ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,476, issued on March 31, was assigned to Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA (Lippstadt, Germany).
"Bending printed circuit boards" was invented by Winfried Scheibe (Lippstadt, Germany), Sandra Ritterswuerden (Lippstadt, Germany) and Stefan Werner (Bocholt, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A printed circuit board having essentially a first region, a second region, and a third region. The first region and the third region can be used for the placement of electrical and/or electronic components. The second region located in the middle of the three regions is a bend region. A side edge of the printed circuit board is offset inward in this regi...