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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2017
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Tyler S. Bushnell, Mountain View, CA (US);
Michael B. Wittenberg, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Devon A. Monaco, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/044 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/044 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04102 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04105 (2013.01);
Abstract
A flexible sensor includes a compliant layer positioned between two substrate layers. The compliant layer includes a first compliant material and a second compliant material that is more deformable or compressible than the first compliant material. The flexible sensor can be bent, twisted, shaped, or otherwise manipulated at the section(s) of the flexible sensor that include the second compliant material.