Abstract:
The present invention relates to on-cell battery tester structures, to improved and/or to more informative charge indicator arrangements, and to methods for making and/or producing same. In one embodiment, the on-cell battery testers of the present invention are thermochromic in nature and comprise an insulator layer that contains, among other items, glass microspheres, polypropylene beads or microspheres, or a combination of both. In still another embodiment, the on-cell battery tester of the present invention comprises a printed insulator layer that contains, among other items, glass microspheres, polypropylene beads or microspheres, silica or a combination of any two or more thereof. In still yet another embodiment, the present invention relates to an charge indicator arrangement that conveys to an individual among other things, an improved, or more accurate, indicator of charge level, and to a method of making same.
Abstract:
A battery assembly includes a battery, an outer layer, and a power indicator apparatus. The battery includes a first terminal and a second terminal. The power indicator apparatus comprises an electrical conductor and a mechanical switch. The electrical conductor is configured to be in continuous electrical communication with the first terminal. The mechanical switch is configured to be actuated by an application of pressure at a single location, and upon actuation, to place the electrical conductor in electrical communication with the second terminal such that the power indicator apparatus can facilitate a reading of a potential energy stored in the battery. Methods of assembly and methods of determining a potential energy stored in the battery are also provided herein.
Abstract:
The present disclosure related to a flexible electronic substrate assembly and a method and system of processing solder paste onto an electrical substrate. The assembly includes a flexible substrate having a solderable medium provided along the flexible substrate. A pattern of solder paste may be cured to a portion of the solderable medium. The solderable medium may be a generally continuous construction or a patterned construction relative to the flexible substrate. The substrate may be unwound from a roll of substrate material before solder paste is deposited thereon. The flexible electric substrate assembly may be formed though a roll to roll process. Infrared heat may be applied to the substrate with the solder paste deposit as the substrate is traveling along the process direction to reflow the solder paste as the substrate is traveling along the process direction at a high rate of speed.
Abstract:
Electrically conductive thin metallic films are disclosed. The thin films can be used to form shaped or patterned electrical conductors for consumer goods and electronic applications. Various connectors are also described which can be used in conjunction with the conductors to form thin layered assemblies such as battery testers. Also disclosed are methods for producing the shaped or patterned electrical conductors.
Abstract:
A battery assembly includes a battery, an outer layer, and a power indicator apparatus. The battery includes a first terminal and a second terminal. The power indicator apparatus comprises an electrical conductor and a mechanical switch. The electrical conductor is configured to be in continuous electrical communication with the first terminal. The mechanical switch is configured to be actuated by an application of pressure at a single location, and upon actuation, to place the electrical conductor in electrical communication with the second terminal such that the power indicator apparatus can facilitate a reading of a potential energy stored in the battery. Methods of assembly and methods of determining a potential energy stored in the battery are also provided herein.
Abstract:
Electrically conductive thin metallic films are disclosed. The thin films can be used to form shaped or patterned electrical conductors for consumer goods and electronic applications. Various connectors are also described which can be used in conjunction with the conductors to form thin layered assemblies such as battery testers. Also disclosed are methods for producing the shaped or patterned electrical conductors.