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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2016
Applicant:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventors:
James David Holbery, Bellevue, WA (US);
Siyuan Ma, Redmond, WA (US);
Michael David Dickey, Raleigh, NC (US);
Assignee:
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 1/00 (2006.01); H05K 1/02 (2006.01); H05K 1/03 (2006.01); H05K 1/09 (2006.01); H05K 3/10 (2006.01); H05K 3/46 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 1/0272 (2013.01); G06F 1/1613 (2013.01); H05K 1/028 (2013.01); H05K 1/03 (2013.01); H05K 1/092 (2013.01); H05K 3/10 (2013.01); H05K 3/4644 (2013.01); H05K 2201/032 (2013.01); H05K 2201/09009 (2013.01);
Abstract
Examples are provided for a flexible circuit element including a flexible insulating support structure, a solid metal trace extending at least partially between a first connector and a second connector on the flexible insulating support structure, and a liquid metal conductor disposed in contact with the solid metal trace in a region of the trace configured to repeatedly flex when installed in a device.