EP1734423B1 - Montage eines Sensorglases in einem Gehäuse - Google Patents

Montage eines Sensorglases in einem Gehäuse Download PDF

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EP1734423B1
EP1734423B1 EP06009294A EP06009294A EP1734423B1 EP 1734423 B1 EP1734423 B1 EP 1734423B1 EP 06009294 A EP06009294 A EP 06009294A EP 06009294 A EP06009294 A EP 06009294A EP 1734423 B1 EP1734423 B1 EP 1734423B1
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Rudolf Dinger
Gilles Derriey
Christian Verdon
Giancarlo Poli
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04B—MECHANICALLY-DRIVEN CLOCKS OR WATCHES; MECHANICAL PARTS OF CLOCKS OR WATCHES IN GENERAL; TIME PIECES USING THE POSITION OF THE SUN, MOON OR STARS
    • G04B39/00—Watch crystals; Fastening or sealing of crystals; Clock glasses
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04G—ELECTRONIC TIME-PIECES
    • G04G17/00—Structural details; Housings
    • G04G17/02—Component assemblies
    • G04G17/04—Mounting of electronic components
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04B—MECHANICALLY-DRIVEN CLOCKS OR WATCHES; MECHANICAL PARTS OF CLOCKS OR WATCHES IN GENERAL; TIME PIECES USING THE POSITION OF THE SUN, MOON OR STARS
    • G04B37/00—Cases
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04B—MECHANICALLY-DRIVEN CLOCKS OR WATCHES; MECHANICAL PARTS OF CLOCKS OR WATCHES IN GENERAL; TIME PIECES USING THE POSITION OF THE SUN, MOON OR STARS
    • G04B39/00—Watch crystals; Fastening or sealing of crystals; Clock glasses
    • G04B39/02—Sealing crystals or glasses
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04G—ELECTRONIC TIME-PIECES
    • G04G21/00—Input or output devices integrated in time-pieces
    • G04G21/08—Touch switches specially adapted for time-pieces

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  • the present invention relates to a device for assembling a touch screen on a housing in which contact areas located near an edge of the ice for connecting structured electrodes on the underside of the ice to a module electronics contained in the case are masked and electrically isolated.
  • the invention will be more particularly illustrated by a wristwatch having a touch screen extending to the outer edge of the middle part.
  • the wristwatch shown comprises in a known manner a housing 1 formed of a middle part 3 closed at its bottom by a bottom 5 and at its upper part by an ice 10 delimiting a compartment 7.
  • the compartment 7 can accommodate a watch movement 8 to display time information on a dial 6.
  • the display is an analog display by means of hour hands 9a, minutes 9b and 9c seconds.
  • the lower face 11 of the ice 10 comprises five electrodes 15 forming, for example, capacitive sensors, said electrodes 15 being each connected by conducting tracks 16 to contact zones 17 situated near the edge 12 of the ice 10.
  • the conductive network 15, 16, 17 is produced in known manner by structuring a transparent conductive oxide, such as indium tin oxide (ITO), deposited for example by evaporation on a thickness of between 25 and 25.degree. 75nm.
  • ITO indium tin oxide
  • the electrodes 15 and the conductive tracks 16 can be made virtually invisible by depositing dielectric layers in the spaces between said electrodes 15 and tracks 16, as described for example in the patent EP 1 457 865 .
  • the document EP 1 122 620 discloses a housing whose contact areas are not masked by the window of the ice but by an opaque decorative layer intermediate the ice and the electrodes.
  • the present invention therefore aims to overcome the disadvantages of the aforementioned prior art by providing a touch screen which can be assembled for example by gluing on the scope of the opening of a housing by masking the contact areas, without the risk of causing short circuits.
  • the invention relates to a device for assembling a touch screen, made of a transparent material, resistant to a temperature greater than 500 ° C. over the range of the opening of a housing, such as the case of a wristwatch.
  • the touch-sensitive glass comprises, in a known manner on its internal face, a conductive network comprising transparent electrodes connected by conductive tracks to contact zones generally grouped together to form a connection area, facing the ends of connectors connected to an electronic module housed in a housing compartment.
  • the touch screen is characterized in that it comprises near its edge an enamel deposit, at least a portion of the surface makes it possible to mask the connection area of the electrodes.
  • the transparent material resistant to a temperature greater than 500 ° C. may be a mono or polycrystalline material, for example a quartz, a spinel or a corundum, in particular sapphire. It is also possible to use an amorphous material, such as an inorganic glass, insofar as its softening point is greater than the temperature necessary to effect enamel deposition.
  • the deposit of email has the form of a ribbon following the inner contour of the ice and whose width is at least equal to the width of the connection area.
  • the conductive network prefferably structured on a non-discontinuous surface.
  • a hollow is made in the inner face of the ice, the contour of which substantially corresponds to at least that of the connection area, the enamel is deposited in one or more steps until it reaches a thickness of barely greater than the depth of the recess, then polishing is carried out to put the surface of the enamel at the same level as that of the ice before performing the structuring of the conductive network.
  • enamel deposition is performed in a groove formed in the thickness of the ice, said groove having a depth at least equal to the width of the connection area.
  • FIG 3 which corresponds to a half-cut along line 11.11 of the figure 1 passing through two sensors 15, a conductive track 16 and a contact zone 17, it can be seen that the edge 12 of the ice 10 extends to the outer surface of the middle part 3 and that the said ice 10 is no longer maintained by means of a bezel attached to the caseband 3.
  • the inner face 11 of the ice 10 has near its edge an enamel deposit 20 which extends over the entire connection area 18 (shown in dotted lines on the figure 1 ) where the five contact zones 17 of the five electrodes 15 are grouped together.
  • connection area 18 It is possible to perform this enamel deposit only at said connection area 18 and to metallize the remaining portion of the scope of the housing where there is no risk of short circuit, then proceed to assembly, for example by gluing.
  • This procedure requires an additional step, which increases the cost, and it may be difficult, if not impossible to find the same shade and the same shade for enamel and metallization, which is troublesome when the aesthetic appearance also of importance. Therefore, it is preferred to perform the email deposition in the form of a continuous ribbon running around the ice 10 and having a width at least equal to the width of the connection area 18, so that can see the same hue all around the case.
  • a method for producing a touch screen according to the invention is indicated hereinafter, the material constituting said mirror being, for example, a sapphire.
  • a hollow 14 is made near the edge 12 of the ice 10 by means of a diamond grinding wheel to a depth of between 0.1 mm and 0.5 mm, depending on the thickness of the ice 10.
  • an enamel deposit 20 is carried out by the known techniques of spraying, buffering or screen-printing soaking, each step being followed by a firing, until a slight overflow of the enamel is obtained above of the inner face of the ice.
  • step not shown it polishes the entire inner surface of the ice so as to eliminate any discontinuity between the enamel layer and the rest of the ice.
  • a last step represented by the figure 6 structuring of the conductive network 15, 16, 17 made with a transparent conductive oxide, such as indium tin oxide (ITO), is not better described as well known in the art. skilled in the art.
  • ITO indium tin oxide
  • the ice 10 can then be assembled on the scope 4 of the middle part with the interposition of an adhesive joint, and then pressing.
  • the edge 12 of the ice 10 is machined to obtain a groove 25 in which the enamel layer 20 is formed.
  • This embodiment has the advantage of making the porosities invisible in the mass of enamel, to facilitate machining and polishing operations including at the opening of the groove 5.
  • This embodiment also makes it possible to carry out a polishing much easier to the surface where should be structured contact areas 17, without the risk of creating discontinuity areas that can have a detrimental effect on the conductive tracks 16 connecting the sensors 15 and the contact areas 17_

