Flex Ltd.

Nike, Inc.

Adam M Whiton

Anthony Joseph Piazza

Andrew A Owings

Mark A Bergman

Allison E Bowles

Biren Salunke

Nicholas Buck

Mudhafar Hassan-Ali

Connor Meehan

Yolita C Nugent

Phuocan N Nguyen

Jeffrey B Cross

Brendan Nagle

Syed Muhammad Abdullah

Dennis T Nguyen

Eva W Maskalenko

Aspects herein are directed to a releasable coupling device having a first housing structure than includes a temporary magnet and a second housing structure that includes a permanent magnet. The first housing structure is receivable by a receiving receptacle of the second housing structure. The releasable coupling device may be included as part of a slide fastener assembly having two slider tapes.

Releasable coupling device

Embodiments of the disclosure provide a flexible and stretchable textile composite including an electrophoretic film. According to one embodiment, a textile composite material can comprise a textile base layer, a first flexible, optically transparent film layer deposited onto and affixed to the textile base layer, and an electrophoretic film layer disposed onto the first flexible, optically transparent film layer on a side of the first flexible, optically transparent film layer opposite the textile base layer. The electrophoretic film layer can comprise a plurality of relief cuts therein. The plurality of relief cuts can allow the electrophoretic film layer to flex or stretch in at least one direction.

Additive manufacturing of highly flexible electrophoretic film and textile composites

Embodiments of the disclosure provide systems and methods for a garment comprising a fabric layer, a plurality of biometric sensors integrated into the fabric layer, and a connectivity layer integrated into the fabric layer. The connectivity layer can comprise signal conductors and power conductors coupled with each of the plurality of biometric sensors. The garment can further comprise a power source coupled with each of the power conductors and providing, via the power conductors of the connectivity layer, electrical power to each of the plurality of biometric sensors, a signal monitor coupled with the connectivity layer and receiving, via the signal conductors of the connectivity layer, a signal comprising biometric information from each of the plurality of biometric sensors, and a gateway coupled with the signal monitor, the gateway receiving the biometric information from the signal monitor and providing the biometric information to an external computer system.

Bio-sensing integrated garment

Embodiments of the disclosure provide structures for sensing, activation, and signal networking in a composite textile. According to one embodiment, a composite textile can comprise an activation layer of a reactive yarn knit into a fabric. The reactive yarn can have at least one physical property that changes in response to a stimulus. A signaling layer of a first conductive yarn can be knit into the fabric with the activation layer. The first conductive yarn provides the stimulus to the reactive yarn. A sensing layer comprising second conductive yarn can be knit into the fabric with the activation layer and signaling layer. The second conductive yarn can provide a feedback signal corresponding to the stimulus provided by the first conductive yarn of the signaling layer.

Composite textile structure for sensing, activation, and signal network

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Chestnut Hill, MA, United States of America

Adam M Whiton