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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2020
Applicant:
Dell Products L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);
Inventors:
Steven Embleton, Austin, TX (US);
Travis C. North, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Assignee:
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F28F 21/02 (2006.01); B32B 3/30 (2006.01); B32B 37/00 (2006.01); H05K 7/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F28F 21/02 (2013.01); B32B 3/30 (2013.01); B32B 37/0076 (2013.01); H05K 7/20263 (2013.01); H05K 7/20772 (2013.01); H05K 7/20781 (2013.01); H05K 7/20836 (2013.01); B32B 2305/02 (2013.01); B32B 2307/304 (2013.01); F28F 2255/02 (2013.01); Y10T 29/4935 (2015.01);
Abstract
A member may include a flexible material with thickness significantly smaller than that of other dimensions of the flexible material and at least one localized structure patterned within the flexible material, the at least one localized structure having a negative Poisson's ratio, such that when the member is mechanically coupled to a second structure using mechanical stress, the member conforms to features of the second structure.