Mounting Members For Touch Sensitive Displays

• US 20110176082A1
• Filed: 01/18/2011
• Published: 07/21/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 01/18/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Next Holdings Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Next Holdings Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Allard, Matthew, Bridger, Simon James, Newton, John David
• Application Number:
  US13/008,678
• Publication Number:
  US 20110176082A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 349/58
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/133328 Segmented frames
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0412 Digitisers structurally integrated in a display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04164 Connections between sensors and controllers, e.g. routing lines between electrodes and connection pads
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0428 by sensing at the edges of the touch surface the interruption of optical paths, e.g. an illumination plane, parallel to the touch surface which may be virtual sensing beam interruptions in a planar beam grid of an optical touch-screen G06F3/0421

Abstract

A mounting assembly for an optical touch system can comprise an elongated member defining a top face extending in a plane. A first mounting portion extends perpendicular to a first end of the elongated member and a second mounting portion extends perpendicular a second end. The elongated member defines a first side face perpendicular to a top face and each mounting portion defines a second side face perpendicular to the top face. The mounting assembly is directly mounted to a panel with the top face of the elongated member overlaying at least a portion of the front face of the panel, the first side face overlaying at least a portion of the top edge, the top face of each mounting portion overlaying at least a portion of the front face along the side edges, and each second side face overlaying at least a portion of a respective side edge.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

a display device defining a front face, a top edge perpendicular to the front face, and side edges perpendicular to the front face and the top edge;

a mounting assembly mounted to the display device; and

a device bezel located over the mounting assembly,

wherein the mounting assembly comprises;

an elongated member defining a top face extending in a plane, the elongated member extending in a first direction,

a first mounting portion extending perpendicular to a first end of the elongated member, and

a second mounting portion extending perpendicular to a second end of the elongated member,

wherein the elongated member further defines a first side face perpendicular to the top face,

wherein each of the plurality of mounting portions further defines a second side face perpendicular to the top face,

wherein the mounting assembly is mounted with the top face of the elongated member overlaying at least a portion of the front face of the display and the first side face overlaying at least a portion of the top edge,

wherein the mounting assembly is positioned with a top face of each mounting portion overlaying at least a portion of the front face of the display device and each of the second side faces overlaying at least a portion of a respective side edge of the display device and

wherein the device bezel is located over the mounting assembly so as to cover the top face of the elongated member.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the display device comprises an LCD display, the front face of the LCD display comprising the LCD or a cover over the LCD.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the mounting assembly further comprises:

a plurality of sensor receiving portions, each sensor receiving portion located at a junction between the elongated member and the mounting portion, each sensor receiving portion shaped to receive a sensor.

4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein each sensor receiving portion defines a recess in the top face.

5. The apparatus of claim 3, further comprising a sensor positioned at at least one sensor receiving portion.

6. The apparatus of claim 3, further comprising a circuit board connected to the sensor and mounted to the first side face.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the elongated portion is extendible in the first direction.

8. An apparatus comprising:

a display device defining a front face, a top edge perpendicular to the front face, and side edges perpendicular to the front face and the top edge;

a mounting assembly mounted to the display device; and

a device bezel located over the mounting assembly,

wherein the mounting assembly comprises;

an elongated member defining a top face extending in a plane, the elongated member extending in a first direction,

a first mounting portion extending perpendicular to a first end of the elongated member, and

a second mounting portion extending perpendicular to a second end of the elongated member,

wherein the elongated member further defines a first side face perpendicular to the top face,

wherein each of the plurality of mounting portions further defines a second side face perpendicular to the top face,

wherein the mounting assembly is mounted with the top face of the elongated member overlaying at least a portion of the front face of the display and the first side face overlaying at least a portion of the top edge,

wherein the mounting assembly is positioned with a top face of each mounting portion overlaying at least a portion of the front face of the display device and each of the second side faces overlaying at least a portion of a respective side edge of the display device,

wherein the device bezel is located over the mounting assembly so as to cover the top face of the elongated member, and

wherein the mounting assembly further comprises a plurality of sensor receiving portions, each sensor receiving portion located at a junction between the elongated member and the mounting portion, each sensor receiving portion shaped to receive a sensor.

9. An apparatus comprising:

a display device defining a front face, a top edge perpendicular to the front face, and side edges perpendicular to the front face and the top edge;

a mounting assembly mounted to the display device; and

a device bezel located over the mounting assembly,

wherein the mounting assembly comprises;

an elongated member defining a top face extending in a plane, the elongated member extending in a first direction,

a first mounting portion extending perpendicular to a first end of the elongated member, and

a second mounting portion extending perpendicular to a second end of the elongated member,

wherein the elongated member further defines a first side face perpendicular to the top face,

wherein each of the plurality of mounting portions further defines a second side face perpendicular to the top face,

wherein the mounting assembly is mounted with the top face of the elongated member overlaying at least a portion of the front face of the display and the first side face overlaying at least a portion of the top edge,

wherein the mounting assembly is positioned with a top face of each mounting portion overlaying at least a portion of the front face of the display device and each of the second side faces overlaying at least a portion of a respective side edge of the display device,

wherein the device bezel is located over the mounting assembly so as to cover the top face of the elongated member,

wherein the mounting assembly further comprises a plurality of sensor receiving portions, each sensor receiving portion located at a junction between the elongated member and the mounting portion, each sensor receiving portion shaped to receive a sensor, and

wherein each sensor receiving portion defines a recess in the top face.