US 11,949,350 B2
Flexible devices with jamming components
Thomas R. Corrigan, St. Paul, MN (US)
Assigned to 3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US)
Appl. No. 17/253,221
Filed by 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY, St. Paul, MN (US)
PCT Filed Jun. 26, 2019, PCT No. PCT/IB2019/055420
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 17, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/003176, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 2, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/691,471, filed on Jun. 28, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0273584 A1, Sep. 2, 2021
Int. Cl. H02N 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H10K 77/10 (2023.01); H10K 102/00 (2023.01)
CPC H02N 1/006 (2013.01) [G06F 1/163 (2013.01); H10K 77/111 (2023.02); H10K 2102/311 (2023.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A flexible electronic device comprising:
a set of dielectric layers;
a flexible component layer comprising at least one electronic component; and
a jamming device disposed proximate to the flexible component layer,
wherein the jamming device permits the flexible component layer to be bent in a first state,
wherein the jamming device is configured to resist bending of the flexible component layer in a second state,
wherein the jamming device comprises a plurality of sheets,
wherein the plurality of sheets comprising conductive layers such that the jamming device is jammable electrostatically, and
wherein the plurality of sheets comprises a first set of sheets and a second set of sheets, wherein the first set of sheets and the second set of sheets are interdigitated, and wherein the second state is induced when a voltage is applied between the first set of sheets and the second set of sheets.