US Patent Issued to Motorola Mobility on March 17 for "Deformable electronic devices and methods for constructing the same" (Illinois Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,578,763, issued on March 17, was assigned to Motorola Mobility LLC (Chicago).

"Deformable electronic devices and methods for constructing the same" was invented by Steve C Emmert (McHenry, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A deformable electronic device includes a flexible substrate supporting a plurality of pivot shafts each having its central axis aligned substantially parallel with a surface defined by the flexible substrate. A plurality of links interconnects the pivot shafts. Each link defines a pivoting aperture within which a pivot shaft can rotate without translation and a sliding aperture within which another pivot shaft can ...