Touch device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9483130-B2
Application number	US-201414458627-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 13, 2014
Priority date	Aug 22, 2013
Publication date	Nov 1, 2016
Grant date	Nov 1, 2016

Abstract

A touch device comprises a touch module and a front frame element. The touch module includes a surface having a touch display zone. The front frame element is disposed at an outer edge of the touch module and includes a covering portion located on the surface of the touch module. The thickness of an outer edge of the covering portion adjacent to the touch display zone is between 0.1 mm and 1.6 mm, and the minimum distance from the outer edge of the covering portion to the touch display zone is between 2 mm and 8 mm.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A touch device, comprising:
a touch module including a surface having a touch display zone; and
a front frame element disposed at an outer edge of the touch module and including a covering portion located on the surface of the touch module, wherein the thickness of an outer edge of the covering portion adjacent to the touch display zone is between 0.1 mm and 1 mm, the minimum distance from the outer edge of the covering portion to the touch display zone is between 2 mm and 8 mm, the covering portion has an inclined surface, the minimum distance, in parallel with the surface of the touch module, from a starting point of the inclined surface to the outer edge of the covering portion is between 2 mm and 15 mm, and an included angle formed between an extensive surface of the inclined surface and the surface of the touch module is between 1° and 20°.

2. The touch device as recited in claim 1 , wherein the thickness of the outer edge of the covering portion is between 0.8 mm and 0.9 mm, the minimum distance from the outer edge of the covering portion to the touch display zone is between 5.5 mm and 6 mm, the minimum distance, in parallel with the surface of the touch module, from the starting point of the inclined surface to the outer edge of the covering portion is between 4.5 mm and 5 mm, and the included angle is between 6° and 8°.

3. The touch device as recited in claim 1 , wherein the thickness of the outer edge of the covering portion is between 0.8 mm and 0.9 mm, the minimum distance from the outer edge of the covering portion to the touch display zone is between 5 mm and 5.5 mm, the minimum distance, in parallel with the surface of the touch module, from the starting point of the inclined surface to the outer edge of the covering portion is between 5 mm and 5.5 mm, and the included angle is between 8° and 10°.

4. The touch device as recited in claim 1 , wherein the thickness of the outer edge of the covering portion is between 0.8 mm and 1 mm, the minimum distance from the outer edge of the covering portion to the touch display zone is between 5 mm and 6 mm, the minimum distance, in parallel with the surface of the touch module, from the starting point of the inclined surface to the outer edge of the covering portion is between 5 mm and 5.5 mm, and the included angle is between 12° and 15°.

5. The touch device as recited in claim 3 , wherein the touch module includes a touch panel and a display panel disposed opposite to the touch panel.

6. The touch device as recited in claim 5 , further comprising:
a first circuit board electrically connected to the touch panel; and
a second circuit board electrically connected to the display panel,
wherein the first circuit board is attached to the second circuit board by an adhesive element.

7. A touch device, comprising:
a touch module including a surface having a touch display zone; and
a front frame element disposed at an outer edge of the touch module and including a covering portion located on the surface of the touch module, wherein the thickness of an outer edge of the covering portion adjacent to the touch display zone is between 1 mm and 2 mm, the minimum distance from the outer edge of the covering portion to the touch display zone is between 4 mm and 8 mm, the covering portion has an inclined surface, the minimum distance, in parallel with the surface of the touch module, from a starting point of the inclined surface to the outer edge of the covering portion is between 3 mm and 15 mm, and an included angle formed between an extensive surface of the inclined surface and the surface of the touch module is between 3° and 20°.

8. The touch device as recited in claim 7 , wherein the thickness of the outer edge of the covering portion is between 1 mm and 1.2 mm, the minimum distance from the outer edge of the covering portion to the touch display zone is between 5 mm and 6 mm, the minimum distance, in parallel with the surface of the touch module, from the starting point of the inclined surface to the outer edge of the covering portion is between 5 mm and 6 mm, and the included angle is between 10° and 12°.

9. The touch device as recited in claim 7 , wherein the thickness of the outer edge of the covering portion is between 1.3 mm and 1.5 mm, the minimum distance from the outer edge of the covering portion to the touch display zone is between 5 mm and 6 mm, the minimum distance, in parallel with the surface of the touch module, from the starting point of the inclined surface to the outer edge of the covering portion is between 7 mm and 9 mm, and the included angle is between 16° and 20°.

10. The touch device as recited in claim 7 , wherein the thickness of the outer edge of the covering portion is between 1.3 mm and 1.5 mm, the minimum distance from the outer edge of the covering portion to the touch display zone is between 5.5 mm and 7 mm, the minimum distance, in parallel with the surface of the touch module, from the starting point of the inclined surface to the outer edge of the covering portion is between 5 mm and 6 mm, and the included angle is between 10° and 12°.

11. The touch device as recited in claim 7 , wherein the thickness of the outer edge of the covering portion is between 1.5 mm and 1.7 mm, the minimum distance from the outer edge of the covering portion to the touch display zone is between 5.5 mm and 6 mm, the minimum distance, in parallel with the surface of the touch module, from the starting point of the inclined surface to the outer edge of the covering portion is between 7 mm and 8 mm, and the included angle is between 17° and 20°.

12. The touch device as recited in claim 7 , wherein the thickness of the outer edge of the covering portion is between 1.5 mm and 1.7 mm, the minimum distance from the outer edge of the covering portion to the touch display zone is between 6 mm and 7 mm, the minimum distance, in parallel with the surface of the touch module, from the starting point of the inclined surface to the outer edge of the covering portion is between 8 mm and 9 mm, and the included angle is between 13° and 16°.

13. The touch device as recited in claim 7 , wherein the touch module includes a touch panel and a display panel disposed opposite to the touch panel.

14. The touch device as recited in claim 13 , further comprising:
a first circuit board electrically connected to the touch panel; and
a second circuit board electrically connected to the display panel,
wherein the first circuit board is attached to the second circuit board by an adhesive element.

Assignees

• Innolux Corp

Inventors

• Lin Kuan-Li
• Lo Ching-I
• Hsiung Shiuan-Yi
• Wang Jen-Hsiang

Classifications

• G06F1/1601

  Constructional details related to the housing of computer displays, e.g. of CRT monitors, of flat displays (constructional details related to flat displays integrated in a portable computer, e.g. laptop, handheld computer G06F1/1637; constructional details related to television receivers H04N5/64) · CPC title

• G06F3/03547 Primary

  Touch pads, in which fingers can move on a surface · CPC title

• G06F1/1643

  the display being associated to a digitizer, e.g. laptops that can be used as penpads (details related to the relative motion of the display enclosure with respect to the body enclosure, e.g. to move between laptop and tablet PC configuration G06F1/1615) · CPC title