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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2017
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Dylan T. Cosgrove, Oakdale, MN (US);
Catherine A. Leatherdale, Woodbury, MN (US);
Fay T. Salmon, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Jun Fujita, Tokyo, JP;
Albert I. Everaerts, Tucson, AZ (US);
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
Electronic Devices Incorporating Flexible Component Layers with Interlocking Devices At least some aspects of the present disclosure directs to an electronic devicecomprising a rigid memberA,B, a flexible component layer, and an interlocking deviceA, HOB disposed between the flexible component layer and the rigid member. The flexible component layer has at least two sections when the flexible component layer is flexed. The interlocking device comprises a first interlocking component attached to or integrated with the flexible component layer, and a second interlocking component attached to or integrated with the rigid member configured to engage with the first interlocking component, such that the engagement prevents the separation of the flexible component layer from the rigid member along a direction generally perpendicular to a surface of the rigid member.