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公开(公告)号：US09974170B1
公开(公告)日：2018-05-15
申请号：US15146601
申请日：2016-05-04
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：US20230317626A1
公开(公告)日：2023-10-05
申请号：US18330276
申请日：2023-06-06
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Daniel D. Sunshine , Paul S. Drzaic , Daniel A. Podhajny , David M. Kindlon , Hoon Sik Kim , Kathryn P. Crews , Yung-Yu Hsu
IPC: H05K1/03 , G01D11/30 , H01L23/538 , H01L33/56 , H05K1/18 , D02G3/44 , H01L23/31 , H01L25/075
CPC classification number: H01L23/5387 , D02G3/441 , G01D11/30 , H01L23/3121 , H01L23/5386 , H01L25/0753 , H01L33/56 , H05K1/038 , H05K1/189 , A41D1/005 , H05K2201/10106
Abstract: A fabric-based item may include fabric layers and other layers of material. An array of electrical components may be mounted in the fabric-based item. The electrical components may be mounted to a support structure such as a flexible printed circuit. The flexible printed circuit may have a mesh shape formed from an array of openings. Serpentine flexible printed circuit segments may extend between the openings. The electrical components may be light-emitting diodes or other electrical devices. Polymer with light-scattering particles or other materials may cover the electrical components. The flexible printed circuit may be laminated between fabric layers or other layers of material in the fabric-based item.
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公开(公告)号：US11710703B2
公开(公告)日：2023-07-25
申请号：US17472223
申请日：2021-09-10
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Daniel D. Sunshine , Paul S. Drzaic , Daniel A. Podhajny , David M. Kindlon , Hoon Sik Kim , Kathryn P. Crews , Yung-Yu Hsu
IPC: H01L23/538 , H05K1/18 , H05K1/03 , D02G3/44 , G01D11/30 , H01L23/31 , H01L25/075 , H01L33/56 , A41D1/00 , H05K1/02 , H05K3/28 , F21Y115/10 , H01L21/48 , H01L23/00 , H01L33/62
CPC classification number: H01L23/5387 , D02G3/441 , G01D11/30 , H01L23/3121 , H01L23/5386 , H01L25/0753 , H01L33/56 , H05K1/038 , H05K1/189 , A41D1/005 , F21Y2115/10 , H01L21/4853 , H01L24/16 , H01L33/62 , H01L2224/16225 , H01L2224/16227 , H01L2924/15174 , H01L2933/0091 , H05K1/0283 , H05K3/284 , H05K2201/10106 , H05K2201/2009
Abstract: A fabric-based item may include fabric layers and other layers of material. An array of electrical components may be mounted in the fabric-based item. The electrical components may be mounted to a support structure such as a flexible printed circuit. The flexible printed circuit may have a mesh shape formed from an array of openings. Serpentine flexible printed circuit segments may extend between the openings. The electrical components may be light-emitting diodes or other electrical devices. Polymer with light-scattering particles or other materials may cover the electrical components. The flexible printed circuit may be laminated between fabric layers or other layers of material in the fabric-based item.
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公开(公告)号：US11668026B2
公开(公告)日：2023-06-06
申请号：US16415486
申请日：2019-05-17
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Peter F. Coxeter , Didio V. Gomes , Benjamin J. Grena , Steven J. Keating , David M. Kindlon , Maurice P. May , Daniel A. Podhajny , Andrew L. Rosenberg , Daniel D. Sunshine
CPC classification number: D03D1/0088 , D02G3/441 , H05K1/038 , H05K3/34 , H05K2201/029
Abstract: A fabric-based item may include fabric formed from intertwined strands of material. The fabric may include first and second fabric layers that at least partially surround a pocket. Initially, the pocket may be completely enclosed by the first and second layers of fabric. A shim may be placed in the pocket before the pocket is closed. An opening may be formed in the first layer of fabric to expose a conductive strand in the pocket. The shim may prevent the cutting tool from cutting all the way through to the second layer of fabric. After cutting the hole in the first layer of fabric, the shim may be removed and an electrical component may be soldered to the conductive strand in the pocket. A polymer material may be injected into the pocket to encapsulate the electrical component. The polymer material may interlock with the surrounding pocket walls.
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公开(公告)号：US20230130936A1
公开(公告)日：2023-04-27
申请号：US18145215
申请日：2022-12-22
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Daniel D. Sunshine , Daniel A. Podhajny , Didio V. Gomes , Maurice Philip May , David M. Kindlon , Andrew L. Rosenberg
Abstract: Weaving equipment may include warp strand positioning equipment that positions warp strands and weft strand positioning equipment that inserts weft strands among the warp strands to form fabric. The fabric may include insulating strands and conductive strands. The conductive strands may be coupled to electrical components. The warp strand positioning equipment may position the warp strands to form a shed. Component insertion equipment may be used to insert electrical components into the shed. The weaving equipment may have a reed. The reed may be used to help position an electrical component in the fabric. The weaving equipment may have take-down equipment and individually controllable warp fiber positioning and tensioning devices.
