Instrument knob backlight structure and instrument

• US 10,641,791 B2
• Filed: 10/16/2015
• Issued: 05/05/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Shenzhen Everbest Machinery Industry Company Limited (CEM Company Limited)
• Original Assignee: Shenzhen Everbest Machinery Industry Company Limited (CEM Company Limited)
• Inventors: Yuan, Jianmin
• Primary Examiner(s): Coughlin, Andrew J
• Application Number:
  US15/755,920
• Publication Number:
  US 20180356443A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,663 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 1/025 concerning dedicated user interfaces, e.g. GUI, or dedicated keyboards G01R31/31912 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 1/04 Housings; Supporting members; Arrangements of terminals
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/0091 of the light source relative to the light guide G02B6/0021 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/0095 Light guides as housings, housing portions, shelves, doors, tiles, windows, or the like

Abstract

The present application is suitable for the field of instrument, and provides an instrument knob backlight structure and an instrument, wherein the instrument knob backlight structure comprises a housing, a knob provided outside the housing, a index dial provided on the periphery of the knob, and a backlight module mounted inside the housing and provided adjacent to the index dial, wherein the backlight module comprises a light source component, a light-transmittable element and a light guide provided between the light source component and the light-transmittable element, and the index dial is provided on the outer surface of the light-transmittable element facing outward of the housing. The present application emits light through the light source component and conducts and irradiates the light ray emitted by the light source component to the light-transmittable element through the light guide, so that the light ray can pass through the light-transmittable element to generate a uniform backlight at the index dial. In this way, operators can clearly see the identification character on the index dial and the directing position of the knob in a dark environment, so that operators can still use the instrument in a dark environment and it is beneficial to improving the aesthetic appearance of the instrument.

Claims

1. An instrument knob backlight structure, comprising:

a housing,

a knob provided outside the housing,

an index dial provided on the periphery of the knob, and

a backlight module mounted inside the housing and provided adjacent to the index dial,

wherein the backlight module comprises a light source component, a light-transmittable element and a light guide provided between the light source component and the light-transmittable element, and the index dial is provided at the outer surface of the light-transmittable element facing outward of the housing

wherein the housing is provided with a mounting opening, and the light-transmittable element is snapped in position into the mounting opening,

wherein the light-transmittable element comprises an outer ring light-transmittable substrate that is snapped in the mounting opening and a boss that extends along the outer ring light-transmittable substrate toward the inside of the housing, and the index dial is provided on the outer surface of the outer ring light-transmittable substrate facing outward of the housing,

wherein the light guide comprises a ring-shaped light guide substrate sleeved outside of the boss and provided opposite to the outer ring light-transmittable substrate, and a positioning lug protruding from the periphery of the ring-shaped light guide substrate,

wherein the light source component comprises a circuit board and an LED lamp provided on the circuit board, and the circuit board is fastened to the housing by several fasteners and compresses the light guide, and

wherein the circuit board comprises a ring-shaped circuit substrate sleeved outside of the boss and several connecting lugs protruding from the periphery of the ring-shaped circuit substrate at intervals, the LED lamp is provided on the ring-shaped circuit substrate, and the fastener is fastened to the housing through the connecting lugs and the positioning lug.

2. The instrument knob backlight structure according to claim 1, wherein three connecting lugs and three fasteners are provided, and one positioning lug is provided, in which one of the fasteners is fastened to the housing through one of the connecting lugs and the positioning lug, and two other fasteners are fastened to the housing through two other connecting lugs, respectively.

3. The instrument knob backlight structure according to claim 2, wherein the housing comprises a front housing having a cavity and a rear cover mounted on the rear side of the front housing in a covering manner, the backlight module is mounted in the cavity, and the knob and the index dial are exposed at a front surface of the front housing facing away from the rear cover.

4. The instrument knob backlight structure according to claim 1, wherein the housing comprises a front housing having a cavity and a rear cover mounted on the rear side of the front housing in a covering manner, the backlight module is mounted in the cavity, and the knob and the index dial are exposed at a front surface of the front housing facing away from the rear cover.

5. An instrument, comprising:

the instrument knob backlight structure according to claim 1.

6. The instrument according to claim 5, wherein the instrument is a multimeter or a clamp meter.

7. The instrument according to claim 5, wherein three connecting lugs and three fasteners are provided, and one positioning lug is provided, in which one of the fasteners is fastened to the housing through one of the connecting lugs and the positioning lug, and two other fasteners are fastened to the housing through two other connecting lugs, respectively.

8. The instrument according to claim 5, wherein the housing comprises a front housing having a cavity and a rear cover mounted on the rear side of the front housing in a covering manner, the backlight module is mounted in the cavity, and the knob and the index dial are exposed at a front surface of the front housing facing away from the rear cover.