Garment integrated electrical interface system and method of manufacture

    公开(公告)号:US11234642B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-02-01

    申请号:US16511909

    申请日:2019-07-15

    申请人: Mad Apparel, Inc.

    摘要: A system for electrically coupling a garment to a mating object and manufacture method thereof, the system comprising: a fabric interlayer of the garment including a set of ports; an electronics substrate having a first surface adjacent to a second side of the fabric interlayer and including a set of vias through a thickness of the electronics substrate, aligned with the set of ports, and a set of contacts at a second surface opposing the first surface; a mount assembly having a third surface adjacent to the second surface of the electronics substrate and including a set of holes aligned with the set of vias and the set of ports, as well as a set of openings that correspond to and receive portions of the set of contacts, and a fourth surface opposing the third surface and defining a cavity configured to receive and electrically interface the mating object to the electronics substrate; and a set of fasteners that 1) compress the backing plate, the fabric interlayer, the electronics substrate, and the mount assembly by way of the set of ports, the set of vias, and the set of holes in supporting a waterproof seal, and 2) electrically couple the set of embedded ports to the set of vias.

    PRINTABLE ELECTRONIC GARMENT CONDUIT

    公开(公告)号:US20210339086A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-04

    申请号:US17368722

    申请日:2021-07-06

    申请人: Mad Apparel, Inc.

    IPC分类号: A63B24/00 A41B1/08 A63B1/00

    摘要: An athletic garment includes sensors at different locations of the garment. The sensors are electrically coupled to a processing unit and/or a power source via one or more conduits that are printed onto the garment. The conduits are designed for improved flexibility to accommodate stretching in the garment that occurs as a user wearing the garment performs an exercise and for improved durability to resist corrosion due to friction, sweat, or washing of the garment. In one embodiment, the conduits are designed for decreased stress concentrations at seams of the garment. In one embodiment, the conduits are designed to create a conductive pathway between different surfaces of the garment to electrically couple sensors on a first side (skin side) of the garment and a processing unit and/or a power source on a second side (outer side) of the garment.

    Garment with conductive thread exposed on both sides

    公开(公告)号:US10925540B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-23

    申请号:US15239838

    申请日:2016-08-18

    申请人: Mad Apparel, Inc.

    摘要: A garment can be manufactured by bonding an adhesive to a first layer of fabric and a second layer of fabric. Holes are cut into each layer of fabric to accommodate the integration of sensors and a processing unit mount. Conductive thread embroidered onto a support layer is bonded to the adhesive of the second layer of fabric. The support layer is removed such that the conductive thread remains bonded to the adhesive. The layers of fabric are bonded together such that the conductive thread is coupled between the two layers of adhesive. A back plate is added to the layers of fabric to provide structural support for the mount. The conductive thread is exposed within each hole, and the mount and sensors can be coupled within the holes such that an electrical connection is established between the mount and at least one sensor via the conductive thread.

    MOVEMENT COMPENSATION FOR SENSOR-EQUIPPED ATHLETIC GARMENTS

    公开(公告)号:US20180279951A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-04

    申请号:US15478070

    申请日:2017-04-03

    申请人: Mad Apparel, Inc.

    摘要: An athletic garment includes connective segments that compensate for motion of an athlete wearing the athletic garment. Right and left connective segments couple right and left arm segments of the garment to a torso segment, respectively. Thus, the connective segments may overlay the armpit areas of the athlete. The connective segments are composed of an elastic material such that as the athlete raises the arms of the athlete, there is minimal or no shifting of the torso segment. Further, the garment includes sensors that contact the skin of the athlete and generate physiological data such as activation levels of the athlete's muscles. Due to the movement compensation provided by the connective segments, sensors located on the torso segment may not shift as much while the athlete is performing exercises, which can allow the sensors to generate more reliable and accurate physiological data.

    Garment Integrated Electrical Interface System and Method of Manufacture

    公开(公告)号:US20200008746A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-01-09

    申请号:US16511909

    申请日:2019-07-15

    申请人: Mad Apparel, Inc.

