Monitoring device

• US 10,342,136 B2
• Filed: 09/21/2017
• Issued: 07/02/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/23/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: RR Donnelley & Sons Company
• Original Assignee: RR Donnelley & Sons Company
• Inventors: Cyman, Jr., Theodore F., Murzynowski, Alan R., Kanfoush, Daniel E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Aychillhum, Andargie M
• Application Number:
  US15/711,689
• Publication Number:
  US 20180092216A1
• Time in Patent Office: 649 Days
• Field of Search: 361761, 361760
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/0772 Physical layout of the record carrier
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07749 the record carrier being capable of non-contact communication, e.g. constructional details of the antenna of a non-contact smart card
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 1/0278 Rigid circuit boards or rigid supports of circuit boards locally made bendable, e.g. by removal or replacement of material
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 1/11 Printed elements for providing electric connections to or between printed circuits
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 1/185 Components encapsulated in the insulating substrate of the printed circuit or incorporated in internal layers of a multilayer circuit semiconductor chips encapsulated by interconnect and support structures H01L23/5389, H01L24/00
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 2201/09081 Tongue or tail integrated in planar structure, e.g. obtained by cutting from the planar structure
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 2201/10037 Printed or non-printed battery
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 2201/10151 Sensor

Abstract

A monitoring device includes a substrate having a circuit trace disposed thereon and a circuit carrier having a recessed portion. The substrate includes a flexible flange portion having a component disposed thereon. The substrate is disposed on the circuit carrier such that the flange portion and the component are disposed in the recessed portion.

Claims

1. A monitoring device, comprising:

a substrate having a circuit trace disposed thereon, wherein the substrate includes a flexible flange portion including a living hinge and wherein the flexible flange portion has a component disposed thereon; and

a circuit carrier that includes a recessed portion;

wherein the substrate is disposed on the circuit carrier such that the flange portion and the component are disposed in the recessed portion.

2. The monitoring device of claim 1, further including a protective covering disposed on top of the substrate and an actuator disposed on the substrate, wherein the actuator may be manually actuated through the protective covering.

3. The monitoring device of claim 2, wherein the protective covering includes first edge portions, the circuit carrier includes second edge portions, and the first edge portions are affixed to the second edge portions.

4. The monitoring device of claim 3, wherein the protective covering and the circuit carrier are affixed to one another such that the interior of the monitoring device is substantially impermeable to liquids.

5. The monitoring device of claim 3, wherein the protective covering and the circuit carrier encase the substrate.

6. The monitoring device of claim 1, wherein the substrate comprises a first substrate and further including a second substrate, wherein the second substrate includes indicia on a surface thereof, the second substrate is disposed between the substrate and the protective covering, and the indicia are visible through the protective covering.

7. The monitoring device of claim 1, wherein the circuit carrier includes a plurality of protrusions that protrude outwardly away from the substrate.

8. The monitoring device of claim 7, wherein each of the plurality of protrusions is frustum shaped and includes a flat portion.

9. The monitoring device of claim 8, wherein the substrate comprises a first substrate and further including an adhesive and a second substrate, wherein the adhesive secures the second substrate to the flat portion of at least one of the protrusions.

10. The monitoring device of claim 1, wherein the component is a battery.

11. The monitoring device of claim 1, wherein the substrate includes a top surface opposite a bottom surface, and the component includes a top surface opposite a bottom surface, wherein a portion of the bottom surface of the substrate contacts the circuit carrier, a bottom surface of the component contacts the flange, and the top surface of the component does not substantially extend outwardly from the top surface of the substrate.

12. The monitoring device of claim 11, further including a connector that electrically couples the top surface of the component with the circuit trace.

13. The monitoring device of claim 12, wherein a portion of the connector is disposed over the flange and includes a top surface opposite a bottom surface, the bottom surface of such portion of the connector is in contact with the top surface of the component, and a top surface of such portion of the connector does not substantially extend outwardly beyond the top surface of the substrate.

14. The monitoring device of claim 1, wherein the flange portion is defined by a plurality of slits cut through the substrate and partially surrounds the component disposed on the flange portion.

15. The monitoring device of claim 14, further including a hinge that connects the flange portion to the substrate.