18903260. Playback Device with Conforming Capacitive Touch Sensor Assembly (Sonos, Inc.)
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Playback Device with Conforming Capacitive Touch Sensor Assembly
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Inventor(s)
Mark S. Viscusi of Wrentham MA US
Randel W. Roberts, Jr. of Melrose MA US
Playback Device with Conforming Capacitive Touch Sensor Assembly
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18903260 titled 'Playback Device with Conforming Capacitive Touch Sensor Assembly
Original Abstract Submitted
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to playback devices having a non-flat surface and comprising a flexible electronic assembly conforming to that surface. The flexible electronic assembly may include (i) a flexible substrate having a first portion and a second portion, (ii) an array of capacitive touch sensor electrodes arranged on the first portion, and (iii) a plurality of conductors that are electrically coupled to the array of capacitive touch sensor electrodes and that extend onto the second portion. The first portion may include a plurality of cutouts. Each cutout of a first subset of the plurality of cutouts may be positioned between a respective set of two or more electrodes in the array of capacitive touch sensor electrodes. Each cutout of a second subset of the plurality of cutouts may be configured to reduce a wrinkling of the first portion when conforming the first portion to the non-flat surface.
