- Patent Title: Flexibility-controlled composite material and method of manufacture
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Application No.: US15032696Application Date: 2013-10-31
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Publication No.: US10730210B2Publication Date: 2020-08-04
- Inventor: Derek C. Krass , Douglas J. Weber , Jen-Chun Hsu , Osamu Yabe
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: APPLE INC.
- Current Assignee: APPLE INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
- International Application: PCT/US2013/067883 WO 20131031
- International Announcement: WO2015/065460 WO 20150507
- Main IPC: B29C43/18
- IPC: B29C43/18 ; B29C70/46 ; B32B25/10 ; B32B5/04 ; A44C5/00 ; A61B5/00 ; B29C35/02 ; B29C43/08 ; B29C65/00 ; B29K283/00 ; B32B3/26 ; B29K83/00 ; B29K105/08 ; B29K309/08

Abstract:
Systems and methods of providing a composite material that is bendable but substantially resists stretching under tension. One embodiment may take the form of a composite material formed by over-molding a woven glass fiber with silicone. The woven glass fiber may be rolled out with a silicon polymer melted into the woven fabric as the rolling process continues. The composite of the two materials may provide a material that bends easily but does not substantially stretch.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160250782A1 FLEXIBILITY-CONTROLLED COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE Public/Granted day:2016-09-01
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