Myant Inc.

Christopher Robin Leiphart

Adrian Straka

Michelle Zheng

Calvin Fook-Lam Kwok

Tony Chahine

Tomohito Okamura

Godfried Edelman

Sahar Golmohammadi Rostami

Toshihiko Kato

Yuki Koyama

Kiyoshi Asai

Yeh-Yun Tiau

An electrical connector is provided. The electrical connector is to be attached to a cloth in which a conductive pattern is formed. The electrical connector includes an insulating housing having a boss portion provided on a surface of the housing, where the surface is to be in contact with the cloth, and the boss portion is inserted into the cloth; a connection terminal provided to the housing; and a conductive pad provided around the boss portion on the surface of the housing, where the surface is to be in contact with the cloth, and the conductive pad is electrically connected to the connection terminal. The conductive pad has a protrusion protruding in the same direction as the boss portion of the housing protrudes.

Electrical connector for attachment to textile

An electrical connector is provided. The electrical connector is connected to the counterpart electrical connector. The electrical connector includes: an insulating housing having an annular portion; a first elastic member provided to the annular portion; and a second elastic member provided to the annular portion, wherein the first elastic member has a first region exposed on an inner surface of the annular portion and configured to contact a first member of the counterpart electrical connector, the second elastic member has a second region exposed on an outer surface of the annular portion and configured to contact a second member of the counterpart electrical connector, and the first elastic member and the first member are electrical contacts and/or the second elastic member and the second member are electrical contacts.

Electrical connector

Methods for manufacturing a textile article having conductive yarn and an integrated electronic device are disclosed. An embodiment of the method includes receiving computer-readable instruction indicative of a knitting pattern of the textile article. Based on the instructions, a textile is formed by knitting conductive yarn and non-conductive yarn. A weld is applied at a junction where two or more conductive paths meet to create a bond between the two or more conductive paths.

Method of manufacturing textile with conductive yarns and integrated electronics

An electronic textile system and a docking assembly for the electronic textile system. The system includes a textile substrate, an input device attached to the textile substrate, and a docking assembly attached to the textile substrate for removably receiving a controller device. The docking assembly includes a first electrical interface for mating with a second electrical interface of the controller device. The system includes an electrical conductive pathway network integrated in the textile substrate for electrically coupling the input device and the first electrical interface. The input device may transmit to the controller device electronic signals representing input data when the controller device is received by the docking assembly.

Electronics-to-textile interconnection method and system

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Christopher Robin Leiphart