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- Patent Title: Electronic devices incorporating flexible component layers with interlocking devices
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Application No.: US16464634Application Date: 2017-11-22
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Publication No.: US11116090B2Publication Date: 2021-09-07
- Inventor: Dylan T. Cosgrove , Catherine A. Leatherdale , Fay T. Salmon , Jun Fujita , Albert I. Everaerts
- Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
- Applicant Address: US MN St. Paul
- Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
- Current Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
- Current Assignee Address: US MN St. Paul
- Agent Michael Stern
- International Application: PCT/US2017/062994 WO 20171122
- International Announcement: WO2018/102215 WO 20180607
- Main IPC: H05K5/02
- IPC: H05K5/02 ; F16B1/00 ; H05K5/00 ; H05K7/20

Abstract:
Electronic Devices Incorporating Flexible Component Layers with Interlocking Devices At least some aspects of the present disclosure directs to an electronic device 100 comprising a rigid member 100A, 100B, a flexible component layer 130, and an interlocking device 110A, HOB disposed between the flexible component layer and the rigid member. The flexible component layer has at least two sections when the flexible component layer is flexed. The interlocking device comprises a first interlocking component attached to or integrated with the flexible component layer, and a second interlocking component attached to or integrated with the rigid member configured to engage with the first interlocking component, such that the engagement prevents the separation of the flexible component layer from the rigid member along a direction generally perpendicular to a surface of the rigid member.
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