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US 7,489,053 B2Granted
Electronic switch system with continuous design
AssigneeT-Ink, Inc.
InventorsJohn Gentile, Anthony Gentile, Terrance Z. Kaiserman
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Abstract
An electronic switch system comprising a circuit path that includes a first path that is formed by a substantially nonconductive composition and a second path that includes a nonconductive composition. The first and second paths are dispersed relative to each other to provide a continuous design circuit path having trigger points or open circuit areas.
Claims16
An electronic product comprising:
- a substrate;
- a battery;
- a substantially non-conductive composition arranged on the substrate and having a first color;
- a substantially conductive composition having a second color that matches the first color, the conductive composition being arranged on the non-conductive composition and forming an open circuit area thereon;
- and
- an electronic circuit element connected to the conductive composition, the electronic circuit element also being electrically connected to the battery through the conductive composition upon closing of the open circuit area.
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An electronic product comprising:
- a substrate;
- a battery;
- a layer of substantially non-conductive ink having a predetermined color printed on the substrate;
- and
- a layer of conductive ink having substantially the same color as the non-conductive ink, the conductive ink being arranged on top of a portion of the non-conductive ink and being connected to the battery, the conductive ink forming at least one open circuit switch area that can be selectively closed upon contact with a conductive element.
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An electronic product comprising:
- a substrate;
- a non-conductive composition arranged on the substrate;
- a conductive composition arranged on a portion of the non-conductive composition, the conductive composition forming a gap through which the non-conductive composition is visible, the conductive and non-conductive compositions having substantially the same color so that the combination of the two compositions appear to be continuous across the gap;
- a circuit module connected to the conductive composition;
- and
- a battery electrically connected to the conductive composition and the circuit module whereby the circuit module is operable when a closed circuit condition is caused by placing a conductive object across the gap of the conductive composition.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.