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公开(公告)号：US10526731B2
公开(公告)日：2020-01-07
申请号：US15537848
申请日：2015-12-01
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Daniel A. Podhajny , Yohji Hamada , Kathryn P. Crews , Joseph B. Walker , Daniel D. Sunshine
Abstract: Weaving equipment may include strand positioning equipment that positions warp strands and that inserts weft strands among the warp strands to form fabric. The weaving equipment may include one or more guide arms that pushes warp strands in the weft direction during weaving. Fabrics having warp strands that extend in both the warp direction and the weft direction may be used in forming circuitry in fabrics such as touch sensor circuitry. For example, a touch sensor in a fabric may be formed using first conductive warp strands that form first touch sensor electrodes and second conductive warp strands that form second touch sensor electrodes that overlap with the first touch sensor electrodes. The second conductive warp strands may each have a first portion that extends in the warp direction and a second portion that extends in the weft direction across the first touch sensor electrodes.
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公开(公告)号：US10439667B1
公开(公告)日：2019-10-08
申请号：US16056309
申请日：2018-08-06
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Jessica J. Lu , Daniel A. Podhajny , Daniel D. Sunshine
Abstract: A fabric case for an electronic device may include a back panel having a periphery and a sidewall that extends around the periphery. The back panel and the sidewall may be joined monolithically or may be joined using seams. A monolithic fabric case may be formed by knitting rows of loops to create a sidewall, knitting rows of loops to create a back panel, and joining the loops of the sidewall with the loops of the back panel as the back panel is being knitted. A fabric case with seams may be formed by attaching a fabric sidewall to a fabric back panel using a seam such as a chain stitch. The sidewall may be a seamless tube of fabric that extends continuously around the back panel. The seamless tube may be folded to create interior and exterior walls. A stiffener may be interposed between the interior and exterior walls.
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公开(公告)号：US20190272055A1
公开(公告)日：2019-09-05
申请号：US16417414
申请日：2019-05-20
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Daniel A. Podhajny , Kathryn P. Crews , Daniel D. Sunshine
Abstract: A touch-sensitive textile device that is configured to detect the occurrence of a touch, the location of a touch, and/or the force of a touch on the touch-sensitive textile device. In some embodiments, the touch-sensitive textile device includes a first set of conductive threads oriented along a first direction, and a second set of conductive threads interwoven with the first set of conductive threads and oriented along a second direction. The device may also include a sensing circuit that is operatively coupled to the first and second set of conductive threads. The sensing circuit may be configured to apply a drive signal to the first and second set of conductive threads. The sensing circuit may also be configured to detect a touch or near touch based on a variation in an electrical measurement using the first or second set of conductive threads.
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公开(公告)号：US20190191557A1
公开(公告)日：2019-06-20
申请号：US16280920
申请日：2019-02-20
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Daniel D. Sunshine , Daniel A. Podhajny , Kathryn P. Crews , Kirk M. Mayer , John Arthur Maasberg
CPC classification number: H05K1/038 , C23C18/16 , C23C18/1633 , C25D7/0607 , H01B13/0026 , H01B13/0036 , H05K3/103 , H05K2201/0281
Abstract: Strands of material may be intertwined using weaving techniques, knitting techniques, non-woven or entanglement techniques, or braiding techniques. Fabric that is formed from the strands of material may be used in forming a fabric-based item. The fabric based item may include electrical components. The strands may include conductive strands that form signal paths. The signal paths can carry electrical signals associated with operation of the electrical components. Each strand may have an elongated core and a coating. Strands may also include intermediate layers between the cores and coatings. The cores, intermediate layers, and coatings may be formed from polymer without conductive filler, polymer with conductive filler, and/or metal. A polymer core may be provided with recesses to help retain subsequently deposited layers such as a metal coating layer. The recesses may be grooves that extend along the longitudinal axis of the core.
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公开(公告)号：US20180363173A1
公开(公告)日：2018-12-20
申请号：US15941287
申请日：2018-03-30
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Steven J. Keating , Daniel D. Sunshine , Kathryn P. Crews , Daniel A. Podhajny , Nicholas G. L. Merz
Abstract: A fabric-based item may include fabric formed from intertwined strands of material such as intertwined strands of tubing. The strands of material may include electrophoretic ink formed from charged nanoparticles of different colors in fluid. The electrophoretic ink may be contained within strands of tubing or may be enclosed within encapsulation structures such as encapsulation spheres. Encapsulation spheres or other encapsulation structures may be embedded in clear polymer binder within tubing or other strands. Electroluminescent particles may be included in the clear polymer binder. Electric fields can be applied to the electrophoretic ink in a given area of the fabric using conductive strands that overlap the area, using conductive electrodes such as transparent conductive electrodes on strands of tubing, using coaxial electrodes, or using other electrode structures.
