US Patent Issued to Sharp on Oct. 14 for "Support system and flexible display device comprising support system" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,445,065, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Sharp K.K. (Sakai, Japan).

"Support system and flexible display device comprising support system" was invented by Shugo Kano (Sakai, Japan), Ryuzo Yuki (Sakai, Japan) and Tomohiro Kimura (Sakai, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A support system includes: a container that is deformable; an ER fluid sealed in the container; and a plurality of application electrodes each provided in the container, and the support system further includes a plurality of rigid bodies each firmly fixed to the container."

The patent was filed on Feb. 15, 2021, under Application No. 18/276,759.

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