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US 12,665,322 B2Granted
Fluidic wire connectors
AssigneeTeveri LLC
InventorsGianluca Lazzi, Dulce Maria Altabella Lazzi, Kyle Loizos, Arup Roy, Proyag Datta
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Abstract
A connector to connect to a liquid metal wire includes an opening to couple to a casing of the liquid metal wire and a reservoir, where a portion of a solid metal conductor is positioned within the reservoir. The reservoir is to receive liquid metal to substantially fill a volume of the reservoir and extend through the opening into the fluidic wire, where the reservoir and fluidic wire, when filled with the liquid metal, are to form at least a portion of a liquid metal.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a connector comprising:
- an opening to couple to a casing of a fluidic wire;
- and
- a reservoir comprising a solid metal conductor, wherein the reservoir is to receive liquid metal to substantially fill a volume of the reservoir and extend through the opening into the fluidic wire, wherein the reservoir and fluidic wire, when filled with the liquid metal, are to form at least a portion of a liquid metal circuit.
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A method comprising:
- connecting a fluidic wire channel to an opening of a connector, wherein the connector comprises a reservoir corresponding to the fluidic wire channel;
- and
- injecting liquid metal to fill the reservoir and the fluidic wire channel, wherein the reservoir comprises a solid metal conductor and the liquid metal within the reservoir is in contact with the conductor of the reservoir.
An apparatus comprising:
- a connector;
- an electronic component coupled to the connector;
- and
- a liquid metal wire coupled to the connector;
- wherein the connector comprises:
- an opening to couple to a casing of a fluidic wire;
- and
- a reservoir to receive liquid metal to substantially fill a volume of the reservoir and extend through the opening into the fluidic wire, wherein the reservoir and fluidic wire, when filled with the liquid metal, are to form at least a portion of a liquid metal circuit;
- and
- a solid metal connector pin, wherein a first portion of the connector pin is exposed outside of the connector and a second portion of the connector pin is enclosed within the reservoir to be in contact with the liquid metal, wherein the electronic component is coupled to the connector via the first portion of the connector pin.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.