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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2016
Applicant:
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Inventors:
Roger W. Barton, Afton, MN (US);
Billy L Weaver, Eagan, MN (US);
Bernard O. Geaghan, Salem, NH (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 3/0488 (2013.01); H01B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/044 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); H01B 5/00 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04101 (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 area and to include interior regions that are electrically discontinuous. The electrically continuous area may be patterned according to a one pattern, and the interior pattern may be patterned according to another pattern.