IP Library Granted Patent US 11,570,922
Granted Patent B2
US 11,570,922 · App. 17/054,742 · Granted Jan 31, 2023

Electronic apparatus attachable to surface of 3D structure having curved surface and method of manufacturing the same

Inventors: In Suk Choi (Seoul, KR); Yu Ki Lee (Seoul, KR); Young Joo Lee (Seoul, KR); Jyh-Ming Lien (Oakton, VA)
Assignees: Seoul National University R&DB Foundation; George Mason Research Foundation, Inc.
H05K7/02G06T17/20H01M10/04
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Patent No.
US 11,570,922
App. No.
17/054,742
Granted
Jan 31, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a method of manufacturing an electronic apparatus, the method including approximating a surface of a three-dimensional (3D) structure with two-dimensional (2D) meshes, forming a developed view by developing the 2D meshes, manufacturing an electronic apparatus having the same shape as a shape of the developed view, and attaching the electronic apparatus to the surface of the 3D structure.

Claims (21)

1. A method of manufacturing an electronic apparatus, the method comprising:

approximating a surface of a three-dimensional (3D) structure with two-dimensional (2D) meshes;

forming a developed view by developing the 2D meshes;

manufacturing an electronic apparatus having a shape that is the same as a shape of the developed view; and

attaching the electronic apparatus to the surface of the 3D structure.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein each of the 2D meshes has a triangular shape.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the 2D meshes in the developed view do not overlap one another.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the developed view comprises a plurality of branches including the 2D meshes, and two adjacent branches from among the plurality of branches are connected to each other at one end and are separated from each other at the other end.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein a cutting portion for partially cutting an edge of each of the plurality of branches is formed at a location between the 2D meshes.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the electronic apparatus comprises a substrate and an electronic device formed on the substrate, the substrate is cut according to the developed view, and the substrate is cut so as to include a terminal formed at an edge of the substrate before cutting.

7. An electronic apparatus attached to a surface of a three-dimensional (3D) structure, the electronic apparatus comprising:

a substrate comprising the plurality of branches; and

electronic devices formed on the plurality of branches,

wherein, from among the plurality of branches, two adjacent branches are connected to each other at one end and are apart from each other at the other end,

the plurality of branches are developed on a two-dimensional (2D) plane, and

the plurality of branches are located such that side surfaces thereof are in contact with one another three-dimensionally;

wherein the electronic apparatus is configured to approximate a surface of a three-dimensional (3D) structure with two-dimensional (2D) meshes,

wherein the electronic apparatus is configured to form a developed view by developing the 2D meshes, the developed view comprise a plurality of branches include the 2D meshes.

8. The electronic apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the 3D structure comprises a curved surface having a positive or negative Gaussian curvature.

9. The electronic apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the plurality of branches comprise cutting portions for partially cutting an edge of each of the branches in a width direction thereof.

10. The electronic apparatus of claim 7 , wherein some of the plurality of branches further comprise terminals.

Assignments (4)
CONFIRMATORY LICENSE Recorded Oct 10, 2024
From: GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY
To: NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Reel/Frame 068859/0666 →
CONFIRMATORY LICENSE Recorded Jun 7, 2023
From: GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY
To: NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Reel/Frame 063878/0855 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 10, 2021
From: GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY
To: GEORGE MASON RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
Reel/Frame 055554/0147 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 6, 2021
From: CHOI, IN SUK; LEE, YU KI; LEE, YOUNG JOO; LIEN, JYH-MING
To: SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION; GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY
Reel/Frame 054827/0911 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2018-0054346 · May 11, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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