US Patent Issued to University of Louisville Research Foundation on April 29 for "Method of adhering a microelectromechanical (MEMS) device to a flexible fabric substrate" (Kentucky Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,083, issued on April 29, was assigned to University of Louisville Research Foundation Inc. (Louisville, Ky.).

"Method of adhering a microelectromechanical (MEMS) device to a flexible fabric substrate" was invented by Cindy K. Harnett (Louisville, Ky.), Jasmin Beharic (Louisville, Ky.), Canisha Barbara Ternival (Louisville, Ky.), Sushmita Challa (Louisville, Ky.) and Mohammad Shafquatul Islam (Louisville, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Radial-armed thin-film bilayers are designed and fabricated from a metal and an oxide to produce grippers that interact with the yarns or fibers of the fabric and form a mechanical tangle attachment ...