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US 12,252,629 · App. 17/973,822 · Granted Mar 18, 2025

Electronic device with self-disinfecting touch screen and method of manufacture

Inventor: Christina H. Drake (Winter Park, FL)
Assignee: KISMET TECHNOLOGIES INC.
C09D5/14A01N59/16C09D1/04C09D7/45C09D7/62C09D7/65C09D7/67C09D139/06G02F1/13338G06F3/0412G06F3/0443G06F3/0445G06F3/045G06F2203/04103
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Patent No.
US 12,252,629
App. No.
17/973,822
Granted
Mar 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A touch screen display that includes a touch screen user interface having a plurality of layers that includes a top surface layer. The display includes a coating composition coating the top surface layer. The coating composition includes metal-modified cerium oxide nanoparticles (mCNPs) having a predominantly 3+ cerium surface charge and in a range of about 3-30 nm in size and in an amount that is in a range of about 1 weight percentage of a mixture having a binder and the mCNPs and m is an antimicrobial promoting metal that is non-ionizing. The touch screen display is incorporated into various machines or electronic devices. The coating composition forms a self-disinfecting surface that is optically transparent.

Claims (39)

1. A self disinfecting touch screen display comprising:

a touch screen layer stack having a plurality of layers that includes a top surface layer; and

a coating composition coating the top surface layer, the coating composition comprising metal-modified cerium oxide nanoparticles (mCNPs) having a predominantly 3+ cerium surface charge and in a range of about 3-30 nm in size and in an amount that is in an amount of about a 1 weight percentage of a mixture having a binder and the mCNPs where m is an antimicrobial promoting metal that is non-ionizing.

2. The touch screen display according to claim 1 , wherein the touch screen layer stack comprises one of a liquid crystal display (LCD), a light emitting diode (LED) display, an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display, a quantum dot display (QLED), and a liquid crystal on silicon (LCoS) display.

3. The touch screen display according to claim 1 , wherein the binder includes one of alkali silicate, borate, phosphate and polyvinyl pyrrolidone.

4. The touch screen display according to claim 1 , wherein the binder includes alkali silicate that comprises SiO 2 and Alk 2 O, wherein Alk comprises Li, Na or K at a ratio from about 0.05:1 to about 20.0:1 SiO 2 :Alk 2 O.

5. The touch screen display according to claim 1 , wherein the antimicrobial promoting metal is selected from the group consisting of silver, gold, ruthenium, vanadium, copper, titanium, nickel, platinum, titanium, tin, zinc and iron.

6. The touch screen display according to claim 1 , wherein antimicrobial promoting metal comprises a metallic non-ionic silver.

7. The touch screen display according to claim 1 , wherein the touch screen layer stack includes resistive or capacitive elements below the top surface layer, the resistive or capacitive elements are made of one of indium tin oxide (ITO) and antimony tin oxide (ATO).

8. The touch screen display according to claim 1 , wherein the coating composition is a self-disinfecting surface that is optically transparent.

9. The touch screen display according to claim 1 , wherein the coating composition further comprises:

a dispersant additive including a copolymer with oxide-affinic groups or polymer non-ionic dispersing additive, and

the binder includes polyvinyl pyrrolidone.

10. An electronic device comprising:

electronic circuitry; and

the touch screen display of claim 1 , interfaced with the electronic circuitry.

11. The electronic device according to claim 10 , wherein the touch screen display comprises one of a liquid crystal display (LCD), a light emitting diode (LED) display, an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display, a quantum dot display (QLED) and a liquid crystal on silicon (LCoS) display.

12. The electronic device according to claim 10 , wherein the binder includes one of alkali silicate, borate, phosphate and polyvinyl pyrrolidone.

13. The electronic device according to claim 10 , wherein the binder includes alkali silicate that comprises SiO 2 and Alk 2 O, wherein Alk comprises Li, Na or K at a ratio from about 0.05:1 to about 20.0:1 SiO 2 :Alk 2 O.

14. The electronic device according to claim 10 , wherein the antimicrobial promoting metal is selected from the group consisting of silver, gold, ruthenium, vanadium, copper, titanium, nickel, platinum, titanium, tin, zinc and iron.

15. The electronic device according to claim 10 , wherein the antimicrobial promoting metal comprises a stable metallic silver that is non-ionizing.

16. The electronic device according to claim 10 , wherein the touch screen display includes resistive or capacitive elements below the top surface layer, the resistive or capacitive elements are made of one of indium tin oxide (ITO) and antimony tin oxide (ATO).

17. The electronic device according to claim 10 , wherein the coating composition is a self-disinfecting surface that is optically transparent.

18. A method of forming a touch screen display of claim 1 , comprising:

providing the touch screen layer stack that includes a top surface layer;

forming a coating composition, the coating composition comprising metal-modified cerium oxide nanoparticles (mCNPs) having a predominantly 3+ cerium surface charge and in a range of about 3-30 nm in size and in an amount that is in an amount of about 1 weight percentage of a mixture having binder with the mCNPs where m is an antimicrobial promoting metal that is non-ionizing; and

coating the top surface layer while forming the coating composition that forms a self-disinfecting surface that is optically transparent.

19. The method according to claim 18 , wherein the touch screen display comprises one of a liquid crystal display (LCD), a light emitting diode (LED) display, an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display, a quantum dot display (QLED) and a liquid crystal on silicon (LCoS) display.

20. The method according to claim 18 , wherein the binder includes alkali silicate that comprises SiO 2 and Alk 2 O, wherein Alk comprises Li, Na or K at a ratio from about 0.05:1 to about 20.0:1 SiO 2 :Alk 2 O.

21. The method according to claim 18 , wherein forming the coating composition comprises dip coating, spin coating, slot coating, vapor deposition, chemical deposition, spray deposition, sputtering, DC magnetron sputtering and direct nanoparticle deposition.

22. The method according to claim 18 , wherein the mixture further comprises:

a dispersant additive including a copolymer with oxide-affinic groups or polymer non-ionic dispersing additive, and

the binder includes polyvinyl pyrrolidone; and

the forming of the coating composition further comprises mixing the dispersant and the binder.

23. A coating composition for coating a top surface layer of glass, comprising:

a binder;

metal-modified cerium oxide nanoparticles (mCNPs) in a range of about 3-30 nm in size and in an amount that is in an amount of about 1 weight percentage of a mixture having the binder and the mCNPs where m is an antimicrobial promoting metal that is non-ionizing; and

a dispersant additive including a copolymer with oxide-affinic groups or polymer non-ionic dispersing additive, and

the binder includes polyvinyl pyrrolidone.

Assignments (1)
CONVERSION Recorded Feb 7, 2024
From: KISMET TECHNOLOGIES LLC
To: KISMET TECHNOLOGIES INC.
Reel/Frame 066508/0413 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63272948 · Oct 28, 2021
Related Publication 20230133694A1 · May 4, 2023
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