Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fabric signal path structures for flexible devices
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Application No.: US14843617Application Date: 2015-09-02
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Publication No.: US09883583B2Publication Date: 2018-01-30
- Inventor: Benjamin A. Cousins , Kurt R. Stiehl , Samuel G. Smith , Kirk M. Mayer , Siddhartha Hegde , Melody Kuna
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- 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: H05K1/02
- IPC: H05K1/02 ; H05K1/03 ; H05K3/10 ; G06F1/16 ; H05K1/09 ; H05K1/11 ; A45C13/00 ; H04M1/18 ; H04M1/23 ; A45C11/00

Abstract:
An electronic device such as a cover for a portable device may be provided with a body having hinge portions. The hinge portions may allow the body to bend about one or more bend axes. The cover may have electrical components such as a keyboard. A keyboard may be mounted at one end of the cover and a connector may be mounted at an opposing end of the cover. A flexible fabric signal path structure may be formed from metal traces on a flexible fabric substrate. At one end of the cover, the flexible fabric signal path structure may be coupled to a printed circuit in the keyboard using conductive adhesive. At the opposing end of the cover, the metal traces on the flexible fabric substrate may be coupled to the connector.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170060192A1 Fabric Signal Path Structures For Flexible Devices Public/Granted day:2017-03-02
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