| US 11,091,855 B2 | ||
| Electronically functional yarn and textile | ||
| James David Holbery, Bellevue, WA (US); Siyuan Ma, Redmond, WA (US); Don Pasindu Vijai Lugoda, Colombo (LK); Timothy Jerome Coomes, Sammamish, WA (US); James Alec Ishihara, Bellevue, WA (US); and Kelly Marie Bogan, Redmond, WA (US) | ||
| Assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US) | ||
| Filed by Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US) | ||
| Filed on Sep. 18, 2017, as Appl. No. 15/707,865. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2019/0085487 A1, Mar. 21, 2019 | ||
| Int. Cl. D02G 3/00 (2006.01); D02G 3/44 (2006.01); D02G 3/40 (2006.01); D02G 3/36 (2006.01); D03D 1/00 (2006.01); G03F 7/00 (2006.01); H05K 3/10 (2006.01); H05K 1/03 (2006.01) | ||
| CPC D02G 3/441 (2013.01) [D02G 3/36 (2013.01); D02G 3/402 (2013.01); D03D 1/0088 (2013.01); G03F 7/0005 (2013.01); H05K 1/038 (2013.01); H05K 3/10 (2013.01); D10B 2401/18 (2013.01); H05K 2201/0281 (2013.01)] | 18 Claims |
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1. A yarn for incorporation into a textile, the yarn comprising:
a core including a polymer strip, with one or more electrically conductive traces arranged on the polymer strip and distributed over at least a portion of a length of the yarn, and a carrier thread attached to the polymer strip over at least the portion of the length of the yarn, the carrier thread being configured to strengthen the core to enable spinning of one or more windings around the core;
an electrically contactable terminal arranged at a terminus of the one or more conductive traces; and
an electronically nonfunctional winding spun around the core.
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