Systems With Hidden Openings
    42.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240022842A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-18

    申请号:US18476203

    申请日:2023-09-27

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: H04R1/023 B60N2/5642 B60N2/70 B60N2/879 B60Q3/233

    Abstract: A system such as a vehicle, building, vessel, aircraft, or electronic device system may have a layer of material with invisible laser-drilled openings. The layer of material may include an outer layer of fabric overlapping an inner layer such as an inner foam layer. Laser-drilled openings may include outer openings in the fabric layer and inner openings in the foam layer. Each of the inner openings may be overlapped by multiple outer openings. The exposed surface of the fabric layer may have strands of material of different appearances and/or may otherwise be configured to help visually hide the laser-drilled openings. Laser-drilled openings may also have small sizes to help make the laser-drilled openings invisible. Laser-drilled openings may overlap components such as audio components, heating and cooling components, and/or light-emitting components.

    Textile product having reduced density

    公开(公告)号:US11499255B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-15

    申请号:US16858375

    申请日:2020-04-24

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Embodiments described herein may take the form of a textile product having one or more regions of reduced density. These reduced density volumes may form one or more features in the product. For example, the reduced density volumes may have better acoustic transmission properties, optical transmission properties, flexibility, and the like. Sound transmission may be enhanced not only in terms of clarity, but also overall range. That is, certain audio frequencies that the textile may normally block when in an unaltered state may pass through a textile having reduced density or reduced density regions.

    LASER-FORMED FEATURES
    47.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210291300A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-23

    申请号:US17342617

    申请日:2021-06-09

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to laser-based processes for forming features on the surface of a part. The feature may include a geometric element, a color element, and/or a surface finish element. In some cases, the laser-formed features are formed as a pattern of textured features that produce an aesthetic and/or tactile effect on the surface of the part. In some cases, the texture features may be sufficiently small that they may not be discerned by the unaided human eye. Also, in some cases, a multiple laser-based processes are combined to form a single feature or a finished part having a specific aesthetic and/or tactile effect.

    Laser-formed features
    48.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11033984B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-15

    申请号:US16412125

    申请日:2019-05-14

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to laser-based processes for forming features on the surface of a part. The feature may include a geometric element, a color element, and/or a surface finish element. In some cases, the laser-formed features are formed as a pattern of textured features that produce an aesthetic and/or tactile effect on the surface of the part. In some cases, the texture features may be sufficiently small that they may not be discerned by the unaided human eye. Also, in some cases, a multiple laser-based processes are combined to form a single feature or a finished part having a specific aesthetic and/or tactile effect.

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