US Patent Issued to University of Southampton on April 8 for "Electronic textile assembly having electronic componentry which is provided on a substrate and encapsulated by a film" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,272,611, issued on April 8, was assigned to University of Southampton (Southampton, Great Britain).

"Electronic textile assembly having electronic componentry which is provided on a substrate and encapsulated by a film" was invented by Stephen Paul Beeby (Southampton, Great Britain), Michael John Tudor (Southampton, Great Britain) and Menglong Li (Southampton, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention is that of an encapsulated electronic component assembly that may be incorporated into a textile or yarn. Electronic components is encapsulated in two flexible substrates forming a pod for housing the electronic components....