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公开(公告)号：US20180061743A1
公开(公告)日：2018-03-01
申请号：US15415496
申请日：2017-01-25
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Yung-Yu Hsu , Hoon Sik Kim , Christopher A. Schultz , David M. Kindlon , Daniel D. Sunshine , Paul S. Drzaic , Sinan Alousi , Terry C. Shyu
IPC: H01L23/498 , H01L33/62 , H01L25/075
CPC classification number: H01L23/4985 , G06F3/041 , H01L23/49838 , H01L25/0753 , H01L33/62 , H05K1/0283 , H05K1/189 , H05K2201/09063 , H05K2201/09263 , H05K2201/10106
Abstract: An item may have a flexible support structure and may include a flexible component. The flexible component may have electrical components mounted on component mounting regions in a flexible circuit substrate. The component mounting regions may be interconnected by serpentine interconnect paths or other flexible interconnect paths. The flexible circuit substrate and component mounting regions may extend along a longitudinal axis of the flexible component or may form a two-dimensional array. Two-dimensional mesh-shaped flexible circuit substrates may be used in forming displays. The mesh-shaped flexible circuit substrates may be auxetic substrates that widen when stretched (e.g., structures with a negative Poisson's ratio that become thicker perpendicular to applied force when stretched) and that therefore reduce image distortion. Temporary tethers may help hold flexible circuit substrates together until intentionally broken following assembly of a flexible component into the flexible support structure.
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公开(公告)号：US09886062B2
公开(公告)日：2018-02-06
申请号：US14193792
申请日：2014-02-28
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Amy Qian , Daniel D. Sunshine , Jeremy C. Franklin , Michael K. Pilliod
IPC: H05K7/00 , E04G3/00 , G06F1/16 , B32B7/12 , B32B17/06 , B32B37/12 , C03C21/00 , H05K5/03 , G02F1/1333 , H04M1/02
CPC classification number: G06F1/1643 , B32B7/12 , B32B17/06 , B32B17/067 , B32B37/12 , B32B2262/101 , B32B2457/20 , B32B2457/208 , C03C21/00 , G02F2001/133331 , H04M1/0266 , H05K5/03 , Y10T428/24967
Abstract: A transparent article, such as a transparent cover, for use as a cover glass for an electronic device, as well as methods for producing transparent articles, are disclosed. The transparent article can form a part of a housing of the portable electronic device and can provide an outer surface for a portion of the housing. The transparent article can be provided over a display of portable electronic device to provide a protective outer cover over the display. In one embodiment, the transparent article can be formed with a laminate structure. In another embodiment, the transparent article can be formed with a ribbed structure. In still another embodiment, a sapphire coating can be deposited on the transparent article to improve it strength. Advantageously, the transparent article is able to be not only thin and lightweight but also provide sufficient stiffness for use as a cover glass.
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公开(公告)号：US20170370030A1
公开(公告)日：2017-12-28
申请号：US15537848
申请日：2015-12-01
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Daniel A. Podhajny , Yohji Hamada , Kathryn P. Crews , Joseph B. Walker , Daniel D. Sunshine
CPC classification number: D03D1/0088 , D03D3/005 , D03D13/00 , D10B2401/16 , G06F3/044 , G06F2203/04102
Abstract: Weaving equipment may include strand positioning equipment that positions warp strands and that inserts weft strands among the warp strands to form fabric. The weaving equipment may include one or more guide arms that pushes warp strands in the weft direction during weaving. Fabrics having warp strands that extend in both the warp direction and the weft direction may be used in forming circuitry in fabrics such as touch sensor circuitry. For example, a touch sensor in a fabric may be formed using first conductive warp strands that form first touch sensor electrodes and second conductive warp strands that form second touch sensor electrodes that overlap with the first touch sensor electrodes. The second conductive warp strands may each have a first portion that extends in the warp direction and a second portion that extends in the weft direction across the first touch sensor electrodes.
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公开(公告)号：US20170249033A1
公开(公告)日：2017-08-31
申请号：US15514452
申请日：2015-09-16
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Daniel A. Podhajny , Kathryn P. Crews , Daniel D. Sunshine
CPC classification number: G06F3/044 , G06F3/0416 , G06F3/0443 , G06F3/0445 , G06F3/045
Abstract: A touch-sensitive textile device that is configured to detect the occurrence of a touch, the location of a touch, and/or the force of a touch on the touch-sensitive textile device. In some embodiments, the touch-sensitive textile device includes a first set of conductive threads oriented along a first direction, and a second set of conductive threads interwoven with the first set of conductive threads and oriented along a second direction. The device may also include a sensing circuit that is operatively coupled to the first and second set of conductive threads. The sensing circuit may be configured to apply a drive signal to the first and second set of conductive threads. The sensing circuit may also be configured to detect a touch or near touch based on a variation in an electrical measurement using the first or second set of conductive threads.
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公开(公告)号：US12133743B2
公开(公告)日：2024-11-05
申请号：US17900733
申请日：2022-08-31
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Steven J. Keating , Daniel D. Sunshine , Benjamin J. Grena , Daniel A. Podhajny , Jerzy S. Guterman , Jessica J. Lu , David M. Kindlon
IPC: H04W4/80 , A61B5/00 , A61B5/01 , A61B5/0205 , A61B5/021 , A61B5/024 , A61B5/08 , A61B5/113 , A61B5/25 , D02G3/44 , D03D1/00 , D03D7/00 , D03D15/56 , H04B1/3827
Abstract: A fabric-based item may be provided with a stretchable band. The stretchable band may be formed from a ring-shaped strip of stretchable fabric having an opening configured to fit around a body part of a user. Circuitry may be coupled to strands of material in the stretchable band. The circuitry may include sensor circuitry for making measurements on the body part such as electrocardiogram measurements, blood pressure measurements, and respiration rate measurements. Wireless communications circuitry in the fabric-based item may be used to communicate wirelessly with external electronic equipment. A wireless power transmitting device may transmit wireless power. A coil formed from conductive strands in the fabric-based item may be used by wireless power receiving circuitry in the fabric-based item to receive the wireless power. The coil may have one or more turns that run around the ring-shaped strip of stretchable fabric.
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