US 12,404,612 B2
Fabric with electrical components
Yue Chen, Saratoga, CA (US); Didio V Gomes, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Benjamin J Grena, San Francisco, CA (US); Storrs T Hoen, Brisbane, CA (US); David M Kindlon, Felton, CA (US); Daniel A Podhajny, Morgan Hill, CA (US); and Andrew L Rosenberg, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 11, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/862,249.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/238,615, filed on Aug. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0061553 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. D03D 1/00 (2006.01); A41D 1/00 (2018.01); A41D 27/20 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/27 (2021.01)
CPC D03D 1/0088 (2013.01) [A41D 1/005 (2013.01); A41D 27/205 (2013.01); A61B 5/27 (2021.01); A61B 5/6831 (2013.01); D10B 2401/16 (2013.01); D10B 2401/18 (2013.01); D10B 2509/00 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fabric item, comprising:
first and second fabric portions that overlap one another and that form a closed pocket;
an electrical component, comprising:
an internal portion located in the closed pocket between the first and second fabric portions;
an external portion located on an exterior surface of the second fabric portion, wherein the external portion overlaps the internal portion and wherein the second fabric portion is interposed between the internal portion and the external portion; and
protrusions that extend through the second fabric portion and that couple the internal portion to the external portion; and
adhesive interposed between the external portion and the second fabric portion.