Patent ID: 8857490

Claim:
An apparatus for laminating a surface of a flexible circuit to a surface of a curved material, the apparatus comprising: a first holder configured for contacting the flexible circuit; a second holder configured for contacting the curved material, wherein the flexible circuit has cut out portions permitting the flexible circuit to conform to a curved surface of the curved material; and a pressure applying device configured for creating and changing a pressure region between the surface of the flexible circuit and the surface of the curved material, wherein the pressure applying device is further configured for changing the pressure region to laminate the flexible circuit having cut out portions to the curved material and remove air bubbles between the laminated flexible circuit and the curved material; and a gripping structure configured to hold a portion of the flexible material at a region of the flexible material that is different from the pressure region between the surface of the flexible circuit and the surface of the curved material, wherein the gripping structure is configured to slide along a surface of an unattached portion of the flexible material parallel to the second holder.