Stretchable conductor circuit
AssigneeII-Vi Delaware, Inc.
InventorJosh Moczygemba
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Abstract
This disclosure provides a stretchable conductor structure, a garment with a stretchable conductor structure, and a method for producing a stretchable conductor structure. The conductive structure includes a set of conductive wires and a stretchable laminate. The set of conductive wires, each including a protective surface, the set of conductive wires patterned in a mesh structure to accommodate a manipulation while providing electrical conductivity across the set of conductive wires. The stretchable laminate encapsulates the mesh structure, the stretchable laminate can return the mesh structure of the set of conductive wires to an original state after the manipulation.
Claims22
A stretchable conductor structure comprising:
- a set of conductive wires, each including a protective surface, the set of conductive wires patterned in a mesh structure to accommodate a manipulation while providing electrical conductivity across the set of conductive wires;
- and
- a stretchable laminate encapsulating the mesh structure, the stretchable laminate configured to return the mesh structure of the set of conductive wires to an original state after the manipulation.
A garment comprising:
- a fabric;
- and
- a flexible conductor circuit disposed within or adjacent to the fabric, the flexible conductor circuit comprising:
- one or more circuit components;
- and
- a stretchable conductor structure connecting the one or more circuit components, the stretchable conductor structure comprising:
- a set of conductive wires, each including a protective surface, the set of conductive wires patterned in a mesh structure to accommodate a manipulation while providing electrical conductivity across the set of conductive wires;
- and
- a stretchable laminate encapsulating the mesh structure, the stretchable laminate configured to return the mesh structure of the set of conductive wires to an original state after the manipulation.
A method for producing a flexible and stretchable conductor structure comprising:
- applying a protective surface to each of a set of conductive wires;
- patterning the set of conductive wires into a mesh structure that accommodates a manipulation while providing electrical conductivity across the set of conductive wires;
- and
- encapsulating the mesh structure in a stretchable laminate in a manner that the stretchable laminate returns the set of conductive wires to the mesh structure of the set of conductive wires to an original state after the manipulation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.