Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electronic device accessories formed from intertwined fibers
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Application No.: US12637355Application Date: 2009-12-14
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Publication No.: US09628890B2Publication Date: 2017-04-18
- Inventor: David Bibl , Matthew Rohrbach , Peter Russell-Clarke
- Applicant: David Bibl , Matthew Rohrbach , Peter Russell-Clarke
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Treyz Law Group, P.C.
- Agent G. Victor Treyz; Kendall W. Abbasi
- Main IPC: H04R1/10
- IPC: H04R1/10 ; H04R5/033

Abstract:
Fibers may be intertwined to form structures for electronic devices and other parts. Fibers may be intertwined using computer-controlled braiding, weaving, and knitting equipment. Binder materials may be selectively incorporated into the intertwined fibers. By controlling the properties of the intertwined fibers and the patterns of incorporated binder, structures can be formed that include antenna windows, sound-transparent and sound-blocking structures, structures that have integral rigid and flexible portions, and tubes with seamless forked portions. Fiber-based structures such as these may be used to form cables and other parts of headphones or other electronic device accessories, housings for electronic devices such as housings for portable computers, and other structures.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100316229A1 ELECTRONIC DEVICE ACCESSORIES FORMED FROM INTERTWINED FIBERS Public/Granted day:2010-12-16
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