner