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公开(公告)号：US20230225056A1
公开(公告)日：2023-07-13
申请号：US18188273
申请日：2023-03-22
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Daniel D. Sunshine , Daniel A. Podhajny , Kathryn P. Crews , Yohji Hamada
IPC: H05K1/18 , D03D1/00 , D03J1/00 , D03D15/533 , H01L23/498 , H01L23/13 , H05K3/34
CPC classification number: H05K1/189 , D03D1/0088 , D03J1/00 , D03D15/533 , H01L23/49805 , H01L23/13 , H05K3/34 , D10B2401/18 , D10B2401/16 , H01L25/0753
Abstract: Electrical components may have plastic packages. Contacts may be formed on exterior surfaces of the plastic packages. A plastic package for an electrical component may have an elongated shape that extends along a longitudinal axis. A first groove may run parallel to the longitudinal axis on a lower surface of the plastic package. A second groove may run perpendicular to the first groove on an opposing upper surface of the plastic package. The electrical components may be coupled to fibers in a fabric such as a woven fabric. A first solder connection may be formed between the first groove and a first fiber such as a weft fiber. A second solder connection may be formed between the second groove and a second fiber such as a warp fiber.
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公开(公告)号：US20230078969A1
公开(公告)日：2023-03-16
申请号：US17989976
申请日：2022-11-18
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Daniel A. Podhajny , Yohji Hamada
Abstract: A warp knitting system may knit a seamless tube of fabric. The fabric may have a spacer between outer and inner fabric layers. The knitting system may have first and second needle guide systems. The first and second needle guide systems may each have selectively linked needle bed sections that guide respective needles. A guide bar system may have guide bars that dispense strands of material during knitting. Each guide bar may be positioned using a respective guide bar positioner. The guide bar system may be shifted relative to the needles using a rotational positioner. The needle guide systems and guide bar system may be formed from selectively coupled links. The selectively coupled links may be configured to adjust the diameter of the tube of fabric to a desired value. The thickness of the tube may be adjusted by adjusting a gap between the first and second needle guide systems.
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公开(公告)号：US20210212228A1
公开(公告)日：2021-07-08
申请号：US17210388
申请日：2021-03-23
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Yohji Hamada , John J. Baker , Peter F. Coxeter , Benjamin M. Rappoport , Joseph B. Walker
Abstract: Electronic equipment may include structured fabric. Structured fabric may be used as a protective case or cosmetic cover for an electronic device, may be used to form a band that holds an electronic device against a user's body, or may be used to cover one or more openings in an electronic device. Structured fabrics may be soft and pliable while maintaining the ability to hold a given shape without added support. Structured fabric may be formed by laminating fabric such as warp-knit fabric with a stiffener such as polymer film. Structured fabrics may include openings through which signals such as optical or audio signals pass. To maintain the geometry and shape of the openings in the structured fabric without covering the openings, the stiffener and adhesive that are attached to the fabric may be cut to form a pattern of openings that align with the openings in the fabric.
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公开(公告)号：US20200157714A1
公开(公告)日：2020-05-21
申请号：US16750281
申请日：2020-01-23
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Daniel A. Podhajny , Daniel D. Sunshine , Yohji Hamada
Abstract: Conductive yarns in a knitted fabric may include insulating cores covered with metal layers that form signal paths. Open circuits may be formed in the yarns by removing metal from the insulating cores at selected locations within the yarns. The fabric may be formed from rows of interlocked loops of the yarn. The open circuits may be located on the loops so that each loop with an open circuit has a first segment of the metal layer that is separated from a second segment of the layer by a portion of the loop from which the metal layer has been removed. Each electrical component may have terminals that span a respective one of the open circuits and that are shorted respectively to the metal of the first and second segments.
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公开(公告)号：US10577732B1
公开(公告)日：2020-03-03
申请号：US15441021
申请日：2017-02-23
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Daniel A. Podhajny , Daniel D. Sunshine , Yohji Hamada
IPC: D04B21/14 , H05K1/03 , H05K3/02 , H05K1/18 , H05K3/34 , H05K1/11 , F21V23/06 , F21V19/00 , F21V33/00
Abstract: Conductive yarns in a knitted fabric may include insulating cores covered with metal layers that form signal paths. Open circuits may be formed in the yarns by removing metal from the insulating cores at selected locations within the yarns. The fabric may be formed from rows of interlocked loops of the yarn. The open circuits may be located on the loops so that each loop with an open circuit has a first segment of the metal layer that is separated from a second segment of the layer by a portion of the loop from which the metal layer has been removed. Each electrical component may have terminals that span a respective one of the open circuits and that are shorted respectively to the metal of the first and second segments.