    摘要: A system for electrically coupling a garment to a mating object and manufacture method thereof, the system comprising: a fabric interlayer of the garment including a set of ports; an electronics substrate having a first surface adjacent to a second side of the fabric interlayer and including a set of vias through a thickness of the electronics substrate, aligned with the set of ports, and a set of contacts at a second surface opposing the first surface; a mount assembly having a third surface adjacent to the second surface of the electronics substrate and including a set of holes aligned with the set of vias and the set of ports, as well as a set of openings that correspond to and receive portions of the set of contacts, and a fourth surface opposing the third surface and defining a cavity configured to receive and electrically interface the mating object to the electronics substrate; and a set of fasteners that 1) compress the backing plate, the fabric interlayer, the electronics substrate, and the mount assembly by way of the set of ports, the set of vias, and the set of holes in supporting a waterproof seal, and 2) electrically couple the set of embedded ports to the set of vias.

    GARMENT INTEGRATED ELECTRICAL INTERFACE SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE
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    GARMENT INTEGRATED ELECTRICAL INTERFACE SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE 审中-公开
    服装集成电接口系统及其制造方法

    公开(公告)号:US20160270727A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-09-22

    申请号:US14869398

    申请日:2015-09-29

    申请人: Mad Apparel, Inc.

    摘要: A system for electrically coupling a garment to a mating object and manufacture method thereof, the system comprising: a fabric interlayer of the garment including a set of ports; an electronics substrate having a first surface adjacent to a second side of the fabric interlayer and including a set of vias through a thickness of the electronics substrate, aligned with the set of ports, and a set of contacts at a second surface opposing the first surface; a mount assembly having a third surface adjacent to the second surface of the electronics substrate and including a set of holes aligned with the set of vias and the set of ports, as well as a set of openings that correspond to and receive portions of the set of contacts, and a fourth surface opposing the third surface and defining a cavity configured to receive and electrically interface the mating object to the electronics substrate; and a set of fasteners that 1) compress the backing plate, the fabric interlayer, the electronics substrate, and the mount assembly by way of the set of ports, the set of vias, and the set of holes in supporting a waterproof seal, and 2) electrically couple the set of embedded ports to the set of vias.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于将衣服电耦合到配合对象的系统及其制造方法,所述系统包括:衣服的织物中间层,包括一组端口; 电子基板,其具有与所述织物中间层的第二侧相邻的第一表面,并且包括通过与所述一组端口对准的所述电子基板的厚度的一组通孔,以及在与所述第一表面相对的第二表面处的一组触点 ; 安装组件,其具有与电子基板的第二表面相邻的第三表面,并且包括与该组通孔和该组端口对准的一组孔,以及对应于并接收该组的一部分的一组开口 以及与所述第三表面相对的第四表面,并且限定被配置成将所述配合对象接收并电接触所述电子基板的空腔; 以及一组紧固件,其通过一组端口,一组通孔和一组支撑防水密封的孔来压缩背板,织物中间层,电子基板和安装组件,以及 2)将一组嵌入式端口电耦合到一组通孔。

    Garment integrated electrical interface system and method of manufacture

    公开(公告)号:US10398376B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-09-03

    申请号:US14869398

    申请日:2015-09-29

    申请人: Mad Apparel, Inc.

    摘要: A system for electrically coupling a garment to a mating object and manufacture method thereof, the system comprising: a fabric interlayer of the garment including a set of ports; an electronics substrate having a first surface adjacent to a second side of the fabric interlayer and including a set of vias through a thickness of the electronics substrate, aligned with the set of ports, and a set of contacts at a second surface opposing the first surface; a mount assembly having a third surface adjacent to the second surface of the electronics substrate and including a set of holes aligned with the set of vias and the set of ports, as well as a set of openings that correspond to and receive portions of the set of contacts, and a fourth surface opposing the third surface and defining a cavity configured to receive and electrically interface the mating object to the electronics substrate; and a set of fasteners that 1) compress the backing plate, the fabric interlayer, the electronics substrate, and the mount assembly by way of the set of ports, the set of vias, and the set of holes in supporting a waterproof seal, and 2) electrically couple the set of embedded ports to the set of vias.