TW201339913A - Touch screen protection assembly and its manufacturing method - Google Patents

Abstract

This invention relates to a touch screen protection assembly and its manufacturing method. The assembly mainly comprises a protection patch and a plurality of adhesive bodies which are arranged on the non-screen display area at the lower surface of the protection patch. Each adhesive body has a specific thickness, and adjacent adhesive bodies are spaced from each other by a gap. When the touch screen protection assembly is adhered onto a screen, an air gap is maintained between the screen display area of the protection patch and the screen. Accordingly, the use of the plurality of adhesive bodies allows easy adhesion of the protection patch onto the screen and easy removal for repeated use and prevents attachment of dust, hairs or fingerprints. In addition, with the gaps between the adhesive bodies, air bubbles are prevented from forming; also, the air gap between the protection patch and the screen can avoid the generation of interference patterns or screen damage during touch operation.

Description

Touch screen protection component and manufacturing method thereof

The invention relates to a touch screen protection component and a manufacturing method thereof, in particular to a protection component suitable for a liquid crystal touch screen and a manufacturing method thereof.

With the rapid development of electronic products, the application of touch screens has become more widespread, and screen protection products for protecting touch screens to avoid screen scratches or causing annoying fingerprints have also been developed. However, the existing screen protection products are mainly screen protectors, which are mainly on the lower surface of a transparent film, and the entire surface is coated with a backing, and when used, the following surface is attached to the screen and passed through the adhesive. Stick the entire surface to the screen. However, conventional screen protectors require considerable skill and experience when applied.

In particular, the conventional screen protector is easy to form bubbles because it is adhered to the entire surface of the adhesive, and the adhesive is also likely to adhere to dust, hair, or fingerprints. In addition, once the screen protector is attached, it cannot be removed again. Because it is peeled off again, the adhesive of the conventional screen protector is more likely to adhere to dust, hair, or fingerprints. It is difficult to remove and affects adhesion.

Moreover, when the touch LCD screen is used, the interference pattern is often generated because the user's finger directly touches the screen. However, traditional full-back adhesive screen protectors cannot overcome this problem. It can be seen that how to achieve a screen protector that is easy to attach, remove, and not generate bubbles, and is not easy to adhere to dust, hair, or fingerprints, and can be reused is an urgent need in the industry.

The main purpose of the present invention is to provide a touch screen protection component and a manufacturing method thereof, and the protective patch is easily attached to the screen by a plurality of adhesive bodies, and is also easy to be removed for repeated use, and is not easy to adhere to dust. , hair, or fingerprints. Moreover, by the gaps in which the adhering bodies are spaced apart from each other, the venting can be assisted at the time of attachment without generating bubbles. Moreover, by protecting the air gap between the patch and the screen, the user's finger can be prevented from directly contacting the screen to generate an interference pattern or damage the screen.

To achieve the above object, a touch screen protection assembly of the present invention mainly includes a protective patch and a plurality of adhesive bodies. The protection patch includes a screen display area and a non-screen display area, and the screen display area is available for perspective. As a result, the plurality of adhesion systems are disposed on the non-screen display area of the lower surface of the protection patch, and each of the adhesive bodies protrudes from the lower surface to have a specific thickness, and adjacent adhesive bodies are spaced apart from each other by a gap. Wherein, when the touch screen protection component is attached to a screen, the plurality of adhesive bodies are adhered to the screen, and an air gap is maintained between the screen display area of the protection patch and the screen.

Preferably, each of the adherends of the present invention may be in the form of a disk having a convex top surface which may include a central recessed region to form a chuck structure. Of course, the adhesive body of the present invention is not limited to a disk shape, and other geometric polygonal shapes such as a rectangle, a hexagon, or the like, or any other arbitrary shape or irregular shape are encompassed by the present invention. Furthermore, the plurality of adhesive bodies of the present invention may be composed of a viscous elastic rubber, which may be silicone rubber, PU, rubber, or other equivalent material having both viscous and elastic properties. In addition, the protective patch can be adhered and adsorbed on the screen by a plurality of adhesive bodies. Accordingly, the present invention can firmly attach the protective patch to the screen through the viscous and elastic sucker structure while adhering to the double attachment method accompanying the adsorption.

In addition, the non-screen display area on the lower surface of the protective patch of the present invention may include a colored layer, and the plurality of adherends are disposed on the colored layer. Accordingly, the colored layer of the present invention can maintain the visual impression of displaying the integrity of the screen in addition to covering the plurality of adherends protecting the lower surface of the patch. Furthermore, the plurality of adhesive bodies of the present invention can be disposed around the periphery of the screen display area of the protection patch, thereby protecting the adhesion between the screen display area of the patch and the screen through the circumference, thereby ensuring a firm adhesion. And support and maintain an air gap.

