Electronic device with display and receptacle for a removable information storage medium

Patent 6217182 Issued on April 17, 2001. Estimated Expiration Date:

April 14, 2019. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Application

No. 292206 filed on 04/14/1999

US Classes:

362/23, ILLUMINATED SCALE OR DIAL362/26, Edge illuminated modifier or light rod/pipe362/29, Internal light source362/85, WITH CONTROL CONSOLE362/86SOUND EQUIPMENT ILLUMINATOR

Examiners

Primary: O'Shea, Sandra
Assistant: Hobden, David V.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Kajander; John

International Class

F21V 008/00

Foreign Application Priority Data

1998-04-14 GB

Abstract

An electronic device includes a backlit display and an illuminated receptacle for a removable information storage medium, for example an audio device such as a cassette radio for a motor vehicle passenger compartment. The audio device (1) has a backlit display (7) and a receptacle (38) for a removable information carrying medium, comprising at least one backlight, and a light diffuser (5) moulded in a translucent plastics material, the diffuser (5) having a display backlight (201) portion and a receptacle indicator portion (202), the backlight being arranged to illuminate the display backlight portion (201) to provide a diffuse backlight for the display (7), and to shine light through the translucent material of the receptacle indicator portion (201) to indicate an entrance to the receptacle (38).