Patents by Inventor Pierluigi Rubino

Pierluigi Rubino 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).

  • Publication number: 20240153933
    Abstract: A hybrid document includes a flexible document and a component having a component substrate disposed in or on the flexible document. One or more inorganic light-emitting diodes, a controller electrically connected to the one or more inorganic light-emitting diodes for controlling the one or more inorganic light-emitting diodes, and a piezoelectric power source are disposed on the component substrate. The power source can include a plurality of electrically connected individual piezoelectric power-source elements electrically connected to the controller, the inorganic light-emitting diodes, or both. Each of the one or more inorganic light-emitting diodes, the controller, the component substrate, or each of the individual piezoelectric power-source elements can comprise a broken or separated tether. The component substrate can be a flexible substrate that is more flexible than any one of the inorganic light-emitting diodes, the controller, and the individual piezoelectric power-source elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Ronald S. Cok, António José Marques Trindade, Pierluigi Rubino
  • Patent number: 11952266
    Abstract: A micro-device structure comprises a source substrate having a sacrificial layer comprising a sacrificial portion adjacent to an anchor portion, a micro-device disposed completely over the sacrificial portion, the micro-device having a top side opposite the sacrificial portion and a bottom side adjacent to the sacrificial portion and comprising an etch hole that extends through the micro-device from the top side to the bottom side, and a tether that physically connects the micro-device to the anchor portion. A micro-device structure comprises a micro-device disposed on a target substrate. Micro-devices can be any one or more of an antenna, a micro-heater, a power device, a MEMs device, and a micro-fluidic reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: X-Celeprint Limited
    Inventor: Pierluigi Rubino
  • Publication number: 20220285291
    Abstract: A micro-component module comprises a module substrate, a component disposed on the module substrate, and at least a portion of a module tether in contact with the module substrate. The module substrate can be flexible or can comprise an organic material, or both. The module tether can be more brittle and less flexible than the module substrate. The component can be less flexible than the module substrate and can comprise at least a portion of a component tether. An encapsulation layer can be disposed over the component and module substrate. The component can be disposed in a mechanically neutral stress plane of the micro-component module. A micro-component module system can comprise a micro-component module disposed on a flexible system substrate, for example by micro-transfer printing. A micro-component module can comprise an internal module cavity in the module substrate with internal module tethers physically connecting the module substrate to internal anchors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: António José Marques Trindade, Ronald S. Cok, Pierluigi Rubino
  • Publication number: 20220112078
    Abstract: A micro-device structure comprises a source substrate having a sacrificial layer comprising a sacrificial portion adjacent to an anchor portion, a micro-device disposed completely over the sacrificial portion, the micro-device having a top side opposite the sacrificial portion and a bottom side adjacent to the sacrificial portion and comprising an etch hole that extends through the micro-device from the top side to the bottom side, and a tether that physically connects the micro-device to the anchor portion. A micro-device structure comprises a micro-device disposed on a target substrate. Micro-devices can be any one or more of an antenna, a micro-heater, a power device, a MEMs device, and a micro-fluidic reservoir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventor: Pierluigi Rubino
  • Publication number: 20220112073
    Abstract: A micro-device structure comprises a source substrate having a sacrificial layer comprising a sacrificial portion adjacent to an anchor portion, a micro-device disposed completely over the sacrificial portion, the micro-device having a top side opposite the sacrificial portion and a bottom side adjacent to the sacrificial portion and comprising an etch hole that extends through the micro-device from the top side to the bottom side, and a tether that physically connects the micro-device to the anchor portion. A micro-device structure comprises a micro-device disposed on a target substrate. Micro-devices can be any one or more of an antenna, a micro-heater, a power device, a MEMs device, and a micro-fluidic reservoir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: António José Marques Trindade, Pierluigi Rubino