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Cover, portable electronic device using the same and method for manufacturing the same

US9671545B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 30, 2013
Grant dateJun 6, 2017
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Expiry dateJan 30, 2033

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04M1/22
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A cover, a portable electronic device using the same and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The cover comprises a transparent layer one surface of which is a textured surface. The cover also comprises a light guide formed in the transparent layer, one of interior surfaces of the light guide being the textured surface, wherein the light guide is for light guiding such that at least one beam of colored light is guided through the transparent layer and dispersed out of the transparent layer at a surface opposite to the textured surface as a result of being incident on the texture. With the cover according to embodiments of the present invention, a portable electronic device to which the cover is attached could be illuminated with different colored lights.

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