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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2019
Applicant:
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Inventor:
Thomas R. Corrigan, St. Paul, MN (US);
Assignee:
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02N 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H10K 77/10 (2023.01); H10K 102/00 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02N 1/006 (2013.01); G06F 1/163 (2013.01); H10K 77/111 (2023.02); H10K 2102/311 (2023.02);
Abstract
At least some embodiments of the present disclosure direct to a flexible device, comprising a flexible component layer, and a jamming device disposed proximate to the flexible component layer. The jamming device permits the flexible component layer to be bent in a first state. The jamming device is configured to resist bending of the flexible component layer in a second state.