Patents by Inventor Frederic DUFLOS

Frederic DUFLOS has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • System including a conductive textile and an electronic circuit unit and a method
    Patent number: 10412830
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present inventive concept there is provided a system comprising: a conductive textile including conductive fibers, an electronic circuit unit arranged on a first main surface of the conductive textile and including circuitry and a carrier supporting the circuitry, the carrier having a first main surface and a second main surface facing the first main surface of the textile and including a through-hole extending from the first main surface to the second main surface, a conductive pin including an leg segment arranged at least partly in the through-hole, and a grip segment arranged to grip about at least one fiber of the conductive textile. There is also provided a method for mounting an electronic circuit unit on a conductive textile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: IMEC VZW
    Inventors: Riet Labie, Frederic Duflos
  • SYSTEM INCLUDING A CONDUCTIVE TEXTILE AND AN ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT UNIT AND A METHOD
    Publication number: 20180242449
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present inventive concept there is provided a system comprising: a conductive textile including conductive fibers, an electronic circuit unit arranged on a first main surface of the conductive textile and including circuitry and a carrier supporting the circuitry, the carrier having a first main surface and a second main surface facing the first main surface of the textile and including a through-hole extending from the first main surface to the second main surface, a conductive pin including an leg segment arranged at least partly in the through-hole, and a grip segment arranged to grip about at least one fiber of the conductive textile. There is also provided a method for mounting an electronic circuit unit on a conductive textile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2018
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: Riet LABIE, Frederic DUFLOS