IP Library Granted Patent US 9,480,151
Granted Patent B2
US 9,480,151 · App. 13/574,789 · Granted Oct 25, 2016

Assembly, method of assembling, and tile for use in assembly

Inventors: Margaretha Maria De Kok (Eindhoven, NL); Jeroen Van Den Brand (Goirle, NL); Gerardus Titus Van Heck (Eindhoven, NL)
Assignee: Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijkonderzoek TNO
H05K1/0277H01L27/3293H01L31/0392H01L31/042H01L51/5203H01R4/70H05B33/0896H05B33/10H05K3/325H05K3/365H05K13/04G09F9/00G09F19/22H01L2251/5338H01L2251/5361H01R4/04H01R12/7076H05K1/0283H05K1/038H05K1/147H05K1/189H05K3/321H05K2201/029H05K2201/0311H05K2201/046H05K2201/083H05K2201/09081H05K2201/09281H05K2201/10106H05K2201/10287H05K2201/10484Y02E10/50Y10T29/4913
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Patent No.
US 9,480,151
App. No.
13/574,789
Granted
Oct 25, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

An assembly of a plurality of tiles ( 1 ) with a carrier ( 40 ), wherein the tiles ( 1 ) comprise a foil ( 20 ) with an electro-physical transducer ( 10 ) and electrical connectors ( 24, 28 ) to said transducer. The tiles are mechanically and electrically coupled to the carrier, and the tiles overlay according to a fish scale pattern.

Claims (30)

1. Assembly comprising a plurality of tiles with a carrier that is flexible and/or stretchable in one or more directions, said tiles comprising a foil with an electro-physical transducer and electrical connections to said transducer via at least one electrically conductive track, wherein at least one electrically conductive element, extending through an area overlapped by the foil, electrically connects the at least one electrically conductive track with at least one electrical conductor of the carrier,

wherein the foil comprises a portion that is movable with respect to the carrier.

2. Assembly according to claim 1 , wherein each tile comprises a first, active area and a second, inactive area, wherein the first active area of tiles of the plurality of tiles overlays the second inactive area of other tiles of the plurality of tiles.

3. Assembly according to claim 2 , wherein the second inactive area is provided with the electrical connections to the electro-physical transducer.

4. Assembly according to claim 2 , wherein the active area of the tiles has a rounded edge.

5. Assembly according to claim 1 , wherein

the foil has a first main surface provided with the at least one electrically conductive track and opposite said first main surface a second main surface facing towards the carrier,

at least a first incision extends through the foil alongside said at least one electrically conductive track, therewith defining a strip shaped portion of the foil that carries a portion of the at least one electrically conductive track, and

the foil is attached to the carrier with the strip shaped portion.

6. Assembly according to claim 5 , wherein the electrically conductive element extends from the second surface, through the first incision, against the electrically conductive track.

7. Assembly according to claim 5 , wherein the foil has at least a second incision extending through the foil at a side of said electrically conductive track opposite the first incision, and wherein the electrically conductive element further extends through said second incision.

8. Assembly according to claim 5 , wherein the electrically conductive track serves as a first contact of the electro-physical transducer and wherein the foil is provided with a second electrically conductive track that serves as a second contact.

9. Assembly according to claim 8 , wherein said second electrically conductive track is electrically connected to a further electrical conductor of the carrier in a way analogous to the way the electrically conductive track is electrically connected to the electrical conductor of the carrier, a portion of said second electrically conductive track being carried by a second strip shaped portion.

10. Assembly according to claim 9 , wherein said first and said second strip shaped portions are arranged in mutually transverse directions and at mutually neighbouring sides of the electro-physical transducer.

11. Assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the electro-physical transducer is an OLED and wherein the electrically conductive track serves as a contact to an anode of the OLED, the assembly further comprising further electrical connections to the OLED via a second electrically conductive track that serves as a cathode of the OLED.

12. Assembly according to claim 6 , wherein the electrically conductive element is an electrically conductive wire.

13. Assembly according to claim 12 , wherein the electrically conductive wire is a spring.

14. Assembly according to claim 6 , wherein the electrically conductive element is a staple like pitch.

15. Assembly according to claim 1 , wherein said carrier is a textile.

16. Assembly according to claim 1 , wherein said carrier is a foil.

17. Assembly according to claim 1 , wherein said carrier is stretchable.

18. Assembly according to claim 5 , wherein said at least one incision ends into an incision prolongation stopper.

19. Assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the foil has a first and a second mutually opposite side and a third side extending between the first and the second side, the foil comprising a plurality of incisions, each extending from one of the first and the second side, wherein subsequent incisions extend from mutually opposite sides of the foil, therewith forming a meandering strip shaped portion, and wherein said electrically conductive track extends on said meandering strip shaped portion.

20. Assembly according to claim 1 , wherein each tile comprises a control facility and has an active area that is partitioned into a plurality of sections, wherein each section comprises a light emitting element as an electro-physical transducer and a sensor element as a further electro-physical transducer for sensing whether said section is covered by another tile or not, wherein the control facility is arranged to selectively activate only the electro-physical transducers in the sections for which it is sensed that they are at least partially uncovered.

21. Method of assembling the assembly of claim 1 comprising the plurality of tiles with the carrier, said tiles comprising the foil with the electro-physical transducer and electrical connections to said transducer, comprising the steps of

mechanically and electrically coupling said tiles to the carrier, and therewith overlaying the tiles according to a fish scale pattern.

22. A tile, arranged for use in the assembly of claim 1 .

23. Assembly according to claim 1 , wherein said tiles are mechanically and electrically coupled to the carrier, and wherein the tiles overlap according to a fish scale pattern, whereby a surface of at least one tile of said plurality of tiles is at least partially covered by another tile of said plurality of tiles.

24. Assembly according to claim 1 the assembly of said tiles with said carrier as a whole being flexible and/or stretchable.

25. Assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the assembly of said tiles with said carrier is arbitrarily deformable over a curved surface.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 6, 2012
From: DE KOK, MARGARETHA MARIA; VAN DEN BRAND, JEROEN; VAN HECK, GERARDUS TITUS
To: NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR TOEGEPAST-NATUURWETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK TNO
Reel/Frame 028905/0146 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 10152129 · Jan 29, 2010 · regional
Continuity (1)
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