Touch pad structure

• US 20040018323A1
• Filed: 07/25/2002
• Published: 01/29/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 07/25/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Inventec Appliances Corporation (Inventec Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Inventec Appliances Corporation (Inventec Corporation)
• Inventors: Tsao, Johnson, Yang, Hsin-Yuan
• Application Number:
  US10/201,950
• Publication Number:
  US 20040018323A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 428/34.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03547 Touch pads, in which fingers can move on a surface
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/13 Hollow or container type article [e.g., tube, vase, etc.]
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/131 Glass, ceramic, or sintered, fused, fired, or calcined metal oxide or metal carbide containing [e.g., porcelain, brick, cement, etc.]

Abstract

The invention is to provide a touch pad structure, which consists of a case having a containment space in which a touch pad is ensconced and visible through an opening formed in the surface of the said case. The said touch pad is constructed of a film and a glass base, wherein the peripheral edges thereof are aligned and fastened together by means of a conjoinment section with a separation layer between them. An adhesive layer situated a suitable distance away from the lateral edges of the said opening is disposed between the said case and film to bind them together. As such, when positions adjacent to the lateral edges of the said opening are pressed, they are correspondingly brought into continuity with the glass base, thereby preventing contact failure between the said film and glass base that results in selection incapability along the lateral edges of the said opening.

Claims

1. A touch pad structure comprised of:

a case having a containment space as well as an opening formed in the surface of the said case that is contiguous with the said containment space;

a touch pad ensconced inside the said containment space, the said touch pad constructed of a film and a glass base, wherein the peripheral edges of the said film and the said glass base are aligned and fastened together by means of a conjoinment section with an appropriate separation layer between them, such that the said film is visible through the said opening of the said case; and

an adhesive layer situated a suitable distance away from the lateral edges of the said opening and disposed between the said case and the said film that binds the said case and the said film together.

2. A touch pad structure as claimed in claim 1 in which the said conjoinment section consists of spacer posts and insulated areas;

the said spacer posts are respectively situated between the peripheral edge of the said film and the said glass base, thereby forming the said separation layer, and the said insulated areas are respectively located at the lateral edges of the said opening between a said spacer post and the next nearest said spacer post and, furthermore, the said insulated area does not affect the boundary of the viewing area of the said glass base, with the said adhesive layer disposed on the said film facing a surface of the said case between a said spacer post and a said insulated area.

3. A touch pad structure as claimed in claim 1 in which the said glass base is a transparent, conductive glass (ITO glass) and the said film is a transparent, conductive film (ITO film);

both the said ITO glass and the said ITO film each have an X-axis and Y-axis grid circuit, with a plurality of upper transparent electrodes disposed in the said ITO film and a plurality of lower transparent electrodes disposed in the said ITO glass.