Moreover, the manufacturing method of the touch screen protection component of the present invention mainly comprises the following steps: First, a protection patch is provided, which comprises a screen display area and a non-screen display area, and the screen display area is available for see-through. Next, the plurality of adherends are printed on the non-screen display area of the lower surface of the protective patch, each adhesive body has a specific thickness, and adjacent adhesive bodies are spaced apart from each other by a gap.

Moreover, in the manufacturing method provided by the present invention, after providing a protective patch, a colored layer may be printed on the non-screen display area of the lower surface of the protective patch, and the plurality of adhesive bodies are printed on the colored layer. In addition, after printing the plurality of adherends, the present invention can re-punch the non-screen display area of the protective patch to form at least one opening for the earpiece, the microphone, or the buttonhole.

1 is a schematic view of a preferred embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2A is a cross-sectional view of a preferred embodiment AA of the present invention, and FIG. 2B is a comparison of the present invention. A partially enlarged cross-sectional view of a preferred embodiment, and Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view of a preferred embodiment of the present invention attached to a screen. The following embodiments will be described by taking a screen for a smart phone as an example. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and any electronic device equipped with a screen is applicable to the present invention. In particular, the advantages of the present invention will be more apparent when the present invention is applied to a touch screen.

As shown in the figure, a touch screen protection component 1 mainly includes a protective patch 2 and a plurality of adhesive bodies 3. The protection patch 2 includes a screen display area 21 and a non-screen display area 22, and the screen display area 2 is available for perspective. In this embodiment, the protective patch 2 is made of a transparent material of polyethylene terephthalate (PET), and may be a translucent matte surface to avoid reflection. Of course, the material of the protective patch 2 is not limited to PET, and other equivalent materials can be applied to the present invention.

In addition, a colored layer 221 is formed on the non-screen display area 22 of the lower surface 20 of the protective patch 22. In the present embodiment, the colored layer 221 is formed by printing. Of course, the manner of formation is not limited to printing, and other equivalent processes such as painting, or filming are encompassed by the present invention. As for the color of the colored layer 221, it is usually determined by the color of the screen frame or the casing of the device to maintain a sense of unity.

Furthermore, a plurality of adhesive bodies 3 are disposed on the upper surface of the colored layer 221, that is, a plurality of adhesive bodies 3 are disposed around the screen display area 21 of the protective patch 2, and each adhesive body 3 is self-colored layer. The upper surface of 221 is convex to have a specific thickness t, and the adjacent adherends 3 are spaced apart from each other by a gap s which contributes to the exhaust without generating bubbles. In the present embodiment, each of the adhesive bodies 3 has a disk shape, and a convex portion 31 is formed on the top surface of the convex end to form a structure of the micro suction cup. Although the adhesive body 3 used in the embodiment is a circular disk shape, the present invention is not limited thereto, and other adhesive bodies 3 such as a geometric polygonal type such as a rectangle and other arbitrary shapes or irregular shapes are covered. Within the invention. Moreover, the adhesive body 3 is composed of a viscous elastic rubber. In this embodiment, silicone rubber is used, and of course other equivalent materials having both viscous and elastic properties, such as rubber or polyurethane (PU). And the like can be applied to the present invention.

When the touch screen protection component 1 of the present invention is used, only the protective patch 2 needs to be attached to a screen M, and the protective patch 2 can be adhered through the adhesive property of the adhesive body 3 and the nature of the suction cup structure. And adsorbed on the screen M. Accordingly, the present invention can firmly attach the protective patch to the screen by means of adhesion and double attachment of adsorption. Further, since the silicone rubber is used as the material of the adherend 3 in the present embodiment, dust, hair, or fingerprints are not easily adhered, and even if it is adhered, it is easily removed, so that it can be reused.

In addition, when the touch screen protection component 1 is attached to a screen M, since each adhesive body 3 has a specific thickness t, the screen display area 21 of the protection patch 2 and the screen M can be maintained with an air gap As. . Accordingly, by protecting the air space As between the patch 2 and the screen M, it is possible to completely avoid the user's finger directly contacting the screen when the touch is operated, thereby generating an interference pattern or destroying the screen.

4A, FIG. 4B, FIG. 4C, FIG. 4D, and FIG. 5, FIG. 4A is a schematic structural view of the first step of the method of the present invention, and FIG. 4B is a schematic structural view of the second step of the method of the present invention. 4C is a schematic structural view of the third step of the method of the present invention, FIG. 4D is a schematic structural view of the fourth step of the method of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a flow chart of the method of the present invention.

