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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 24, 2015
Applicant:
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Inventors:
Billy L. Weaver, Eagan, MN (US);
Roger W. Barton, Afton, MN (US);
Thomas Herdtle, Inver Grove Heights, MN (US);
Brock A. Hable, Woodbury, MN (US);
Assignee:
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY, St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/044 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/044 (2013.01); G06F 3/041 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04103 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04111 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04112 (2013.01);
Abstract
An electrode for a touch sensitive device includes micro-wire conductors arranged to define an electrically continuous electrode trunk area, and including branching elements which extend outward from the electrode trunk area. The electrically continuous trunk area is patterned coincident an underlying reference mesh pattern, as are the branching elements.