Liquid Wire Inc.

Mark William Ronay

Michael Adventure Hopkins

Trevor Antonio Rivera

Charles J Kinzel

Jorge E Carbo

Edward Martin Godshalk

Sai Srinivas Desabathina

Katherine M Nelson

Michael Jasper Wallans

Casey Culbertson

Jorge E Carbo Jr

A sensor may include a bladder, and a deformable conductor disposed on the bladder such that deformation of the bladder causes deformation of the deformable conductor, wherein the bladder is constrained so as to enhance the deformation of the conductor in response to the deformation of the bladder. A method may include applying a stimulus to a bladder having a deformable conductor attached thereto, detecting a change in an electrical characteristic associated with the deformable conductor in response to the stimulus, and selectively constraining the bladder to amplify the change in electrical characteristic in response to the stimulus.

Sensors with deformable conductors and selective deformation

A deformable assembly may include a first structural layer, a first bonding layer bonded to the structural layer, and a pattern of functional material entrapped between the first structural layer and first the bonding layer. The functional material has a viscous characteristic, an elastic characteristic and/or a viscoelastic characteristic. The assembly may further include a second structural layer bonded to the first bonding layer. The first structural layer may include a first piece of fabric, the second structural layer may include a second piece of fabric, and the functional material may be electrically conductive. The functional material may include a conductive gel. The assembly may further include a second bonding layer bonded to the first bonding layer and the first structural layer, and the pattern of functional material may be entrapped between the first and second bonding layers.

Functional materials between deformable bonded layers

A flexible differential strain sensor, system, and method includes a deformable substrate having a first axis and a second axis different than the first axis and a first sensing element and a second sensing element. The first and second sensing elements are comprised of conductive gel. The first sensing element is arranged to sense strain in the deformable substrate along the first axis. The second sensing element has a first portion arranged to sense strain in the deformable substrate along the first axis and a second portion arranged to sense strain in the deformable substrate along the second axis. The second sensing element is arranged to cancel at least a portion of the stimulus sensed by the first sensing element in the along the first axis.

Multi-axis differential strain sensor

A system configured to monitor and characterize motions of a user is disclosed herein. The system can include a wearable article including a tubular body comprising a resilient material, a flexible circuit including a fluid-phase conductor configured to generate a first signal, and an inertial measurement unit ('IMU') coupled to the resilient material, wherein the IMU is configured to generate a second signal. The system can further include a processor communicably coupled to the flexible circuit and the IMU.

Devices, systems, and methods to monitor and characterize the motions of a user via flexible circuits

A structure may include a first material, a second material joined to the first material at a junction between the first and second materials, and one or more media extending across the junction to form a continuous interconnect between the first and second materials, wherein the first and second materials are heterogeneous. The structure may further include a transition at the junction between the first and second materials. The one or more media may include a functional material which may be electrically conductive. The structure may further include a third material joined to the second material at a second junction between the second and third materials, the media may extend across the second junction to form a continuous interconnect between the first, second, and third materials, and the second and third materials may be heterogeneous.

Continuous interconnects between heterogeneous materials

A circuit assembly may include a substrate and a pattern of contact points formed from deformable conductive material supported by the substrate. The assembly may further include an electric component supported by the substrate and having terminals arranged in a pattern corresponding to the pattern of contacts points. The one or more of the terminals of the electric component may contact one or more of the corresponding contact points to form one or more electrical connections between the electric component and the contact points.

Structures with deformable conductors

A flexible hybrid electronic system and method includes a first structure and a second structure. The first structure includes a first flexible substrate, a first electronic component secured to the first flexible substrate, and a first flexible conductive trace formed in part from conductive gel. The second structure includes a second flexible substrate, a second electronic component secured to the second flexible substrate, and a second flexible conductive trace formed in part from conductive gel. The first structure is bonded to the second structure at an interconnect region, the first conductive trace is electrically coupled to the second conductive trace within the interconnect region, and the first electronic component is operatively coupled to the second electronic component.

Flexible and stretchable structures

A conducting shear thinning gel composition and methods of making such a composition are disclosed. The conducting shear thinning gel composition includes a mixture of a eutectic gallium alloy and gallium oxide, wherein the mixture of eutectic gallium alloy and gallium oxide has a weight percentage (wt %) of between about 59.9% and about 99.9% eutectic gallium alloy, and a wt % of between about 0.1% and about 2.0% gallium oxide. Also disclosed are articles of manufacture, comprising the shear thinning gel composition, and methods of making article of manufacture having a shear thinning gel composition. Also disclosed are sensors and multiplexed systems utilizing deformable conductors.

Deformable conductors and related sensors, antennas and multiplexed systems

A conductive assembly may include a deformable substrate disposed around an axis, and a deformable conductor arranged on the deformable substrate. The substrate may be arranged to form a channel along the axis, and the deformable conductor may be arranged on the deformable substrate to form a waveguide. The deformable substrate, the first deformable conductor, and a second deformable conductor may be arranged to form a microstrip or a coaxial transmission line. A deformable transmission line may include a deformable substrate arranged in a substantially enclosed channel around an axis, a first deformable conductor arranged in a trace along the axis of the deformable substrate, and a second deformable conductor arranged on the deformable substrate to form a reference conductor for the first deformable conductor. A method of fabricating a deformable conductive assembly may include forming a deformable conductor on a deformable substrate, and disposing the deformable substrate around an axis.

Deformable conductive structures and methods for fabrication

A sensor may include a deformable sensing element having a deformable conductor arranged to deform in response to deformation of the sensing element, wherein the deformation of the sensing element is selectively controlled. The sensing element may be selectively controlled by a restraining element. The restraining element may control the deformation of the sensing element by distributing forces applied to the sensing element. The sensing element may include a deformable body with the deformable conductor arranged to respond to elongation of the deformable body. The deformable conductor may include a conductive gel. A sensor may include a deformable body, a deformable conductor arranged to deform in response to deformation of the deformable body, and a restraining element arranged to selectively control the deformation of the deformable body.

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Hillsboro, OR, United States of America

Mark William Ronay