Patent ID: 8629353
Filing Date: 2014-01-14
Classification: A61N,B81B,H01L,H05K

Abstract:
1. A flexible electronically-based circuit apparatus comprising: a material layer having an upper surface and having edge surfaces configured and arranged to define patterned aperture channels; an array of patterned islands, the islands arranged as part of the material layer and providing the upper surface of the material layer for securing or supporting circuitry; and a plurality of patterned flexures, each of the plurality of patterned flexures having an elongated portion and opposing ends, with each of the plurality of patterned flexures located between the edge surfaces of the material layer and connecting two immediately adjacent islands in the array near or at opposing ends of the patterned flexure, wherein the material layer is patterned and configured and arranged to flex in response to an external force applied to at least one of the patterned flexures.