COMPACT BUTTON WITH ILLUMINATED GRAPHIC

摘要

A button assembly includes a button structure (110) mounted to a frame (104) by a flexible hinge (108), where the button structure (110) has a clear external surface (102) and a graphical overlay (112) behind the external surface; and a light pipe (114) mounted to the button structure (110) and contacting 5 an actuator (118) that is configured to trigger when pressure is applied, where the light pipe (114) is configured to trigger the actuator (118) when pressure is applied to the button structure (110) and where the light pipe (114) is further configured to propagate light from a light source (116) to the button structure (110) to illuminate the graphical 10 overlay (112) and to minimize light leakage.