Patent ID: 6965375

Claim:
A handheld device comprising: a touch panel display providing a shared sensing and display surface for input and output functions, said touch panel display comprising: a visible adhesive dielectric spacer; and a contact electrode including a transparent conductive coating and a visible non-transparent conductive bus pattern, wherein said visible non-transparent conductive bus pattern overlays said visible adhesive dielectric spacer, and wherein said visible non-transparent conductive bus pattern and said visible adhesive dielectric spacer have an approximately equal visual homogeneous appearance; and a carrier frame to which said touch panel display is mounted, said carrier frame comprising at least one electrically conductive frame contact for establishing electrical contact with said touch panel display, said at least one electrically conductive frame contact having an upper end and a lower end; wherein said upper end resides at least in part within a touch panel display mounting surface of said carrier frame and said lower end is electrically accessible by circuits resident within the confines of said carrier frame.