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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 04, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Stephen Richard Robsky, Sutton, MA (US);
Bernard O Geaghan, Salem, NH (US);
Stephen Atwood, Worcester, MA (US);
Michael Woolstrum, Round Rock, TX (US);
Assignee:
MicroTouch Systems, Inc., Methuen, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08C / ; G09G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
345173 ; 345174 ; 178 1801 ; 178 1804 ;
Abstract
A digitizer including a support structure defining a digitizer area and a spacer element; a tensioned membrane disposed in spaced relationship to the support structure on the spacer element; and a peripheral flexible member extending from the support structure and including at least two independently flexible sections attached to the membrane and pretensioned counter to the tension of the membrane for deflecting and maintaining tension on the membrane to sustain the spaced relationship with the membrane relative to the structure.