US 12,271,018 B2
Light indicator for user input device
Jason Scott Morrison, Chadron, NE (US); and Yi-Ming Chou, Taipei (TW)
Assigned to Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed by Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed on Jan. 4, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/149,889.
Prior Publication US 2024/0219621 A1, Jul. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. F21V 8/00 (2006.01); A63F 13/24 (2014.01)
CPC G02B 6/0045 (2013.01) [A63F 13/24 (2014.09); G02B 6/005 (2013.01); G02B 6/0065 (2013.01); G02B 6/0073 (2013.01); G02B 6/0095 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus, comprising:
a case enclosing a space for user input device components;
a lightguide comprising a first surface exposed through the case and a second surface concealed inside the case, wherein the first surface of the lightguide is a three-dimensional curved light shape that extends through two or more planar faces of the case; and
a lighting device within the case configured to emit light towards the second surface of the lightguide for output through the first surface.