US 12,089,385 B2
Highly-conformal, pliable thin electromagnetic skin
Amir I. Zaghloul, Bethesda, MD (US); Quang Minh Nguyen, Severn, MD (US); and Eric D. Adler, Columbia, MD (US)
Assigned to The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC (US)
Filed by U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command, Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD (US)
Filed on Dec. 16, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/123,902.
Prior Publication US 2022/0192066 A1, Jun. 16, 2022
Int. Cl. H05K 9/00 (2006.01); B60J 11/00 (2006.01); B64C 21/10 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 9/0081 (2013.01) [B60J 11/00 (2013.01); B64C 21/10 (2013.01); B64C 2230/12 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
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1. A highly-conformal, pliable thin electromagnetic skin for altering at least one electromagnetic property of a surface comprising:
a pliable thin film; and
sub-wavelength elements incorporated into and/or on the pliable thin film which are smaller in scale than the wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation they are intended to influence,
wherein the electromagnetic skin readily conforms to contours of a surface to which it attaches.