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  1. Vorrichtung, die ein berührungsempfindliches Glas (10) umfasst, das am Umfang (4) der Öffnung eines Gehäuses (1) angebracht ist, wobei das Glas aus einem lichtdurchlässigen Material verwirklicht ist, das einer Temperatur von mehr als 500 °C widersteht, und auf seiner inneren Fläche (11) lichtdurchlässige Elektroden (15) aufweist, die Sensoren bilden und durch Leiterbahnen (16) mit Kontaktzonen (17) verbunden sind, die sich in einem Anschlussbereich (18) in der Nähe des Randes (12) des Glases (10) gegenüber den Enden von Verbindern (19) eines elektronischen Moduls (9) befinden, das in einem Fach (7) des Gehäuses (1) enthalten ist, wobei der Rand (12) des Glases (10) eine Email-Ablagerung (20) aufweist, wovon wenigstens ein Teil der Oberfläche ermöglicht, den Anschlussbereich (18) abzudecken, derart, dass die Montage ohne Abdeckung durch ein Glasreif erfolgt.
  2. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Email-Ablagerung (20) in einer Hohlkehle (14) erfolgt, die in der Innenfläche (11) des Glases (10) wenigstens auf Höhe des Anschlussbereichs (18) ausgearbeitet ist.
  3. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Email-Ablagerung (20) in einer Kehle (25) erfolgt, die in Dickenrichtung des Glases (10) wenigstens auf Höhe des Anschlussbereichs (18) ausgearbeitet ist.
  4. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das das Glas bildende lichtdurchlässige Material ein mono- oder polykristallines Material, beispielsweise Quarz, Spinell oder Korund ist.
  5. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das das Glas bildende Material Saphir ist.
  6. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das das Glas bildende lichtdurchlässige Material ein amorphes Material wie etwa ein Mineralglas ist.
  7. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Email-Schicht (20) eine Tönung besitzt, die auf jene des Gehäuses (1) abgestimmt ist.
  8. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das berührungsempfindliche Glas (10) am Umfang (4) des Gehäuses (1) durch Kleben angebracht ist.
  9. Vorrichtung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Fach (7) des Gehäuses (1) außerdem ein Uhrwerk (8) und ein Zifferblatt (6) enthält, um ein Zeitmessgerät mit zumindest teilweise taktiler Steuerung zu bilden.
  10. Verfahren für die Herstellung eines berührungsempfindlichen Glases (10) aus einem lichtdurchlässigen Material, das einer Temperatur von mehr als 500 °C widersteht, das auf Seiten seiner inneren Fläche (11) ein Leitergitter (15, 16, 17) umfasst, das Elektroden (15), Leiterbahnen (16) und Kontaktzonen (17), die einen Anschlussbereich (18) bilden, enthält, mit den Schritten, die darin bestehen:
    - in der Innenfläche (11) des Glases (10) eine Hohlkehle (14) oder in Dickenrichtung eine Kehle (25) auszuarbeiten, deren Umriss im Wesentlichen wenigstens jenem des Anschlussbereichs (18) entspricht;
    - eine Email-Ablagerung (20) in der Hohlkehle (14) oder in der Kehle (25) zu bilden;
    - ein Polieren der Emailoberfläche, die von der nicht emaillierten Glasoberfläche vorsteht, auszuführen, um sie auf dieselbe Höhe zu bringen, und
    - das Leiternetz (15, 16, 17) auf der emaillierten und der nicht emaillierten inneren Oberfläche des Glases (10) zu strukturieren.
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