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公开(公告)号：US10526731B2
公开(公告)日：2020-01-07
申请号：US15537848
申请日：2015-12-01
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Daniel A. Podhajny , Yohji Hamada , Kathryn P. Crews , Joseph B. Walker , Daniel D. Sunshine
Abstract: Weaving equipment may include strand positioning equipment that positions warp strands and that inserts weft strands among the warp strands to form fabric. The weaving equipment may include one or more guide arms that pushes warp strands in the weft direction during weaving. Fabrics having warp strands that extend in both the warp direction and the weft direction may be used in forming circuitry in fabrics such as touch sensor circuitry. For example, a touch sensor in a fabric may be formed using first conductive warp strands that form first touch sensor electrodes and second conductive warp strands that form second touch sensor electrodes that overlap with the first touch sensor electrodes. The second conductive warp strands may each have a first portion that extends in the warp direction and a second portion that extends in the weft direction across the first touch sensor electrodes.
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公开(公告)号：US10427374B2
公开(公告)日：2019-10-01
申请号：US15920340
申请日：2018-03-13
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Yohji Hamada , Siddhartha Hegde , Zebinah P. Masse , Rimple Bhatia , Peter F. Coxeter , Amit S. Barve , Donald L. Olmstead , Javier Mendez
IPC: B32B1/08 , B32B5/02 , B32B3/26 , B32B27/12 , B32B27/08 , B32B5/26 , B32B7/12 , B32B7/03 , H04R1/02
Abstract: Electronic equipment may include seamless spacer fabric. Seamless spacer fabric may be used as a protective case or cosmetic cover for an electronic device such as a speaker. A seamless spacer fabric may include a seamless fabric outer layer, a spacer fabric inner layer, and an adhesive layer that bonds the seamless outer layer to the spacer fabric inner layer. The spacer fabric layer may have a seam region where one portion of the spacer fabric layer is joined with another portion of the fabric layer. The seamless fabric outer layer may cover the seam region to hide it from view. One or more additional seam hiding layers or strips may be formed on opposing sides of the spacer fabric layer to cover the seam. The seamless spacer fabric may have an array of openings that extends uniformly around the perimeter of the seamless spacer fabric.
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公开(公告)号：US20170370030A1
公开(公告)日：2017-12-28
申请号：US15537848
申请日：2015-12-01
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Daniel A. Podhajny , Yohji Hamada , Kathryn P. Crews , Joseph B. Walker , Daniel D. Sunshine
CPC classification number: D03D1/0088 , D03D3/005 , D03D13/00 , D10B2401/16 , G06F3/044 , G06F2203/04102
Abstract: Weaving equipment may include strand positioning equipment that positions warp strands and that inserts weft strands among the warp strands to form fabric. The weaving equipment may include one or more guide arms that pushes warp strands in the weft direction during weaving. Fabrics having warp strands that extend in both the warp direction and the weft direction may be used in forming circuitry in fabrics such as touch sensor circuitry. For example, a touch sensor in a fabric may be formed using first conductive warp strands that form first touch sensor electrodes and second conductive warp strands that form second touch sensor electrodes that overlap with the first touch sensor electrodes. The second conductive warp strands may each have a first portion that extends in the warp direction and a second portion that extends in the weft direction across the first touch sensor electrodes.
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公开(公告)号：US12232270B2
公开(公告)日：2025-02-18
申请号：US18188273
申请日：2023-03-22
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Daniel D. Sunshine , Daniel A. Podhajny , Kathryn P. Crews , Yohji Hamada
IPC: H05K1/18 , D03D1/00 , D03D15/533 , D03J1/00 , H01L23/13 , H01L23/31 , H01L23/498 , H01L25/075 , H05K1/03 , H05K3/34
Abstract: Electrical components may have plastic packages. Contacts may be formed on exterior surfaces of the plastic packages. A plastic package for an electrical component may have an elongated shape that extends along a longitudinal axis. A first groove may run parallel to the longitudinal axis on a lower surface of the plastic package. A second groove may run perpendicular to the first groove on an opposing upper surface of the plastic package. The electrical components may be coupled to fibers in a fabric such as a woven fabric. A first solder connection may be formed between the first groove and a first fiber such as a weft fiber. A second solder connection may be formed between the second groove and a second fiber such as a warp fiber.
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公开(公告)号：US11124904B2
公开(公告)日：2021-09-21
申请号：US16719770
申请日：2019-12-18
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Daniel A. Podhajny , Yohji Hamada , Kathryn P. Crews , Joseph B. Walker , Daniel D. Sunshine
Abstract: Weaving equipment may include strand positioning equipment that positions warp strands and that inserts weft strands among the warp strands to form fabric. The weaving equipment may include one or more guide arms that pushes warp strands in the weft direction during weaving. Fabrics having warp strands that extend in both the warp direction and the weft direction may be used in forming circuitry in fabrics such as touch sensor circuitry. For example, a touch sensor in a fabric may be formed using first conductive warp strands that form first touch sensor electrodes and second conductive warp strands that form second touch sensor electrodes that overlap with the first touch sensor electrodes. The second conductive warp strands may each have a first portion that extends in the warp direction and a second portion that extends in the weft direction across the first touch sensor electrodes.
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