Stephen Richard Robsky - Sutton MA Bernard O. Geaghan - Salem NH Stephen Atwood - Worcester MA Michael Woolstrum - Round Rock TX
Assignee:
MicroTouch Systems, Inc. - Methuen MA
International Classification:
G08C 2100 G09G 500
US Classification:
345173
Abstract:
A digitizer including a support structure defining a digitizer area and a spacer element; a tensioned membrane disposed in spaced relationship to the support structure on the spacer element; and a peripheral flexible member extending from the support structure and including at least two independently flexible sections attached to the membrane and pretensioned counter to the tension of the membrane for deflecting and maintaining tension on the membrane to sustain the spaced relationship with the membrane relative to the structure.