1. A touch panel comprising:
a transparent substrate having an active area and an inactive area on a circumference of the active area;
a plurality of X-axis electrode sensors extending in a horizontal direction and covering the active area A;
a plurality of Y-axis electrode sensors extending in a vertical direction, crossing the X-axis electrode sensors and covering the active area A;
a first controller attached to a first side of the transparent substrate including the inactive area, and including a driving IC configured to control the X-axis and Y-axis electrode sensors;
a second controller attached to a second side of the transparent substrate including the inactive area, said second side being opposite to the first side;
a plurality of lead lines provided to the inactive area and connecting each of the X-axis and Y-axis electrode sensors with one of the first and second controllers; and
a signal channel connecting the second controller to the driving IC of the first controller and being spaced away from the transparent substrate including the X-axis and Y-axis electrode sensors and the lead lines.
2. The touch panel of claim 1, wherein a length of a corresponding Y-axis electrode sensor is longer than a corresponding X-axis electrode sensor, and
wherein the first and second sides of the transparent substrate are width sides of the transparent substrate.
3. The touch panel of claim 2, wherein the plurality of the lead lines include first lead lines extending from ends of a first set of X-axis electrodes to the first controller and second lead lines extending from ends of a second set of X-axis electrodes to the second controller, and
wherein the first set of X-axis electrodes is closer to the first controller, and the second set of X-axis electrodes is closer to the second controller.
4. The touch panel of claim 3, wherein the plurality of lead lines further include third lead lines extending straight from the first controller to first ends of the Y-axis electrodes.
5. The touch panel of claim 4, wherein the plurality of lead lines further include fourth lead lines extending straight from the second controller to second ends of the Y-axis electrodes.
6. The touch panel of claim 3, wherein the first and second lead lines are evenly distributed to a left inactive area and a right inactive area of the transparent substrate.
7. The touch panel of claim 3, wherein a first side of the first lead lines are connected to odd-numbered X-axis electrodes and a second side of the first lead lines are connected to even-numbered X-axis electrodes, and a first side of the second lead lines are connected to even-numbered X-axis electrodes and a second side of the second lead lines are connected to odd-numbered X-axis electrodes.
8. The touch panel of claim 1, wherein the signal channel comprises a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) extending away from the first and second controllers until a position spaced from the transparent substrate, bending vertically at the position spaced from the transparent substrate, and protruding inwards toward the transparent substrate.
9. The touch panel of claim 1, wherein the X-axis and Y-axis electrode sensors are arranged in a same plane on the transparent substrate, and include an insulating member disposed at an intersection between the X-axis and Y-axis electrode sensors.
10. The touch panel of claim 9, wherein the X-axis and Y-axis electrode sensors are formed by depositing ITO on the transparent substrate.
11. A display device comprising:
a case having a perforated window on a case front side;
a display unit attached to the case and configured to output image information; and
a touch panel attached to the display unit and configured to generate an electric signal upon receiving a contact,
wherein the touch panel includes:
a transparent substrate having an active area and an inactive area on a circumference of the active area;
a plurality of X-axis electrode sensors extending in a horizontal direction and covering the active area A;
a plurality of Y-axis electrode sensors extending in a vertical direction, crossing the X-axis electrode sensors and covering the active area A;
a first controller attached to a first side of the transparent substrate including the inactive area, and including a driving IC configured to control the X-axis and Y-axis electrode sensors;
a second controller attached to a second side of the transparent substrate including the inactive area, said second side being opposite to the first side;
a plurality of lead lines provided to the inactive area and connecting each of the X-axis and Y-axis electrode sensors with one of the first and second controllers; and
a signal channel connecting the second controller to the driving IC of the first controller and being spaced away from the transparent substrate including the X-axis and Y-axis electrode sensors and the lead lines.
12. The display device of claim 11, wherein a length of a corresponding Y-axis electrode sensor is longer than a corresponding X-axis electrode sensor, and
wherein the first and second sides of the transparent substrate are width sides of the transparent substrate.
13. The display device of claim 12, wherein the plurality of the lead lines include first lead lines extending from ends of a first set of X-axis electrodes to the first controller and second lead lines extending from ends of a second set of X-axis electrodes to the second controller, and
wherein the first set of X-axis electrodes is closer to the first controller, and the second set of X-axis electrodes is closer to the second controller.
14. The display device of claim 13, wherein the plurality of lead lines further include third lead lines extending straight from the first controller to first ends of the Y-axis electrodes.
15. The display device of claim 14, wherein the plurality of lead lines further include fourth lead lines extending straight from the second controller to second ends of the Y-axis electrodes.
16. The display device of claim 13, wherein the first and second lead lines are evenly distributed to a left inactive area and a right inactive area of the transparent substrate.
17. The display device of claim 13, wherein a first side of the first lead lines are connected to odd-numbered X-axis electrodes and a second side of the first lead lines are connected to even-numbered X-axis electrodes, and a first side of the second lead lines are connected to even-numbered X-axis electrodes and a second side of the second lead lines are connected to odd-numbered X-axis electrodes.
18. The display device of claim 11, wherein the signal channel comprises a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) extending away from the first and second controllers until a position spaced from the transparent substrate, bending vertically at the position spaced from the transparent substrate, and protruding inwards toward the transparent substrate.
19. The display device of claim 11, wherein the X-axis and Y-axis electrode sensors are arranged in a same plane on the transparent substrate, and include an insulating member disposed at an intersection between the X-axis and Y-axis electrode sensors.
20. The display device of claim 19, wherein the X-axis and Y-axis electrode sensors are formed by depositing ITO on the transparent substrate.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. An insulated waterproof-type heater comprising:
a heat-generating body unit including, an heat-generating element, an electrode member superposed in contact with the heat-generating element, an insulating sheet enveloping the heat-generating element and the electrode member, and a tubular body containing internally the heat-generating element and the electrode member that are enveloped in the insulating sheet;
a heat-releasing body unit stacked on the heat-generating body unit;
a cap mounted at an end of the heat-generating body unit; and
a sealing material having an electrically insulating property and a waterproof property, and being filled inside the cap to seal both ends of the tubular body.
2. The insulated waterproof-type heater according to claim 1, wherein the electrode member is connected to a cable coated with a coating material having an electrically insulating property and a waterproof property, the cable is passed through the cap and guided to the outside of the cap, and the sealing material blocks a gap between the cable and the cap.
3. The insulated waterproof-type heater according to claim 1, wherein the electrode member is guided from an end opening of the tubular body to the outside of the cap and has a terminal guided to the outside of the cap, and the terminal is coated with the sealing material.
4. The insulated waterproof-type heater according to claim 1, wherein the heat-generating element is a PTC (positive temperature coefficient) ceramic element.
5. The insulated waterproof-type heater according to claim 1, wherein a spacer having heat conductivity is made to lie between the electrode member and the insulating sheet, inside the tubular body.
6. The insulated waterproof-type heater according to claim 1, wherein the tubular body has a heat-releasing surface that the heat-releasing body unit is stacked in and a side surface that is generally perpendicular to the heat-releasing surface, and both edges of the insulating sheet are superposed in a back side of the side surface.
7. The insulated waterproof-type heater according to claim 6, wherein a groove is formed in the side surface of the tubular body.