Abstract:
There is provided a carrier (6) for solid-state lighting devices (2). The carrier (6) is intended to be arranged in a light bulb and is formed from one single flat and formable substrate (1), which has been bent to a generally tube-shaped form. The carrier (6) includes: an annular mounting portion (4) for mounting the carrier (6) inside the light bulb; and two or more strips (5) extending generally parallel to each other from the annular mounting portion (4) and being separated from each other in a tangential direction of the annular mounting portion (4). Each strip (5) has one or more electrically conducting paths (3) and a solid-state lighting device (2) mounted thereon. There is also provided a method for producing a tube-shaped carrier (6). The strips are easy to shape by bending, twisting and/or folding, resulting in a significant freedom in the positioning of the SSL devices
Abstract:
A sensor assembly (10) has a substrate (12) with first and second opposite surfaces (14, 16), at least one analyte sensor (18) positioned on the first surface (14), and at least one electrical contact (20) positioned on second surface (16) and in electrical communication with a corresponding one of the at least one analyte sensor (18). The substrate is formed to define a tube (22) having a single linear seam (38), wherein said first surface (14) is the exterior surface (30') and said second surface (16) is the interior surface (28') of the tube, and the at least one analyte sensor (18) is disposed on the exterior surface (30'). The sensor assembly further comprises an outer cannula (52) surrounding the tube (22) to define a fluid receiving annulus (54), wherein the tube (22) has a cap (46') for preventing fluid from entering the interior of the tube.
Abstract:
A dynamically flexible article or device, such as a wristband, an armband, a rollable e-reader, or a belt, includes a flexible electronic component (e.g., a flexible display) and a support structure coupled to the flexible electronic component. The support structure is configured to limit bending of the flexible electronic component to a range within a bending tolerance of the flexible electronic component.
Abstract:
A flexible conductive track arrangement has a pre-flexing condition in which the arrangement is generally planar. Conductive tracks are formed from a metal layer and they are covered above and below by insulator layers. The elongate conductive tracks are generally planar but locally corrugated perpendicularly to the general plane. This enables improved binding performance, for example to form tight windings using the conductive tracks.
Abstract:
A flexible circuit assembly can include a base layer (244), a plurality of circuit traces (350) and an insulative layer (362). The plurality of circuit traces can each be coupled to a pair of circuit pads, and the circuit traces can be formed on an upper side of the base layer. The insulative layer can be formed over the circuit traces to isolate the circuit traces from an external environment. The base layer, plurality of circuit traces and insulative layer can form a flexible circuit sheet (232). The base layer and the insulative layer can include material properties and a thickness configured to facilitate the flexible circuit sheet being flexible such that the flexible circuit sheet is adapted to conform to a non-planar surface of the medical device (100).
Abstract:
The present invention has for its object to provide a flexible circuit board and a method for production thereof in which in cases where elastic wiring in movable parts of a robot, etc., is required, the wiring can be made to expand and contract with a simple arrangement, and at the same time, the circuit board is excellent in weight reduction as well as size reduction, and breaking or disconnection and exfoliation of a wiring layer do not take place easily, even in cases where the circuit board is deformed in a repeated manner. The present invention resides in a flexible circuit board (1) which has an insulating film (2) made of a thermoplastic resin, a wiring layer (3A) formed on said insulating film, and an insulating layer (4) made of a thermoplastic resin and formed on said wiring layer (3A), and which is characterized in that a spiral part (5) shaped into a spiral shape is provided in at least a part of said flexible circuit board, and said flexible circuit board is constructed to be expandable and contractable, and/ or torsionally deformable in said spiral part (5).
Abstract:
There is provided a lighting device and a method to manufacture such a lighting device. The inventive concept is based on manufacturing a lighting device on an at least partly flexible sheet assembly which is rolled into a tube, such that the light source of the lighting device is arranged within the tube. The flexible sheet assembly is arranged such that the tube provides a light mixing chamber and light exit surface for the lighting device. Thus, the tube shaped lighting device instantly delivers the necessary optical and mechanical properties for easy assembly and the functionality of a light engine.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method of aligning a flexible foil sheet having a general first foil sheet length direction to form stacked foil sheet layers on a reel having a reel diameter. The method comprises providing multiple alignment markers in the foil sheet, distanced conform the reel diameter and each having an mark length direction transverse to the first foil sheet length direction, to form protrusions and corresponding recesses on opposite faces of the foil sheet; winding the foil sheet on the reel in the first foil sheet length direction of the foil sheet; and co-aligning the alignment markers to have protrusions of one mark matching with a recess of another mark, so as to block relative movement of the stacked foil sheet layers in the first foil sheet length direction. Preferably, the foil sheet layers are provided with device functionality to form a stacked foil sheet layered device.