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公开(公告)号：US11601756B2
公开(公告)日：2023-03-07
申请号：US16584799
申请日：2019-09-26
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Jonathan R. Peterson , Daniel D. Sunshine , Yohji Hamada , Daniel A. Podhajny , Kathryn P. Crews , Jahan Minoo , David M. Kindlon
Abstract: An electronic device such as a pair of headphones may be provided with left and right speakers for playing audio to a user. Control circuitry in the electronic device may play audio through the speakers in an unreversed configuration in which left channel audio is played through a first of the speakers that is adjacent to a left ear of the user and right channel audio is played through a second of the speakers that is adjacent to a right ear of the user or a reversed configuration in which these channel assignments are reversed. The headphones may have ear cups that house the speakers. Capacitive touch sensors, force sensors, and other sensors on the ear cups may measure ear shapes and finger grip positions on the ear cups to determine whether to operate in the unreversed or reversed configuration. Sensors may gather gestures and other user touch input.
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公开(公告)号：US11535963B2
公开(公告)日：2022-12-27
申请号：US16953117
申请日：2020-11-19
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Daniel D. Sunshine , Daniel A. Podhajny , Didio V. Gomes , Maurice Philip May , David M. Kindlon , Andrew L. Rosenberg
Abstract: Weaving equipment may include warp strand positioning equipment that positions warp strands and weft strand positioning equipment that inserts weft strands among the warp strands to form fabric. The fabric may include insulating strands and conductive strands. The conductive strands may be coupled to electrical components. The warp strand positioning equipment may position the warp strands to form a shed. Component insertion equipment may be used to insert electrical components into the shed. The weaving equipment may have a reed. The reed may be used to help position an electrical component in the fabric. The weaving equipment may have take-down equipment and individually controllable warp fiber positioning and tensioning devices.
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公开(公告)号：US11255028B2
公开(公告)日：2022-02-22
申请号：US17112323
申请日：2020-12-04
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Daniel A. Podhajny , Daniel D. Sunshine , Kathryn P. Crews
Abstract: A fabric-based item may include a housing that is covered in fabric. Areas of the fabric may overlap input circuitry such as button switches, touch sensors, force sensors, proximity sensors, and other sensing circuitry and may overlap other components such as light-emitting components and haptic output devices. The fabric-based item may include control circuitry that gathers user input from the input circuitry and wireless communications circuitry that the control circuitry uses to transmit remote control commands and other wireless signals in response information from the input circuitry. The fabric-based item may have a weight that is located in the housing to orient the housing in a desired direction when the housing rests on a surface. A movable weight may tilt the housing in response to proximity sensor signals or other input. Portions of the fabric may overlap light-emitting components and optical fiber configured to emit light.
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公开(公告)号：US20220007095A1
公开(公告)日：2022-01-06
申请号：US17475094
申请日：2021-09-14
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Daniel D. Sunshine , Kathryn P. Crews , Tirshathah A. Hunter , Kathleen A. Bergeron , Mingjing Ha , Shubham A. Gandhi , Paul S. Drzaic , Yung-Yu Hsu , David W. Lum
Abstract: An electronic device such as a voice-controlled speaker device may have a housing characterized by a vertical longitudinal axis. A flexible substrate such as a flexible mesh substrate with component support regions coupled by flexible segments may be wrapped around the housing and the vertical axis. The housing may have surface regions with compound curvature. The flexible substrate may conform to the regions with compound curvature. A fabric spacer layer may be interposed between the flexible substrate and the housing. Electrical components such as input-output devices may be mounted to the component support regions. A display may be formed from an array of light-emitting devices that are mounted on respective component support regions. Light from the light-emitting devices may pass through the fabric spacer layer toward the housing and back out away from the housing. An outer fabric layer may cover the mesh.
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公开(公告)号：US10995433B1
公开(公告)日：2021-05-04
申请号：US15875388
申请日：2018-01-19
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Kathleen A. Bergeron , 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 side wall that extends around the periphery. The back panel may include a knit image of a user-selected digital photograph or other design. The design of the back panel may be customized according to the user's tastes. The case may be formed using computing equipment and knitting equipment. The computing equipment may receive a digital image from the user and may reduce the resolution and the number of colors in the digital image according to the specifications of the textile machine. Fabric pattern design software may convert the digital image into knitting instructions. The knitting instructions may be executed by knitting equipment to produce a custom back panel having a knit image of the digital photograph. The back panel may be attached to a peripheral side wall to form the fabric case.
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