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公开(公告)号：US10724158B2
公开(公告)日：2020-07-28
申请号：US15549110
申请日：2016-02-12
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Daniel A. Podhajny , Daniel D. Sunshine , Kathryn P. Crews
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. Conductive strands may run orthogonal to each other and may cross at open circuit and short circuit intersections. The fabric may be formed using pairs of interwoven warp and weft strands. Conductive warp and weft strands may be interposed within the pairs of strands. The fabric may be a single layer fabric or may contain two or more layers. Stacked warp strands may be formed between pairs of adjacent insulating warp strands. The stacked warp strands may include insulating and conductive strands. Touch sensors and other components may include conductive structures that are formed from the conductive strands in the fabric.
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公开(公告)号：US20200087823A1
公开(公告)日：2020-03-19
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
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：US10550497B1
公开(公告)日：2020-02-04
申请号：US15467991
申请日：2017-03-23
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Daniel D. Sunshine , Andrew L. Rosenberg , Daniel A. Podhajny , Didio V. Gomes , Maurice P. May
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 devices using solder joints or other conductive connections. During weaving, an electrically controlled shuttle may dispense weft strands between warp strands. The electrically controlled shuttle may include control circuitry and communications circuitry. The communications circuitry may be used to support communications between the control circuitry and equipment external to the shuttle. Movable arms, cutters, heaters, soldering devices, strand dispensers, intertwining devices, and other electrically controlled devices may be incorporated into the shuttle and controlled by control signals from the control circuitry.
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公开(公告)号：US20190298265A1
公开(公告)日：2019-10-03
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 , A61B5/01 , A61B5/0205 , A61B5/021 , A61B5/024 , A61B5/0408 , A61B5/08 , D03D1/00 , D03D7/00 , D03D15/08 , H04B1/3827 , H04W4/80
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.
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公开(公告)号：US20190112734A1
公开(公告)日：2019-04-18
申请号：US16207407
申请日：2018-12-03
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Daniel A. Podhajny , Daniel D. Sunshine , Kathryn P. Crews
CPC classification number: D03D1/0088 , A41D1/005 , A41D31/02 , D02G3/441 , D03D1/0082 , D10B2401/16 , D10B2401/18 , G06F3/0414 , G06F3/042 , G06F3/044 , G06F3/04883 , G06F2203/04102
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：US20190013274A1
公开(公告)日：2019-01-10
申请号：US15752476
申请日：2015-08-20
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
Abstract: A fabric-based item may include fabric such as woven fabric having insulating and conductive yarns or other strands of material. The conductive yarns may form signal paths. Electrical components can be embedded within pockets in the fabric. Each electrical component may have an electrical device such as a semiconductor die that is mounted on an interposer substrate. The electrical device may be a light-emitting diode, a sensor, an actuator, or other electrical device. The electrical device may have contacts that are soldered to contacts on the interposer. The interposer may have additional contacts that are soldered to the signal paths. The fabric may have portions that form transparent windows overlapping the electrical components or that have other desired attributes.
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公开(公告)号：US20180363172A1
公开(公告)日：2018-12-20
申请号：US15941325
申请日：2018-03-30
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Steven J. Keating , Daniel A. Podhajny , Daniel D. Sunshine , Kathryn P. Crews
CPC classification number: D03D15/0055 , A45C3/001 , A45C2011/002 , D01D5/20 , D01D10/02 , D01F1/09 , D01F1/10 , D03D1/0088 , D03D15/00 , D03D15/0033 , D03D15/0094 , D03D2700/0133 , D04B1/16 , D04B1/22 , D04B35/12 , D06M11/83 , D06M23/16 , D10B2101/20 , D10B2401/16 , D10B2401/20 , D10B2403/02431 , D10B2505/10 , G06F3/02 , G06F2200/1633 , G06F2203/0384 , H03K17/941 , H03K17/962 , H03K17/9625 , H03K17/9645 , H03K17/975 , H03K2217/94108 , H05K5/0217 , H05K5/0243 , H05K5/0247
Abstract: A fabric-based item may include fabric formed from intertwined strands of material. The strands of material may include extruded strands. Strand extrusion equipment may have electrically adjustable sources such as one or more sources of different polymers, dyes, particles, wire, and other elements to be incorporated into an extruded strand. The properties of the strands such as strand stiffness, strand diameter, conductivity, magnetic permeability, opacity, color, thermal conductivity, sand strength, may be varied along their lengths. Fabric formed from the strands may have different areas with different properties. Markers may be formed from particles at particular locations along the lengths of the strands, may be optical marker structures formed from circumferential rings of ink or other visible material on the strands, or may be other markers that can be sensed using electrical sensing, magnetic sensing, optical sensing, or other types of sensing when forming fabric from the strands.
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公开(公告)号：US20180228024A1
公开(公告)日：2018-08-09
申请号：US15942159
申请日：2018-03-30
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：US20180195218A1
公开(公告)日：2018-07-12
申请号：US15913653
申请日：2018-03-06
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Yohji Hamada , Daniel A. Podhajny , Daniel D. Sunshine , Kathryn P. Crews , Joseph B. Walker
Abstract: An item may include fabric or other materials formed from intertwined strands of material. The strands of material may include non-conductive strands and conductive strands. The strands may be intertwined by a warp knitting machine to produce a warp knit fabric. The warp knit fabric may include intertwined warp strands and weft insertion strands that are inserted amongst the warp strands. The weft insertion strands may extend across less than all of the warp strands. The weft insertion strands may include parallel segments that each extend across a different portion of the warp strands. The segments of weft insertion strands may have different widths relative to one another and relative to the width of the fabric. The weft insertion strands may be inserted into the warp knitting machine across the warp strands using a weft insertion device that is positioned by a computer-controlled positioner.
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公开(公告)号：US09830783B1
公开(公告)日：2017-11-28
申请号：US14861371
申请日：2015-09-22
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Patrick Kessler , Daniel A. Podhajny
CPC classification number: G08B6/00 , G04G21/00 , G06F1/163 , G06F3/016 , H04M1/72527
Abstract: A fabric-based electronic device may include an electronic device housing coupled to fabric. Control circuitry may be mounted in the electronic device housing and may control the movement of an output device in the fabric that provides tactile output to a user. For example, the output device may include a wire enclosed within a flexible tube. The flexible tube may be intertwined with fibers in the fabric. The wire may include a kink or other irregularity that presses against the inner surface of the flexible tube. When the wire is rotated or moved into an appropriate position, the kink may press against the inner surface of the tube, which in turn forms a protrusion on the fabric. The protrusion may press against the user's body and may therefore be used to obtain the attention of a user that is wearing or holding the fabric-based electronic device.
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