Patent ID: 8259070
Filing Date: 2012-09-04
Classification: G06F,H01H

Abstract:
1. A display for a keypad, the display comprising: a display panel having a first display region including pixels, second display regions including pixels, and a non-display region excluding pixels, the display panel including first separators that space the pixels in the first display region apart from each other and that space the pixels in each of the second display regions apart from each other, the second display regions being spaced apart from each other in the display panel by the non-display region, and the non-display region being defined by at least one second separator, the second separator having a greater width than that of the first separators; a circuit board disposed on the display panel, the circuit board including a first opening corresponding to the first display region, second openings corresponding to the second display regions, respectively, and keys adjacent to the second openings; a touch panel in the first display region in a shape corresponding to the first display region and being arranged to fill the first opening; a pad on the circuit board, the pad including pressing units corresponding to the keys and including transparent windows corresponding to the second openings, the transparent windows being adjacent to the pressing units on the pad, and the pressing units and the keys being in an overlapping relationship with the at least one second separator and being in a non-overlapping relationship with the first separators; and a cover on the display panel and fixed to the pad, the cover including third openings corresponding to both the transparent windows and the pressing units, the third openings exposing the pressing units and exposing the second display regions such that the pressing units are exposed adjacent to the second display regions via the third openings.