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US 12,713,533 B2Granted
Method of manufacture and use of a flexible computerized sensing device
AssigneeVelvetwire LLC
InventorEric Oleg Bodnar
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Abstract
A thin, flexible computerized sensing platform which can be affixed to a structure to be sensed, which has excellent mechanical coupling between the sensors and the object to be sensed, which can be self-powered and rechargeable, and which can be environmentally sealed, and a method for assembling and utilizing the same.
Claims20
A flexible sensing apparatus comprising:
- a first flexible circuit having upward facing exposed electrical pads;
- a second flexible circuit have downward facing exposed electrical pads;
- the first and second flexible circuit bonded together with a thin adhesive, the adhesive containing a die-cut area exposing the upward and downward facing exposed electrical pads;
- a sensor within the die-cut area;
- alignment features on the first flexible circuit and the second flexible circuit configured to align the first flexible circuit with the second flexible circuit;
- wherein at least a portion of the upward facing exposed electrical pads and the downward facing exposed electrical pads are in electrical contact with the sensor.
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A flexible sensing apparatus comprising:
- a first flexible circuit and a second flexible circuit bonded together with a thin adhesive;
- a sensor between the first flexible circuit and the second flexible circuit, coupled electrically to at least one of the first flexible circuit and the second flexible circuit;
- a first flexible encapsulation over a portion of the first flexible circuit;
- a second protective encapsulation over the flexible sensing apparatus;
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- a perforation in the second protective encapsulation to provide an opening for one or more of:
- light exiting from the sensing apparatus for signaling or air entering the sensing apparatus for an environmental or chemical sensor.
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A flexible sensing apparatus comprising:
- a first flexible circuit comprising a first portion and a second portion, the first portion having upward facing exposed electrical pads, and the second portion containing additional upward facing exposed electrical pads which become downward facing electrical pads when the second portion is folded over the first portion, wherein the first portion is coupled to the second portion after folding;
- a second flexible circuit have downward facing exposed electrical pads;
- a sensor sandwiched between the first flexible circuit and the second flexible circuit;
- an adhesive between the sensor and at least one of the first flexible circuit and the second flexible circuit;
- an encapsulation layer covering the flexible sensing apparatus, and holding together the first flexible circuit, the second flexible circuit, and the sensor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.