Patents by Inventor Adrian Mark Clitheroe

Adrian Mark Clitheroe has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Touch sensitive display
    Patent number: 5835080
    Abstract: A touch screen display is presented which comprises a display screen, a plate of a rigid transparent material, mounting apparatus for mounting the plate on the display screen, touch sensing transducers cooperating with the mounting apparatus for producing a plurality of electrical signals in response to, and representative of, a force applied to the plate; the force results from tactile stimulus of the plate while the mounting apparatus includes a film composed of a transparent, elastic, adhesive compound, having a similar refractive index to that of the display screen; the adhesive compound being applied to one surface of the plate for bonding that surface to the display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1998
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: John Stuart Beeteson, Adrian Mark Clitheroe, Griffith John Lewis, Edward Trevor Shepherd