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    Weaving equipment with strand modifying unit
    61.
    发明授权
    Weaving equipment with strand modifying unit 有权

    公开(公告)号：US11339510B2

    公开(公告)日：2022-05-24

    申请号：US16240594

    申请日：2019-01-04

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Inventor： Daniel A. Podhajny ,  Kathryn P. Crews ,  Yohji Hamada

    IPC: D03D15/00 ,  D02H5/02 ,  D03J1/14

    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. One or more of the warp strands may be selectively modified along its length using a warp strand modification unit. The warp strand modification unit may be interposed between the fabric and a reed, may be interposed between the fabric and the warp strand positioning equipment, may be mounted to the reed, or may be incorporated elsewhere in the weaving equipment. Warp strand modifications may include adding segments of metallic paint coatings or other conductive coatings, adding insulating coatings, applying other liquids to segments of the warp strand, modifying the stretchiness of warp strands, removing material from segments of the warp strand, and attaching electrical components to the warp strand.

    Fabric Control Device
    62.
    发明申请
    Fabric Control Device 有权

    公开(公告)号：US20210087720A1

    公开(公告)日：2021-03-25

    申请号：US17112323

    申请日：2020-12-04

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Inventor： Daniel A. Podhajny ,  Daniel D. Sunshine ,  Kathryn P. Crews

    IPC: D03D1/00 ,  A41D1/00 ,  A41D31/02 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  G06F3/042 ,  G06F3/044

    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.

    Conductive strands for fabric-based items
    65.
    发明授权
    Conductive strands for fabric-based items 有权

    公开(公告)号：US10785869B2

    公开(公告)日：2020-09-22

    申请号：US16582485

    申请日：2019-09-25

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Inventor： Daniel D. Sunshine ,  Daniel A. Podhajny ,  Kathryn P. Crews ,  Kirk M. Mayer ,  John Arthur Maasberg

    IPC: C23C18/16 ,  H05K1/03 ,  H01B13/00 ,  C25D7/06 ,  H05K3/10

    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.

    Knit data input glove
    68.
    发明授权
    Knit data input glove 有权

    公开(公告)号：US10761605B1

    公开(公告)日：2020-09-01

    申请号：US15940844

    申请日：2018-03-29

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Inventor： Daniel D. Sunshine ,  Andrew L. Rosenberg ,  Andrew Sterian ,  Daniel A. Podhajny ,  Lia M. Uesato ,  Maurice P. May ,  Steven J. Keating

    IPC: G06F3/14 ,  G06F3/01 ,  A41D19/00

    Abstract: An item such as a glove may be formed from knitted fabric. The knitted fabric may form fingers for the glove and may form pockets in the fingers. Sensors such as inertial measurement units may be placed in the pockets to measure movements of a user's fingers in the glove. The sensors may be coupled to control circuitry in the glove using conductive yarn in the knitted fabric. The conductive yarn may form courses in the knitted fabric that run along each finger. Haptic components and other electrical components may be coupled to the control circuitry using the conductive yarn. Electrodes may be formed from metal-coated strands of material in the fabric on the sides of each finger. The wireless or wired communications circuitry coupled to the control circuitry may be used to convey information such as user finger movement information to external equipment.

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