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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2007
Eugene Halsey, Iv, Holland, MI (US);
Catherine A. Getz, Holland, MI (US);
Eugene Halsey, IV, Holland, MI (US);
Catherine A. Getz, Holland, MI (US);
Donnelly Corporation, Holland, MI (US);
Abstract
A method for manufacturing a touch screen that deposits a conductive layer or coating directly onto a surface of a sheet or ribbon or roll of thin glass material. The coated thin glass material may be cut to the desired shape or substrate for use as the outer, thin glass substrate of the touch screen device. Spacer elements and/or other functional coatings or layers or the like may also be applied to the conductive layer or opposite surface of the thin glass ribbon. Optionally, a functional coating or layer may be deposited or applied to a surface of a pre-cut thin glass substrate. The coated pre-cut thin glass substrate may be used as a top sheet for lamination as the protective top sheet of a touch screen device.