Print media with inductive secondary

• US 9,699,928 B2
• Filed: 01/04/2013
• Issued: 07/04/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 01/06/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Philips IP Ventures B.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Original Assignee: Access Business Group International LLC (Alticor Incorporated)
• Inventors: Nguyen, Hai D., Van Den Brink, Joseph C., Eurich, Sean T., Kuyvenhoven, Neil W., Turner, Kaitlyn J., Moes, Benjamin C.
• Primary Examiner(s): Aychillhum, Andargie M
• Application Number:
  US14/370,516
• Publication Number:
  US 20150022980A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,642 Days
• Field of Search: 361749, 361748
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 27/2804 Printed windings
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 38/14 Inductive couplings for wireless supply or distribution of electric power using inductive coupling H02J50/10
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 1/028 Bending or folding regions of flexible printed circuits H05K1/0283 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 1/092 Dispersed materials, e.g. conductive pastes or inks
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 1/111 Pads for surface mounting, e.g. lay-out
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 1/165 incorporating printed inductors
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 13/00 Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing or adjusting assemblages of electric components
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 2201/032 Materials
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 2201/0329 Intrinsically conductive polymer [ICP]; Semiconductive polymer
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 2201/086 for inductive purposes, e.g. printed inductor with ferrite core
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 2201/1003 Non-printed inductor
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 2201/10037 Printed or non-printed battery
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 2201/1028 Thin metal strips as connectors or conductors
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 2201/10386 Clip leads; Terminals gripping the edge of a substrate
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 2201/10401 Eyelets, i.e. rings inserted into a hole through a circuit board
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 3/361 Assembling flexible printed circuits with other printed circuits
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 7/02 Arrangements of circuit components or wiring on supporting structure
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49117 Conductor or circuit manufacturing

Abstract

An item of print media (30) including an inductive secondary (50) for providing power to a load (32). The inductive secondary is responsive to an electromagnetic flux to generate a time-varying current or voltage therein. The current or voltage induced in the inductive secondary directly or indirectly powers the load to thereby enhance the functionality and/or the appeal of the item of print media without significantly adding to its cost. The load can provide a visual and/or auditory output, and can include an electroluminescent display, an e-ink display, a piezo speaker coil, an electrostatic speaker, an OLED, an LED or an LCD display. Embodiments of the invention can be utilized in connection with a wide variety of print media, including for example books, booklets, pamphlets, labels, magazines, manuals, brochures, maps, charts, posters, journals, newspapers or loose leaf pages.

Claims

1. An item of print media comprising:

a first substrate including textual or graphic content thereon; and

an inductive secondary supported by the first substrate, wherein the inductive secondary is operable to drive a visual, olfactory, or auditory device in response to a time-varying electromagnetic field to enhance the textual or graphic content.

2. The item of print media of claim 1, wherein the inductive secondary includes one of a wire coil and a PCB coil.

3. The item of print media of claim 1, wherein the first substrate includes one of a page, a label, a cover, a jacket, a binding, a spine and a sleeve.

4. The item of print media of claim 1 further including a second substrate including a display area and supporting the visual or auditory device thereon.

5. The item of print media of claim 4 wherein the first and second substrates are joined along a fold line.

6. The item of print media of claim 1 wherein the visual or auditory device includes at least one of an electroluminescent display, an e-ink display, a piezo speaker coil, an electrostatic speaker, an OLED, an LED and an LCD display.