公开(公告)号：US11484264B2

公开(公告)日：2022-11-01

申请号：US17088457

申请日：2020-11-03

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: A61B5/024 ,  A61B5/00 ,  A61B5/0205 ,  A61B5/021 ,  A61B5/08 ,  D03D1/00 ,  D03D7/00 ,  H04B1/3827 ,  H04W4/80 ,  A61B5/01 ,  A61B5/113 ,  D02G3/44 ,  D03D15/56 ,  A61B5/25

Abstract: A fabric-based item may be provide 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.

公开(公告)号：US10849557B2

公开(公告)日：2020-12-01

申请号：US16140419

申请日：2018-09-24

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: A61B5/00 ,  A61B5/0205 ,  A61B5/021 ,  A61B5/024 ,  A61B5/0408 ,  A61B5/08 ,  D03D1/00 ,  D03D7/00 ,  D03D15/08 ,  H04B1/3827 ,  H04W4/80 ,  A61B5/01 ,  A61B5/113 ,  D02G3/44

Abstract: A fabric-based item may be provide 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.

公开(公告)号：US20200350253A1

公开(公告)日：2020-11-05

申请号：US16935088

申请日：2020-07-21

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

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.

公开(公告)号：US20200283935A1

公开(公告)日：2020-09-10

申请号：US16809445

申请日：2020-03-04

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Kyle L. Chatham ,  Kathryn P. Crews ,  Didio V. Gomes ,  Benjamin J. Grena ,  Storrs T. Hoen ,  Steven J. Keating ,  David M. Kindlon ,  Daniel A. Podhajny ,  Andrew L. Rosenberg ,  Daniel D. Sunshine ,  Lia M. Uesato ,  Joseph B. Walker ,  Felix Binder ,  Bertram Wendisch ,  Martin Latta ,  Ulrich Schläpfer ,  Franck Robin ,  Michael Baumann ,  Helen Wächter Fischer

IPC: D03D1/00 ,  H05K1/03

Abstract: Interlacing equipment may be used to form fabric and to create a gap in the fabric. The fabric may include one or more conductive strands. An insertion tool may be used to align an electrical component with the conductive strands during interlacing operations. A soldering tool may be used to remove insulation from the conductive strands to expose conductive segments on the conductive strands. The soldering tool may be used to solder the conductive segments to the electrical component. The solder connections may be located in grooves in the electrical component. An encapsulation tool may dispense encapsulation material in the grooves to encapsulate the solder connections. After the electrical component is electrically connected to the conductive strands, the insertion tool may position and release the electrical component in the gap. A component retention tool may temporarily be used to retain the electrical component in the gap as interlacing operations continue.

公开(公告)号：US10553540B2

公开(公告)日：2020-02-04

申请号：US15752480

申请日：2016-08-17

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: H01L29/18 ,  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

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.

公开(公告)号：US20200020639A1

公开(公告)日：2020-01-16

申请号：US16584537

申请日：2019-09-26

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

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.

公开(公告)号：US10485103B1

公开(公告)日：2019-11-19

申请号：US15439641

申请日：2017-02-22

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Daniel D. Sunshine ,  David M. Kindlon ,  Michael B. Nussbaum ,  Andrew L. Rosenberg ,  Andrew Sterian ,  Breton M. Saunders ,  Christopher A. Schultz ,  David A. Bolt ,  Mark J. Beesley ,  Peter W. Mash ,  Steven Keating ,  Chang Liu ,  Lan Hoang

IPC: H05K1/03 ,  H05K1/18 ,  H05K1/11 ,  H01L23/31 ,  H01L23/498 ,  H05K1/02 ,  D03D1/00 ,  A41D1/00

Abstract: An item may include fabric having insulating and conductive yarns or other strands of material. The conductive strands may form signal paths. Electrical components can be mounted to the fabric. Each electrical component may have an electrical device such as a semiconductor die that is mounted on an interposer substrate. The interposer may have contacts that are soldered to the conductive strands. A protective cover may encapsulate portions of the electrical component. To create a robust connection between the electrical component and the fabric, the conductive strands may be threaded through recesses in the electrical component. The recesses may be formed in the interposer or may be formed in a protective cover on the interposer. Conductive material in the recess may be used to electrically and/or mechanically connect the conductive strand to a bond pad in the recess. Thermoplastic material may be used to seal the solder joint.

公开(公告)号：US10199323B2

公开(公告)日：2019-02-05

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 ,  H01L25/075 ,  H01L33/62 ,  H05K1/02 ,  H05K1/14 ,  G06F3/041

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.