Electronic device and assembly method of the same

• US 9,016,917 B2
• Filed: 04/16/2013
• Issued: 04/28/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/11/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: FCNT LLC
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Fujita, Kyoko, Hata, Jun, Kojima, Kei, Kobayashi, Chikara
• Primary Examiner(s): Mai, Anh
• Assistant Examiner(s): Peerce, Matthew J
• Application Number:
  US13/863,953
• Publication Number:
  US 20130329419A1
• Time in Patent Office: 742 Days
• Field of Search: 362/581, 362/602, 362/553, 362/259, 362/616, 362/551, 362/23.1, 340/815.5, 340/815.75
• US Class Current: 362/581
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/0076 Stacked arrangements of multiple light guides of the same or different cross-sectional area
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/026 Details of the structure or mounting of specific components
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/03 Constructional features of telephone transmitters or receivers, e.g. telephone hand-sets
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/22 Illumination; Arrangements for improving the visibility of characters on dials
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion telephones including GPS signal receivers H04M2250/10
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49002 Electrical device making

Abstract

An electronic device includes a housing, a first light guide plate, a second light guide plate, and a first adhesive member. A first hole in position to a first light-emitting source and a second hole in position to a second light-emitting source are formed on the housing. The first light guide plate has a first projection to be inserted into the first hole. The second light guide plate has a main-body plate portion to be superposed on the first light guide plate with the first projection penetrating therethrough and a second projection to be inserted into the second hole. The second light guide plate blocks out the light of the first light-emitting source with the main-body plate portion. The first adhesive member is inserted between the second light guide plate and the housing, and attaches the main-body plate portion to the housing.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

a housing on which a first hole corresponding in position to a first light-emitting source and a second hole corresponding in position to a second light-emitting source are formed;

a first light guide plate that has a first projection to be inserted into the first hole and guides light of the first light-emitting source from the first projection to the first hole;

a second light guide plate that has a main-body plate portion to be superposed on the first light guide plate with the first projection penetrating therethrough and a second projection to be inserted into the second hole, and blocks out the light of the first light-emitting source with the main-body plate portion and guides light of the second light-emitting source from the second projection to the second hole; and

a first adhesive member that is inserted between the second light guide plate and the housing and attaches the main-body plate portion to the housing, wherein

a first through-hole through which the first projection penetrating through the main-body plate portion of the second light plate penetrates and a second through-hole through which the second projection penetrates are formed on the first adhesive member.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein

the main-body plate portion is superposed on the first light guide plate so as to seal a gap between the first projection and an edge of the first hole.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein

the first light guide plate has a passband corresponding to a wavelength range of the light of the first light-emitting source,

the second light guide plate has a passband corresponding to a wavelength range of the light of the second light-emitting source, and

the passband of the second light guide plate is higher frequency than the passband of the first light guide plate.

4. The electronic device according to claim 1, further comprising a light-blocking member that is inserted between a set of the first light guide plate and the second light guide plate and a set of the first light-emitting source and the second light-emitting source, and blocks out light other than the light guided to the first hole by the first light guide plate and the light guided to the second hole by the second light guide plate.

5. The electronic device according to claim 1, further comprising a second adhesive member that is inserted between the first light guide plate and the second light guide plate and attaches the first light guide plate to the main-body plate portion.

6. An assembly method of an electronic device including a housing on which a first hole corresponding in position to a first light-emitting source and a second hole corresponding in position to a second light-emitting source are formed;

a first light guide plate that has a first projection to be inserted into the first hole and guides light of the first light-emitting source from the first projection to the first hole;

a second light guide plate that has a main-body plate portion to be superposed on the first light guide plate with the first projection penetrating therethrough and a second projection to be inserted into the second hole, and blocks out the light of the first light-emitting source with the main-body plate portion and guides light of the second light-emitting source from the second projection to the second hole; and

a first adhesive member that is inserted between the second light guide plate and the housing and attaches the main-body plate portion to the housing, the assembly method of the electronic device comprising;

superposing the main-body plate portion on the first light guide plate with the first projection of the first light guide plate penetrating through the main-body plate portion of the second light guide plate; and

attaching the main-body plate portion of the second light guide plate to the housing via the first adhesive member so that the first projection of the first light guide plate and the second projection of the second light guide plate are inserted into the first and second holes of the housing, respectively, wherein

a first through-hole through which the first projection penetrating through the main-body plate portion of the second light plate penetrates and a second through-hole through which the second projection penetrates are formed on the first adhesive member.