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公开(公告)号:US11998091B2
公开(公告)日:2024-06-04
申请号:US18143546
申请日:2023-05-04
申请人: Apple Inc.
发明人: Timothy S. Lui , Osamu Yabe , Zebinah P. Masse , Clayton J. McCoy , Benjamin A. Stevenson , Hsiang Hung Chen
CPC分类号: A44C5/145 , A44C5/0053 , A44C5/0069 , A44C5/147 , D04C1/06 , G04B37/0008
摘要: A stretchable watch band can include braided strands that provide a comfortable fit around the wrist of the user. The watch band can stretch and conform to the user based on the elasticity within each strand and based on the ability of the strands to move relative to each other. End sections of the watch band can include attachment elements that securely connect the watch band to a housing of the watch. The end sections can be configured to releasable connect to the housing in a manner that is reliable and easy for a user. Additionally, the watch band can provide a smooth transition from the size and/or shape of the housing to a size and/or shape of a continuous section of the watch band. Additionally, the watch band can conceal portions thereof other than the braided strands when connected to the housing of the watch.
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公开(公告)号:US20230270215A1
公开(公告)日:2023-08-31
申请号:US18143546
申请日:2023-05-04
申请人: Apple Inc.
发明人: Timothy S. LUI , Osamu Yabe , Zebinah P. Masse , Clayton J. McCoy , Benjamin A. Stevenson , Hsiang Hung Chen
CPC分类号: A44C5/145 , A44C5/0053 , A44C5/0069 , A44C5/147 , D04C1/06 , G04B37/0008
摘要: A stretchable watch band can include braided strands that provide a comfortable fit around the wrist of the user. The watch band can stretch and conform to the user based on the elasticity within each strand and based on the ability of the strands to move relative to each other. End sections of the watch band can include attachment elements that securely connect the watch band to a housing of the watch. The end sections can be configured to releasable connect to the housing in a manner that is reliable and easy for a user. Additionally, the watch band can provide a smooth transition from the size and/or shape of the housing to a size and/or shape of a continuous section of the watch band. Additionally, the watch band can conceal portions thereof other than the braided strands when connected to the housing of the watch.
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公开(公告)号:US11381892B1
公开(公告)日:2022-07-05
申请号:US16017835
申请日:2018-06-25
申请人: Apple Inc.
发明人: Timothy W. Scales , Kodiak D. Burke , Linda D. Benavente-Notaro , Nicholas R. Trincia , Benjamin A. Stevenson , Clayton McCoy , Donald L. Olmstead , Hao Zhu , William H. Chui , Jack Pickup
摘要: An enclosure may be provided with a housing. The housing may have an opening that separates and joins along a seam. A magnetic closure may have a pair of mating flexible magnetic members such as flexible rings or strips that run along the seam. Magnetic-field shunts may be provided in the flexible magnetic members. Multiple magnetic elements may be formed along the length of each magnetic member to form a multipole permanent magnet. Magnetic attraction may be varied along the lengths of the magnetic members and may be varied as a function of the separation between opposing magnet members. A magnetic clasp may be provided on the housing. The magnetic clasp may have attracting magnets to help close the opening in the housing. Protruding clasp portions may be formed from flexible material and may have embedded magnets configured to repel each other to facilitate use of the clasp.
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公开(公告)号:US11666124B2
公开(公告)日:2023-06-06
申请号:US16844942
申请日:2020-04-09
申请人: Apple Inc.
发明人: Timothy S. Lui , Osamu Yabe , Zebinah P. Masse , Clayton J. McCoy , Benjamin A. Stevenson , Hsiang Hung Chen
CPC分类号: A44C5/145 , A44C5/0053 , A44C5/0069 , A44C5/147 , D04C1/06 , G04B37/0008
摘要: A stretchable watch band can include braided strands that provide a comfortable fit around the wrist of the user. The watch band can stretch and conform to the user based on the elasticity within each strand and based on the ability of the strands to move relative to each other. End sections of the watch band can include attachment elements that securely connect the watch band to a housing of the watch. The end sections can be configured to releasable connect to the housing in a manner that is reliable and easy for a user. Additionally, the watch band can provide a smooth transition from the size and/or shape of the housing to a size and/or shape of a continuous section of the watch band. Additionally, the watch band can conceal portions thereof other than the braided strands when connected to the housing of the watch.
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公开(公告)号:US11241068B2
公开(公告)日:2022-02-08
申请号:US16844940
申请日:2020-04-09
申请人: Apple Inc.
发明人: Timothy S. Lui , Osamu Yabe , Zebinah P. Masse , Clayton J. McCoy , Benjamin A. Stevenson , Hsiang Hung Chen
摘要: A stretchable watch band can include braided strands that provide a comfortable fit around the wrist of the user. The watch band can stretch and conform to the user based on the elasticity within each strand and based on the ability of the strands to move relative to each other. End sections of the watch band can include attachment elements that securely connect the watch band to a housing of the watch. The end sections can be configured to releasable connect to the housing in a manner that is reliable and easy for a user. Additionally, the watch band can provide a smooth transition from the size and/or shape of the housing to a size and/or shape of a continuous section of the watch band. Additionally, the watch band can conceal portions thereof other than the braided strands when connected to the housing of the watch.
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公开(公告)号:US10814589B1
公开(公告)日:2020-10-27
申请号:US16005532
申请日:2018-06-11
申请人: Apple Inc.
发明人: Timothy W. Scales , Whitney D. Mattson , Benjamin A. Stevenson , Linda D. Benavente-Notaro , Nicholas R. Trincia , William H. Chui , Hao Zhu
IPC分类号: H05K1/02 , B32B9/04 , F21V15/01 , B32B1/02 , B32B9/02 , B32B27/10 , B32B27/20 , H05K1/03 , H05K1/18 , B32B9/06 , B32B29/00 , F21V23/04 , F21Y115/10
摘要: An item may be formed from layers of material such as leatherboard layers. A leatherboard layer may include fibrous natural material such as leather or paper embedded in polymer. Portions of the leatherboard layer can be locally modified by incorporation of filler material with desired properties. The filler material may include magnetic particles, conductive particles, or other material. By incorporating the filler material in localized portions of the leatherboard layer, integral electrodes or magnets may be formed. The leatherboard layer may also include embedded circuitry. Items such as enclosures and other items may be formed from the leatherboard layer. The leatherboard layer in an item may include locally modified regions such as magnet regions that are configured to form a closure or other structures that interact with each other.
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