Dell Products Inc.

Inventec Corp.

Shih-Kai Wang

Vinh Xuan Bui

Alan Luecke

Gerald Rene Pelissier

Asim M Siddiqui

Gerald L Pelissier

Yu-Chen Wu

Pavel Olchovik

Methods, apparatus and systems are provided for touch screen displays that utilize a polarizer and a touch sensor circuit that are manufactured on a single substrate, and in which the touch sensor circuitry may be directly printed onto a polarizer substrate to provide a combination of a polarizer and a touch sensor on the same single common substrate.

Single substrate polarizer and touch sensor for display screens

A method includes printing a colorant on a film to define an opaque border region and a transparent active display area portion, bonding the film to a waveguide, and assembling a touch screen. The touch screen includes a display assembly for displaying images, an emitter/detector assembly, the waveguide, and the film.

Edge to edge touch screen

A mechanism for automatically opening a docking connector cover (DCC) of a portable computer is provided. A docking station is provided with a boss projecting therefrom. A cover of a portable computer (300) includes an activation hole (111) for receiving the boss therethrough when the computer is docked onto the docking station. The cover further includes a connecting bar (105) slideably mounted thereon, including an angled end (106) and a first hook (220). The cover also includes a DCC (200) for selectively covering a connector slot of the computer. The DCC is mounted on the cover to be slideable in a direction generally perpendicular to the sliding direction of the connecting bar. The DCC includes a second hook (150a) selectively engageable with the first hook of the connecting bar, and the second hook is attached to a biasing means, such as a spring 170. When the DCC is closed, the first hook of the connecting bar and the second hook of the DCC are engaged with each other. When the computer is docked onto the docking station, the boss projects through the activation hole through the computer cover to thereby contact the angled end of the connecting bar to slide the connecting bar in a first direction (130a). This causes the first hook of the connecting bar to be disengaged from the second hook of the DCC, and further causes the DCC to be pulled in a second direction (130b) by the biasing means into an open position, to allow the connector slot of the computer to be connected to a connector slot of the docking station.

Automatic opening mechanism for docking station connector cover

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Taipei, Taiwan

Shih-Kai Wang