Patent ID: 8937805
Filing Date: 2015-01-20
Classification: G02F,G06F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of enabling post-assembly separation of a first panel and a second panel of a direct bonding panel assembly, the method comprising: disposing an elongated shearing mechanism at a perimeter edge of a first surface of the first panel, wherein the shearing mechanism extends along a path that is proximate to a selected periphery location of the first surface at which the first surface is sealed together with a second surface of the second panel to create the panel assembly and wherein the shearing mechanism includes at least one end that extends away from a bonding edge of the panel assembly; disposing an adhesive on at least one of (1) the periphery location of the first surface and (2) an opposing periphery location of the second surface; affixing the first surface to the second surface via the adhesive to create the panel assembly having an adhesive bond between the first surface and the second surface, with the at least one end of the shearing mechanism extending from the bonding edge; wherein the adhesive bond can be broken by applying sufficient pulling force on the at least one end of the shearing mechanism in at least one of an upward direction relative to the first panel of the panel assembly and a lateral direction towards an outside edge of the panel assembly.