A method for manufacturing a touch screen protection component includes the following steps. First, as shown in FIG. 4A, a protection patch 2 is provided, which includes a screen display area 21 and a non-screen display area 22 (see FIG. 4B), and the screen display area 2 is available for perspective, that is, step A shown in FIG.

Next, as shown in FIG. 4B, a colored layer 221 is printed on the non-screen display area 22 of the lower surface 20 of the protective patch 2, that is, step a1 shown in FIG.

Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 4C, a plurality of adhesive bodies 3 are printed on the colored layer 221, each of the adhesive bodies 3 has a specific thickness t, and adjacent adhesive bodies 3 are spaced apart from each other by a gap s, that is, as shown in FIG. Step B. However, in the method provided by the embodiment, the material of the adhesive body 3 is silicone, and the central region of each of the adhesive bodies 3 is slightly recessed by printing control to form a structure of the micro-sucking disk.

Finally, as shown in Fig. 4D, the non-screen display area 22 of the protective patch 2 is stamped to form a plurality of openings 4 for use in the earpiece, microphone, or buttonhole, i.e., step C shown in FIG.

The above-mentioned embodiments are merely examples for convenience of description, and the scope of the claims is intended to be limited to the above embodiments.

1. . . Touch screen protection component

2. . . Protective patch

20. . . lower surface

twenty one. . . Screen display area

twenty two. . . Non-screen display area

221. . . Colored layer

3. . . Adhesive body

31. . . Central depression

4. . . Opening

As. . . Air gap

M. . . Screen

s. . . Void

t. . . Specific thickness

1 is a schematic view of a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 2A is a cross-sectional view of a preferred embodiment A-A of the present invention.

Figure 2B is a partial enlarged cross-sectional view of a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a cross-sectional view of a preferred embodiment of the present invention attached to a screen.

Figure 4A is a schematic view showing the structure of the first step of the method of the present invention.

Figure 4B is a schematic view showing the structure of the second step of the method of the present invention.

Figure 4C is a schematic view showing the structure of the third step of the method of the present invention.

Figure 4D is a schematic view showing the structure of the fourth step of the method of the present invention.

Figure 5 is a flow chart of the method of the present invention.

1. . . Touch screen protection component

twenty one. . . Screen display area

twenty two. . . Non-screen display area

3. . . Adhesive body

4. . . Opening

Claims (10)

A touch screen protection component includes: a protection patch comprising a screen display area and a non-screen display area, wherein the screen display area is for see-through; and a plurality of adhesive bodies are disposed on the protection patch The non-screen display area on the lower surface, each of the adhesive bodies protruding from the lower surface to have a specific thickness, and the adjacent adhesive bodies are spaced apart from each other by a gap; wherein, when the touch screen protection component is attached to a screen The plurality of adherends are adhered to the screen, and an air gap is maintained between the screen display area of the protection patch and the screen. The touch screen protection module of claim 1, wherein each of the adhesive bodies is in the shape of a disk, and the convex top surface includes a central recessed area. The touch screen protection module of claim 2, wherein the plurality of adhesive systems are composed of a viscous elastic glue. The touch screen protection module of claim 3, wherein the protective patch is adhered to and adhered to the screen by the plurality of adhesive bodies. The touch screen protection component of claim 3, wherein the elastic glue is silicone. The touch screen protection component of claim 1, wherein the non-screen display area on the lower surface of the protection patch comprises a colored layer, and the plurality of adhesive bodies are disposed on the colored layer. The touch screen protection module of claim 1, wherein the plurality of adhesive systems are disposed around the screen display area of the protection patch. A method for manufacturing a touch screen protection component, comprising the steps of: (A) providing a protective patch comprising a screen display area and a non-screen display area, the screen display area being available for see-through; and (B) The plurality of adhesive bodies are printed on the non-screen display area of the lower surface of the protective patch, each adhesive body has a specific thickness, and adjacent adhesive bodies are spaced apart from each other by a gap. The method for manufacturing a touch screen protection component according to claim 8, wherein the step (A) and the step (B) further comprise a step of: (a1) printing a colored layer on the protective patch. The non-screen display area of the lower surface; wherein the plurality of adhesion systems are printed on the colored layer. The method for manufacturing a touch screen protection component according to claim 8 , wherein the step (B) further comprises a step of: (C) stamping the non-screen display area of the protection patch to form at least one opening. .