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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2011
Matthew H. Frey, Cottage Grove, MN (US);
Robert R. Kieschke, Woodbury, MN (US);
Billy L. Weaver, Eagan, MN (US);
Matthew H. Frey, Cottage Grove, MN (US);
Robert R. Kieschke, Woodbury, MN (US);
Billy L. Weaver, Eagan, MN (US);
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A touch screen display sensor is provided that includes a transparent touch-sensing element disposed upon the surface of a transparent substrate and a force-sensing element disposed within the transparent touch-sensing element. The force-sensing element includes two sets of bands of micromesh and can include a pressure-responsive material between the bands of micromesh. The bands of micromesh include traces of a metallic conductor. The sets of bands of micromesh are spaced apart and occupy substantially parallel planes.