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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2021
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Yue Chen, San Jose, CA (US);
Joshua A. Hoover, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Daniel A. Podhajny, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Nicholas R. Trincia, San Francisco, CA (US);
Seul Bi Kim, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Chad J. Miller, Oakland, CA (US);
Kristen L. Cretella, Mountain View, CA (US);
Yi Zou, Santa Clara, CA (US);
William Leith, San Francisco, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
An electronic device may be formed from acoustically permeable textile layers and voice coil layers. The voice coil layers may output sound through the textile layers. The textile layers and voice coil layers may be foldable or bent in one or more directions to allow the electronic device to be placed in expanded, collapsed, or folded configurations to allow for improved portability. Additionally, the textile layers and voice coil layers may be folded or bent to place the electronic device in cylindrical, conical, and other configurations to allow for improved sound output from the voice coil layers. The electronic device may also include light-emitting components between the textile layers that emit light through one of the textile layers to form indicators or images for a user of the device. The electronic device may have a plurality of sensors to allow user interactions to control the output of the electronic device.