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Patent No.:

US 9371986 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2016

Filed:

May. 16, 2014

Flexible led light arrays

Applicant:

Erogear, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);

Inventor:

Anders Kristofer Nelson, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

Erogear, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);

Attorneys:

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Andrew McAleavey

Primary Examiner:

Jason Moon Han

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 21/08 (2006.01); F21V 33/00 (2006.01); F21V 21/002 (2006.01); F21V 23/00 (2015.01); F21V 23/04 (2006.01); H05K 1/02 (2006.01); F21Y 101/02 (2006.01); F21Y 105/00 (2016.01); G09F 9/33 (2006.01); H05K 1/03 (2006.01); G09F 21/02 (2006.01); A41D 27/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 33/0008 (2013.01); F21V 21/002 (2013.01); F21V 23/005 (2013.01); F21V 23/0435 (2013.01); H05K 1/0281 (2013.01); A41D 27/085 (2013.01); F21V 33/008 (2013.01); F21Y 2101/02 (2013.01); F21Y 2105/001 (2013.01); G09F 9/33 (2013.01); G09F 2021/023 (2013.01); H05K 1/038 (2013.01); H05K 2201/09263 (2013.01); H05K 2201/10106 (2013.01);
Abstract

Flexible LED light arrays particularly suitable for use in clothing and other articles are disclosed. The light arrays are disposed on flexible printed circuit boards (PCBs). The flexible PCBs include substantially sinusoidal metal contact traces, along which the LEDs are attached at an angle preselected to minimize stresses in the expected directions of bending. The flexible PCBs may have control electronics provided on separate, attachable control boards, which may be either flexible or rigid. The flexible LED light arrays may also be arranged in master-slave configurations with a number of arrays, in which one master control array or board is attached to a number of slave arrays and handles external communication for the slave arrays.

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