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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2018
Filed:
May. 03, 2017
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Daniel D. Sunshine, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Daniel A. Podhajny, San Jose, CA (US);
Joseph B. Walker, Saratoga, CA (US);
Srinivasan Venkatraman, San Jose, CA (US);
Christopher A. Schultz, San Francisco, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A fabric-based item may have fabric with conductive strands of material. The conductive strands of material may include conductive yarn formed from insulating fibers and conductive fibers. The conductive fibers may be metal wires. The insulating fibers in the conductive yarn may hide the conductive fibers from view. The fabric may be woven fabric or other fabric with intertwined strands of material. The woven fabric may include conductive and insulating warp yarns and conductive and insulating weft yarns. Conductive yarn may be coupled to capacitive touch sensor circuitry and may form a capacitive touch sensor grid or other capacitive touch sensor electrode structures. Conductive yarn may also be soldered or otherwise coupled to electrical components.