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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2017
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
James R. Wilson, Cupertino, CA (US);
Christopher D. Jones, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Gary L. Burkholder, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Derek C. Scott, Santa Clara, CA (US);
David G. Havskjold, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Glen A. Rhodes, San Francisco, CA (US);
Forrest C. Wang, Petaluma, CA (US);
Ryan J. Garrone, San Francisco, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A system such as a vehicle system may include a window. The window may have glass layers and an interposed polymer layer. Signal paths that contact the polymer layer may be formed within the window. The signal paths may be electrical signal paths formed from wires or patterned conductive traces. The conductive traces may be portions of an infrared-light-blocking layer formed from a conductive film or may be patterned from other conductive thin-film layers. The signal paths may include optical waveguides formed from optical fibers embedded in the polymer or transparent thin-film layers on the glass layers or other substrates. Openings may be formed in the glass layers to allow signal paths to pass to an electrical component. The electrical component may also be wirelessly coupled to the signal paths.