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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2020
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Yoshihiko Yokoyama, Katta-gun, JP;
Osamu Yabe, Mountain View, CA (US);
Eiryo Shiraishi, Tokyo-to, JP;
Naoto Matsuyuki, Kasugai, JP;
Assignee:
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A44C 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A44C 5/0053 (2013.01);
Abstract
Watch bands can be provided with an ability to dynamically adjust the fit of a watch against a wrist of a user. One or more of a variety of tensioning elements can be provided with a shape memory polymer that responds to a stimulus to adjust a fit of the band. Such stimulus can be from user or actively applied by the watch. The shape memory polymer can be a composite material that provides high durability under cyclic stretching and high speed response of shape recovering while avoiding a drastic moduli drop by shape recovering.