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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2021
Carrier Corporation, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US);
Slade R. Culp, Coventry, CT (US);
Wayde R. Schmidt, Pomfret Center, CT (US);
David L. Lincoln, Cromwell, CT (US);
Dustin D. Caldwell, Portland, CT (US);
Peter R. Harris, Jupiter, FL (US);
KIDDE FIRE PROTECTION, LLC, Bradenton, FL (US);
Abstract
A method for manufacturing a detector for sensing, detecting and monitoring environmental hazards and conditions, said method including the printing of an electronic circuit on at least a first side of a flexible, printable substrate; coupling at least two electronic components to the electronic circuit on at least the first side of the flexible, printable substrate; thermoforming the flexible, printable substrate to form at least one detection zone from: (i) at least one side of the flexible, printable substrate having an angle for emitting one of a light or a signal from at least one electronic component; and (ii); at least one side of the flexible, printable substrate having an angle for receiving one of a light or a signal by at least one electronic component; and encapsulating the flexible, printable substrate, forming a detector.