IP Library Granted Patent US 12,745,346
Granted Patent B2
US 12,745,346 · App. 18/825,321 · Granted Sep 22, 2026

Stretchable device

Inventors: Masatomo Hishinuma (Tokyo, JP); Takumi Sano (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Magnolia White Corporation
H05K1/0283
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Patent No.
US 12,745,346
App. No.
18/825,321
Granted
Sep 22, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to an aspect, a stretchable device includes: a resin base member including a plurality of bodies disposed apart from each other and a plurality of hinges that couple the bodies to each other; and an array layer provided on the resin base member. The array layer includes a plurality of wiring lines extending along the hinges and spaced apart from each other in a width direction of the hinges. Each of the hinges has a plurality of bends bending when viewed in a stacking direction in which the resin base member and the array layer are stacked. Each of the bends has at least one or more slits that are formed between the wiring lines when viewed in the stacking direction and that divide the bend in the width direction.

Claims (22)

1 . A stretchable device comprising:

a resin base member comprising a plurality of bodies disposed apart from each other and a plurality of hinges that couple the bodies to each other; and

an array layer provided on the resin base member, wherein

the array layer comprises a plurality of wiring lines extending along the hinges and spaced apart from each other in a width direction of the hinges,

each of the hinges has a plurality of bends bending when viewed in a stacking direction in which the resin base member and the array layer are stacked, and

each of the bends has at least one or more slits that are formed between the wiring lines when viewed in the stacking direction and that divide the bend in the width direction,

wherein the hinge has a linear part having a linear shape when viewed in the stacking direction, and the linear part does not have the at least one or more slits and is continuous in the width direction.

2 . The stretchable device according to claim 1 , wherein

the bend has a plurality of divided bends divided in the width direction by the at least one or more slits, and

the wiring lines are respectively disposed at centers of the divided bends in the width direction.

3 . The stretchable device according to claim 1 , wherein

the bend has a plurality of divided bends divided in the width direction by the at least one or more slits,

the bend is an arc-shaped bend when viewed in the stacking direction,

the divided bends have different radii of curvature,

the wiring lines have arc wiring portions disposed on the divided bends and having different radii of curvature from each other, and

values of the arc wiring portions obtained by dividing the radii of curvature of the arc wiring portions by the widths of the arc wiring portion are equal to each other.

4 . The stretchable device according to claim 2 , wherein

the bend has a plurality of divided bends divided in the width direction by the at least one or more slits,

the bend is an arc-shaped bend when viewed in the stacking direction,

the divided bends have different radii of curvature,

the wiring lines have arc wiring portions disposed on the divided bends and having different radii of curvature from each other, and

values of the arc wiring portions obtained by dividing the radii of curvature of the arc wiring portions by the widths of the arc wiring portion are equal to each other.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 7, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
To: MAGNOLIA WHITE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 071614/0376 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 5, 2024
From: HISHINUMA, MASATOMO; SANO, TAKUMI
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 068497/0138 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2023-145429 · Sep 7, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20250089157A1 · Mar 13, 2025
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