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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2014
Applicant:
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Inventors:
Gordon F. Taylor, Bolton, MA (US);
Thomas J. Rebeschi, Merrimack, NH (US);
Assignee:
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2006.01); H01R 31/00 (2006.01); H05K 1/18 (2006.01); H01R 13/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2013.01); H01R 31/005 (2013.01); H05K 1/18 (2013.01); H05K 1/189 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04103 (2013.01); H01R 13/6658 (2013.01);
Abstract
Apparatus for providing modular connection means to electrodes in a touch-sensitive device. The modular connections may include electronics allowing controlling electronics to individually address electrodes associated with driving electrodes and sensing signals occurring on electrodes.